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As I embark on a ten-day journey across Israel with my son and my soon-to ... designed to immerse Gavi in his heritage. From ...
From the blog of Sabine Sterk at The Times of Israel ...
One of the things that the holiday commemorates is Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s death – the same sage who survived on carob ...
They have uncovered dozens of building stones of various sizes, different paths ... Israel officially opened the stairway, known as "Pilgrim's Road," that Jesus is believed to have walked on in ...
But Ziv is the youngest child known to have discovered an ancient artifact in Israel, said Yoli Schwartz, a spokeswoman for the antiquities authority, who called the find “very exciting.” ...
She could have picked up any old stone from the thousands in the ruins of Tel Azeka, an ancient town in Israel. Instead, 3-year-old Ziv Nitzan pulled out a 3,800-year-old treasure from the Middle ...
A rare collection of ancient coins was discovered last week ... according to the University of Haifa in Israel. Archaeologists found the hoard of about 160 of the coins during ongoing excavations ...
Ziv is not the first kid to uncover a piece of ancient history in Israel. Yoli Schwartz, a spokeswoman for the Antiquities Authority, said children stumble upon artifacts a few times a year.
The artifacts, which mostly consist of Egyptian pottery, were found during a recent excavation of the ancient city of Megiddo in northern Israel. The site is said to contain over 30 layers of ...
The findings, described in the latest issue of Atiqot (Bone and Ebony Figurines from Christian Burials in the Roman–Byzantine Necropolis of Tel Malchata), the academic journal of the Israel ...
A toddler unearthed an ancient treasure during a family outing in southern Israel earlier this month, officials said. While visiting the archaeological site Tel Azekah, some 50 miles southeast of ...