Antiquities

Items ranging from World War II-era SS memberships cards to swastika pins were found in one of the stands at Tel Aviv's Vintage Market in Givon Square.

Among the findings are typical Roman cult artifacts decorated with figures and pagan symbols, which prove that they were likely the original property of Roman soldiers.

Four books and a scroll written in Hebrew and embossed with gold leaf were seized by Turkish authorities from a smuggler.

Israel Antiquities Authority marine archeology department head Yaakov Sharvit noted the coins might have belonged to an ancient ship sailing the Mediterranean Sea.

Israel Antiquities Authority marine archeology department head Yaakov Sharvit noted the coins might have belonged to an ancient ship sailing the Mediterranean Sea.

The vessel, discovered in 1954 at the southern corner of the Great Pyramid, has been exhibited for decades at a museum bearing its name at Giza Plateau. Now it's on the move to a new home.

Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum has collected over the last 22 years thousands of treasures from the Jewish past.

Police discovered a metal detector and excavation equipment in the suspects' vehicle, and reported locating signs indicating digging nearby.

The site itself was well-preserved, offering a window into the past, showing exactly how the ancient Phoenicians cultivated and traded wine in antiquity.

The question of how agriculture was practiced in antiquity in an arid place that still presents challenges today has intrigued scholars for years.