Archeology

Archaeology under fire: Political protests threaten Israel’s heritage - opinion

The claims hurled at the conference and in general against the Heritage Ministry’s plans for historical sites in Judea and Samaria are rather baseless.

The dramatic mountaintop site rising 650 meters above the Jordan Valley
The exceptional treasure, a mortar dating back to around 1805, had oxidized; the shopkeeper found it among his household goods.

Hidden in Jerusalem's Old City, collector stumbles upon rare Jewish treasure from Morocco

A rabbi holds a Torah scroll at the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter in Old Damascus on April 29, 2025.

Damascus synagogue tours highlight renewed interest in Syrian Jewish history and diaspora ties

"Herodium became a living testament to the enduring roots of Jewish history."

Resurrecting Herodium: A royal desert fortress awakens After 2,000 years


West Bank, Gaza antiquities bill raises international law concerns, legal adviser warns Knesset

The comments came as lawmakers prepared to advance the legislation on West Bank and Gaza antiquities toward final votes in the committee.

View of the ancient archeological site of Sebastia, near the West Bank city of Nablus, May 12, 2025.

Why does Jerusalem belongs to the Jews? Because history says so - opinion

At a time when lies about Israel spread with alarming speed across campuses, social media, and international forums, it is more important than ever to stand unapologetically for truth.

BNEI AKIVA youth movement members dance with a Torah scroll at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day, on May 20, 1974.

Israel digs up the West Bank – and reignites a battle over history

As Israel expands excavations in the West Bank, ancient ruins become entangled in a modern political struggle over land, history, and identity

Workers and volunteers on an archaeological dig sift through dirt at Alexandrion/Sartaba in the Jordan Valley.

Rare Archimedes text resurfaces in a French museum, researchers confirm

A page long thought missing from the Archimedes Palimpsest has been identified at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Blois, France. 

Blois, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Inv. 73.7.52.

Rare 8,000-year-old human remains found in Mexican underwater cave

Researchers said the find adds another piece to the emerging picture of early inhabitants of the Yucatán Peninsula when the landscape was a dry plain with cliffs rather than today’s jungle.

Human skeleton from a flooded cave along Mexico’s Caribbean coast.

Hundred-fifty-year-old bottle unearthed in Utah may contain alcoholic apple cider

The bottle, produced between 1870 and 1890, was found this past summer at an archeological site in Alta, Utah, a former mining town turned ski resort. 

150-year-old bottle unearthed in Utah may contain alcoholic apple cider

Israel's heart is not in Tel Aviv - it is in Judea and Samaria - opinion

Tel Aviv does not boast the long history cities like Jerusalem, Beersheba, or even 2,000-year-old Haifa. 

 MAN walks in the Jewish outpost of Yahish Zion, near the Jewish settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank.

Ancient Roman tombs, shrine to Hercules discovered in Rome suburb dig

While the tombs and the shrine were found within the modern city's boundaries, they would have been situated outside the ancient walls of Rome.

The two tombs date from the time of Rome's Republic and were found near that city's northeast Via Pietralata.

Italy discovers basilica design by ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, 'father of architecture'

"It is a sensational finding ... something that our grandchildren will be talking about," Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli told a press conference.

 Italian Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli attends an Italy-Albania Intergovernmental Summit at Villa Doria Pamphili on November 13, 2025 in Rome, Italy.

Digital scans unveil new love notes and sketches on ancient Pompeii wall

The once-thriving city of Pompeii, near Naples, was buried in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, preserving buildings, objects, and graffiti under meters of ash.

The archaeological site of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is seen, as it reopens to the public with social distancing and hygiene rules, after months of closure due to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Pompeii, Italy, May 26, 2020.