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The bronze artifacts may have served as coffin handles for a burial in what is now Israel, but the true nature of the find ...
The recent Israel-Iran conflict saw both countries trading missiles and rockets that not only killed and injured civilians ...
Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient sarcophagus depicting a scene familiar to many today: a drinking game.
Rare discs evidence of Roman-period burial culture and belief in the afterlife likely graced coffin-carrying handles, attest ...
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a Roman-era sarcophagus that depicts Dionysus beating Hercules in a drinking contest.
Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in ...
Archaeologists believe that a wealthy family that enjoyed a rousing lifestyle commissioned the piece to reflect their identity.
A stone tool was also uncovered that was believed to be more than 2,000 years old. Israel Antiquities Authority “From a sewage pipe that burst 15 years ago came these excavations that resulted ...
Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority excavated the largest stone quarry in Jerusalem connected to a path where Jesus is believed to have walked.
Ziv had accidentally unearthed a 3,800-year-old amulet, from the Middle Bronze Age, a period spanning from about 2100 to 1600 B.C.E., the Israel Antiquities Authority said Tuesday.
Emil Aladjem / Israel Antiquities Authority “Scarabs were used in this period as seals and as amulets. They were found in graves, in public buildings and in private homes.