Articles in "Archaeology"

As War Began, Museum Staff Scrambled to Protect 2,100-Year-Old Dead Sea Scroll

Just days after it was returned to public display for the first time since the 1960s, the Great Isaiah Scroll was placed under special ...

Student Finds 800-Year-Old Crusader Sword off Israeli Coast

A medieval sword that may once have hung at the side of a Crusader knight has resurfaced after eight centuries on the floor of the ...

Archaeologists Uncover Lives of the Elderly in Biblical-Era Israel

Archaeologists are finally uncovering the hidden lives of the elderly -- those who lived, worked, and influenced family life more than ...

Ancient Stone Vessel Factory Found in Jerusalem After Antiquities Theft Bust

A large stone vessel production facility dating to the Second Temple period has been uncovered on the eastern slopes of Mount Scopus in ...

1,800-Year-Old Artifact on Display as Knesset Celebrates 60 Years

A new archaeological exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of the Israeli Knesset building opened Monday at the parliament complex in ...

Antiquities Robbers Arrested After Damaging Roman-Period Cave in Galilee

A gang of four antiquities robbers was caught red-handed on Sunday afternoon while digging inside an ancient Roman-period burial cave near ...

Israeli Archaeologists Launch Project to Trace Origins of Ancient Pottery

A new Israeli research initiative is using cutting-edge scientific methods to solve one of archaeology’s oldest mysteries: where ancient ...

U.S. Ambassador’s Grandchildren Discover Ancient Coins in Unexplored Israeli Cave

The grandchildren of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee uncovered ancient coins in a previously unknown cave near the community of ...

2,000-Year-Old Jewish Ritual Bath Found Near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

A rare archaeological discovery beneath Jerusalem’s Western Wall Plaza has uncovered a rock-hewn Jewish ritual bath from the final days ...

Drone Imagery and Machine Learning Revolutionize Mapping of Archaeological Sites

A new computational tool developed at the University of Haifa is changing how archaeologists document and analyze ancient ruins, using ...