A team of archaeologists working at Lachish has reconstructed how the Assyrian army may have built a huge siege ramp used to conquer the city in 701BC.1 Led by Professor Yosef Garfinkel and Dr Madeleine Mumcuoglu of the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Professors J…
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Excavating under Jerusalem’s Old City, Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have discovered what they think may have been a 2000-year-old city council building.1 Director of the excavation Dr Shlomit Weksler-Bdolach described the structure as one of the most magnificent public buildings fr…
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Three fragments of cloth dyed with purple, the most precious dye of the ancient world, have been discovered in the Timna Valley near Eilat.1 The textiles have been dated to 1000BC, the period of David and Solomon. Also known as “true” or “Tyrian purple”,2 the vibrant purple colour of the p…
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A two-shekel weight made of limestone was discovered during wet sifting of excavated earth from beneath Wilson’s Arch at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.1
The weight has been dated to the era of the Temple of Solomon, known as the First Temple Period, and is a standard of measure known to have be…
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Excavations at the Armon Hanatziv promenade to the south of Jerusalem have uncovered architectural objects from the First Temple period (1000-586BC).1 Among the finds are various decorative items from window frames and complete limestone capitals that would have topped stone columns and balustrades….
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Situated to the east of the Jordan River and to the north of Israel, the kingdom of Geshur was in the region of Mount Herman, Maachah and Bashan (Josh 12:5). Although the territory was designated as a possession of Manasseh, when Israel entered the land under Joshua the Geshurites were not expelled,…
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