Report from Jerusalem, #24, July 2010
Honey Bees at Tel Rehov, Bet Shean Valley During excavations at Tel Rehov, under the direction of Prof. Amihai Mazar of the Hebrew University, thirty intact beehives were found in 2007, as well as...
View ArticleReport from Jerusalem, #25, September 2010
Ancient treasures in Gaza There was a report last August about the difficulties of presenting archaeological remains in and around Gaza city. Much work has been done in the area in the past and much...
View ArticleReport from Jerusalem #36, 6th November 2011
Dead Sea Scrolls On-Line As mentioned previously, the Scrolls were to be brought on line in a joint project organized by the Israel Museum and Google, and five of the most complete scrolls went on-line...
View ArticleReport from Jerusalem #40, 15th March 2012
New Tourism Centre on Givati Car Park, Jerusalem Recently initial approval has been given for a large new tourism centre over the site of the former car park opposite the City of David archaeological...
View ArticleReport from Jerusalem #42, 31st May 2012
First Temple Shrines at Khirbet Qeiyafa The site, about 30km south-west of Jerusalem, continues to provide surprises. The excavator, Prof. Yossi Garfinkel, recently announced that he had found in three...
View ArticleReport from Jerusalem #47, 30th December 2012
Hasmonean Farm in Jerusalem Remains of a farm site were uncovered at Kiryat Yovel in western Jerusalem by a team from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) a month or so ago. The remains have been...
View ArticleReport from Jerusalem #50, 14th May 2013
Early and Unusual Ritual Bath in Jerusalem Last April a mikvah of the Second Temple period was uncovered in Jerusalem, in the western suburb of Kiryat Menahem, in a rescue dig conducted before the...
View ArticleReport from Jerusalem #59, 24th March 2014
The World of the Philistines Museum A new museum has opened in Ashdod on the Israeli coast, devoted to the Philistines, who lived in that area some three thousand years ago. It is called the Corinne...
View ArticleReport from Jerusalem #60, 20th April 2014
Exhibition of Early Masks at the Israel Museum A new temporary exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem shows a collection of twelve masks from Jericho and other sites around the Dead Sea. The...
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