“I was looking down at the ground to find porcupine needles and smooth pebbles,” said Dafna Filshteiner.

“If you feel like rolling up your sleeves and being an active participant, you might consider joining a ‘dig for a day.’”

The eighth-century Afghan Liturgical Quire “pushes the history of the Jewish book back approximately 200 years,” said scholar Gary Rendsburg.

“We found the name of Jesus before Christianity was part of the Roman Empire,” said Alegre Savariego of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

The quarry, unearthed in the city’s present-day Har Hotzvim industrial park, is one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.

A unique art exhibition opens in a former Ottoman jail inside Jaffa Gate.

The 3,300-year-old wreck, found a mile deep in the Eastern Mediterranean, contained hundreds of intact amphorae.

The little-known Gallus Revolt in 351-354 C.E. saw Lod, Tzipori and Tiberias destroyed.

“History is being revived in the Jewish Quarter” as ancient homes of Temple priests reopen after a major renovation.