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Israeli archeologists have found an ancient comb dating back some 3,700 years ago and bearing what is likely the oldest known full sentence in Canaanite alphabetical script, according to an ...
Tel Motza or Tel Moẓa [1] is an archaeological site in Motza, on the outskirts of Jerusalem.It includes the remains of a large Neolithic settlement dated to around 8600–8200 BCE, and Iron Age Israelite settlement dating to around 1000 to 500 BCE and identified with the biblical Mozah mentioned in the Book of Joshua.
Today within a close military area of the Atlit naval base: Chorazin: Korazim [55] Daughters of Jacob Bridge: Gesher Bnot Ya'akov, Jisr Benat Ya'kub [56] Tel Dan: Tell el-Qadi [57] Tel Dan Stele: Ed-Dikke synagogue: Dothan: Tel Dothan [58] En Esur: Ein el-Asawir Ein HaBesor [59] Ein Bokek: Metzad Bokek [60] Ein Feshkha: Enot Zukim [61]
Benjamin Mazar of the Archaeological Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem was appointed chief archaeologist for the project. The land, owned by the Jerusalem Waqf, was leased for him to do his archaeological dig. [5] The excavation lasted for a decade, and became one of the largest archaeological projects in Israeli history.
The earliest inclusions were Masda and the Old City of Acre in 2001; the latest inclusion was the network of caves at Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park in 2014. In addition, the Israeli cabinet has put 18 sites on its tentative list, meaning they intend to nominate them as World Heritage Sites sometime in the future. 14 of them were put in the ...
Manot Cave (Hebrew: מערת מנות Me'arat Manot) is a cave in Western Galilee, Israel, discovered in 2008. [2] It is notable for the discovery of a skull that belongs to a modern human, called Manot 1, which is estimated to be 54,700 years old (U–Th dating of the calcitic crust on the Manot 1 calvaria and of speleothems in the cave).
The Magdala stone is a carved stone block unearthed by archaeologists in the Migdal Synagogue in Israel, dating to before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70. It is notable for detailed carvings depicting the Second Temple , carvings made while that Temple still stood and therefore assumed to have been made by an ...
Pages in category "Archaeology of Israel" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...