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  • Ancient fabric shows how King David may have dressed

    Ancient fabric shows how King David may have dressed

    • Jan 29, 2021

    A new archeological discovery may shed new light on the way King David and King Solomon dressed 3000 years ago.

    By Charles Collins
  • By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque

    By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque

    • Jan 29, 2021

    Archaeologists in Israel say they have discovered the remnants of an early mosque — believed to date to the earliest decades of Islam — during an excavation in the northern city of Tiberias.

    By Ilan Ben Zion
  • Jewish ritual bath dating to time of Jesus found in Garden of Gethsemane

    Jewish ritual bath dating to time of Jesus found in Garden of Gethsemane

    • Dec 23, 2020

    A ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been uncovered on the Mount of Olives at the site tradition says is the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus experienced the Agony in the Garden before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion.

    By Charles Collins
  • New study says literacy widespread among ancient Israelites

    New study says literacy widespread among ancient Israelites

    • Sep 24, 2020

    A new study says the rates of literacy among ancient Israelites might be far higher than previously suspected.

    By Crux Staff
  • France reopens contested Jewish tomb in east Jerusalem

    France reopens contested Jewish tomb in east Jerusalem

    • Nov 8, 2019

    French authorities reopened one of Jerusalem’s most magnificent ancient tombs to the public for the first time in over a decade, despite a dispute over access to the archaeological-cum-holy site in the city’s volatile eastern half.

    By Ilan Ben Zion
  • Byzantine church to mystery martyr unearthed near Jerusalem

    Byzantine church to mystery martyr unearthed near Jerusalem

    • Oct 24, 2019

    Israeli archaeologists have revealed an elaborately decorated Byzantine church dedicated to an anonymous martyr that was recently uncovered near Jerusalem.

    By Patty Nieberg
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