“It’s not just a display of the scrolls, which of course in and of themselves would be powerful,” but other “wow objects” leave viewers in awe, the museum’s director of exhibits told JNS.

The fragment, the first of its kind discovered in Jerusalem, provides direct evidence of Assyrian imperial oversight in the Kingdom of Judah—and possibly a Judean rebellion.

At City of David ceremony, Netanyahu, Rubio, and Huckabee highlight unbroken bond of Jewish and Christian heritage.

The system allows users to browse publications, photos, 3D scans, excavation reports and archival documents.

The newly uncovered structure suggests comprehensive urban planning for managing Jerusalem’s water supply as early as the late ninth century BCE and serves as clear evidence of the city’s power and sophistication.

“Two thousand years after the minting of this coin, we come along a few days before Tisha B’Av and find such a moving testimony to that great destruction,” says archaeologist Esther Rakow-Mellet.

The project is part of an effort to recreate a renowned ancient wine that was once exported throughout Europe.

After nearly a century of archaeological silence, the ancient stones of Sebastia are speaking again as Israeli excavators uncover remarkable finds.

While walking at Tel Azeka, near Beit Shemesh, 3.5-year-old Ziv Nitzan picked up a stone that turned out to be an ancient amulet.