Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a 300-metre-long section of what is known as the Upper-Level Aqueduct that supplied water to Jerusalem in the late Second Temple period (about 2000 years ago), the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reports.1
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Situated in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar is the fourth-largest island in the world. Annexed by France in 1897, it gained its independence in 1960. But very few people know that the Nazis had a plan for the resettlement in Madagascar of Jews.
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A half-shekel silver coin dated to AD66/67 has been discovered in the Judean Desert. The rare coin minted in Jerusalem by the Jewish rebels[1] was found in the area of the Ein Gedi nature reserve. It has the words “The Holy Jerusalem” in ancient Hebrew on the coin’s face, and was issued in the first year of the Jewish Revolt against the Romans.
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Sometimes, otherwise insignificant objects discovered in archaeological excavations have a greater value when closely studied. Objects may also be laid aside because the technology to interpret them is lacking. Two inscriptions discovered in Israel illustrate this point.
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This year, 2023, marks the centenary of three events, which directly affected the Jews and changed the course of history. All three events facilitated the return of the Jews to their ancient homeland.
Hitler, the Beer Hall Putsch 8 November 1923[1]
In 1923, on 8 November, Adolph Hitler proclaimed a Nazi revolution at a Munich beer hall, which became known to history as the “Beer Hall Putsch” (revolution). The next day he tried to take over the Bavarian government by marching on the administration with the support of his private army of over 2000 Storm Troopers. The attempt failed. Police opened fire, killing sixteen of his followers, while Hitler was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for treason.
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Evidence of the earliest use of silver as currency has been discovered by Israeli archaeologists. The silver hoards, dating back over 3600 years, were found during excavations in Shiloh, Megiddo, Gezer and Tel el-‘Ajjul in the Gaza Strip.
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One of the largest and most important rivers in Israel today, the Kishon River is amongst the most complex. It rises in the hills about Tabor and Gilboa, and flows along the Plain of Esdraelon from the Jezreel Valley to the sea at Haifa Bay.
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The discovery of a collection of ivory plaques from the First Temple period in Jerusalem are the first to be unearthed in the city.[1] Ivory objects are among the rarest archaeological finds. Archaeologists believe that the decorated ivory objects are approximately 2700 years old.
The disco…
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Lying at the bottom of the Earth’s deepest fault, the Dead Sea is 396 metres below sea level.[1] It is the saltiest body of water in the world and holds large quantities of valuable minerals. The earliest reference in the Bible calls it the Salt Sea (Gen 14:3), and it is also known as the Sea of the Plain (Deut 4:49) and the East Sea (Ezek 47:18). There are other indirect references to the Dead Sea in the Scriptures.
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In 1881, Eliezer Ben Yehuda[1] began creating a Hebrew dictionary for the modern Jewish state. As a young man, Ben Yehuda “realized that Jews could never have any country of their own, or any national entity, unless they had a common language”.[2] Today, his work continues at the Acad…
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