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 Bulla found in Lachish.

Was literacy important in the biblical Kingdom of Judah? Expert offers answers

 A view of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

'Jerusalem Through the Ages': What archaeology reveals about the history of Jerusalem

 The main street that led to the Temple Mount approximately 2,000 years ago. It is being uncovered in the excavations of the Israel Antiquities Authority at the City of David, August 1, 2024.

Largest ever Second Temple era quarry discovered in Har Hotzvim Hi-Tech Park, Jerusalem

 Shai Halevy and Michael Chernin of the Israel Antiquities Authority during the research on the coats of arms.

When Britain’s King George V ‘met’ the founder of its most famous beer, on walls in Jerusalem

 The rare coin, providing evidence for the development of commerce.

Rare 2,550-year-old silver coin from Persian era uncovered in Jerusalem area

 Giv‘ati Parking Lot Excavations at the City of David.

Grapevine: A well-deserved tribute

 The ancient slingstones: the earliest evidence for warfare in the region

Earliest systematic weapons production dating back 7,000 years found in Israel

A long section of the Upper Aqueduct to Jerusalem was uncovered in archaeological excavations at Giv‘at HaMatos

Ancient aqueduct from time of Roman occupation discovered in Jerusalem

 The bronze mirror

Israel unearths ancient Greek tomb, rare bronze mirror in Jerusalem

 An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man enters the Siloam pool in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan October 23, 2009. The pool standing today dates the Byzantine Era and is located at the site where Christians believe that Jesus instructed a blind man wash, granting him sight.

Steps where Jesus said to heal a blind man unearthed in Jerusalem

 Aerial view showing stone-covered plaza scheduled for future excavation to access the passageway with the corbelled vault, Tel Shimron.

Archaeologists find 'mystery' ducts near biblical Jerusalem relics

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Representational image of fire raging during the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem.

Israeli archaeologists unearth building destroyed during Babylonian siege of Jerusalem

 Aerial view of the casemate city wall of Khirbet Qeiyafa

Archaeological discoveries shed light on early urbanization in the Kingdom of Judah

 Aerial view of the casemate city wall of Khirbet Qeiyafa

Biblical Kingdom of Judah expanded into Israel earlier than previously thought, study finds

Biblical era purple dye industry discovered in Haifa

Ancient Tel Shikmona factory probably supplied the First Temple with dye

 The rolling stones at Herodium.

A Herodian lesson for Israel from ancient Jerusalem

 PALESTINIANS WORK in a vineyard growing in the old style, sprawling across the ground.

Wine Talk: The wine kingdom of Judea

 Ancient coins, including one from the reign of the last Jewish king, Antigonus II Mattathias, are seen after having been recovered from an alleged thief in eastern Jerusalem.

Ancient Israeli coins recovered from Jerusalem archaeology thief