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Man stands in burnt out home
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Exclusive: Why Israel turned to archaeologists in its search for the Oct. 7 missing

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay October 6, 2024October 8, 2024

GAZA ENVELOPE, ISRAEL — The rockets arrived early on Oct. 7. Danny Garcovich had lived along Israel’s border with Gaza for more than three decades, so the barrage wasn’t unsettling at first. […]

Annette Nagar from the Israel Antiquities Authority shows an oil lamp tool as she stands in an ancient Byzantine church dating from 1,500 years ago discovered during an archaeological rescue excavation near Jerusalem, June 10, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Report: Israel antiquities among items found at Mar-a-Lago

by Ron Kampeas July 18, 2023
"Two Work Tools," 2005 by Rina Kimche (Photo/Courtesy BAMPFA)
Posted inCulture

Archaeology-inspired Israeli ceramicist Rina Kimche gets first U.S. solo show in Berkeley

by Dan Pine January 11, 2023January 11, 2023
Karin Sczech participates in the excavation at the medieval Jewish cemetery of Erfurt. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy TLDA Ronny Krause)
Posted inWorld

A German town built a granary atop its Jewish cemetery. Now the bones are yielding insights about Ashkenazi DNA.

by Toby Axelrod and JTA November 30, 2022
Part of the Passover Papyrus, written in Aramaic. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin)
Posted inOpinion

‘No beer on Passover, OK?’ —Jerusalem to Jewish soldiers in Egypt, 419 BCE

by Dr. Henry Abramson and Forward April 20, 2022April 21, 2022
This curse tablet was discovered by Mount Ebal, which is near the Palestinian city of Nablus. (Photo/RNS-Michael C. Luddeni)
Posted inNews

Earliest mention of God’s name found in West Bank archaeological dump

by Jerry Pattengale and RNS March 29, 2022March 29, 2022
Workers at the site of the excavation in the Lachish Forest. (Photo/JTA-Emil Aladjem-Israel Antiquities Authority)
Posted inNews

Ruins of a Hellenistic fortress show ‘tangible evidence’ of Hanukkah story, Israeli archaeologists say

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 18, 2021
From the cover of Rutu Modan's new graphic novel, "Tunnels."
Posted inCulture

Dig into Jerusalem’s subterranean history with new nonfiction and graphic novel

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman November 18, 2021November 23, 2021
The toilet was carved from limestone and was built with a septic tank underneath it. (Photo/JTA-Yoli Schwartz-Israel Antiquities Authority)
Posted inNews

Lost toilets of the First Temple: 2,700-year-old private toilet found in Jerusalem

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA October 5, 2021
The moment when the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets scroll was discovered in Muraba‘at Cave. (Photo/JTA-Highlight Films)
Posted inIsrael

First Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 60 years, Israeli archaeologists announce

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 17, 2021

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