Wow!: Underground hideout from nearly 2,000 years ago unearthed in Israel
ARI RABINOVITCH, of Reuters, reports from Huqoq in northern Israel…
Postcards: In the desert above the Dead Sea, evidence of Jewish rebels’ capture of Roman weaponry
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports from Israel…
Archaeological controversy: Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic near Armageddon. Where it could go next sparks outcry
ILAN BEN ZION, of Associated Press, reports on the controversy over a proposal to relocate the Megiddo Mosaic to the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC…
Signs of Salome, said to be nurse to baby Jesus, unearthed in Israel
Lachish Forest, Israel Reuters Excavations of a cave reputed to be the burial place of Salome, said in non-canonical Scripture to have been nurse to the newborn Jesus, have found more signs it was both an important Jewish tomb and a Christian pilgrimage site, archaelogists say. Inscriptions left by pilgrims are seen on the wall […]
‘Royal’ purple fabric found in Israel dates to days of David and Solomon
Jerusalem, IsraelRNS The colour purple appears several times in the Bible, usually in a robe draping one of the kings of ancient Israel. But the search for an authentic artifact dyed the royal colour from the time of King David has always proved elusive. That changed this week, after researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority, […]
1,500-year-old inscription ‘Christ born of Mary’ found in Israel
A 1,500-year-old inscription which speaks of ‘Christ born of Mary’ has been unearthed in Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority, which reported the find last week, said the inscription – which is written in Greek and has been partially destroyed – once formed part of a church in what is now known as the village of […]
Dig near Jerusalem’s Western Wall yields “puzzling” chambers
Jerusalem, IsraelAP Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday exhibited a recently uncovered, unusual series of 2,000-year-old chambers carved out of the bedrock beneath the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem. The Israel Antiquities Authority’s excavations are uncovering new sections of a sprawling network of ancient subterranean passageways running alongside a contested Jerusalem holy site known to Jews as […]
Israeli archaeologists discover signs of religion in 9,000-year-old city near Jerusalem
JerusalemRNS The region around Jerusalem has a long history of religious practices. Those practices might date back to the Stone Age. The huge settlement from the Neolithic Period that was discovered in the archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Motza, Israel. PICTURE: Eyal Marco, Israel Antiquities Authority The people who lived in a […]
Survival of 1,500-year-old mosaic found in Jerusalem a “miracle”
A 6th century mosaic commemorating the founding of a hostel for Christian pilgrims has been found in Jerusalem near the Damascus Gate. The Greek inscription reads “In the time of our most pious emperor Flavius Justinian, also this entire building Constantine the most God-loving priest and abbot, established and raised, in the 14th indiction”. According to Dr […]
ANTIQUITIES: US HOBBY LOBBY SCANDAL SHINES A LIGHT ON SALE OF ANCIENT ARTIFACTS IN ISRAEL
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, reports from Jerusalem…