Pendant Unearthed at Nazi Death Camp May Have Ties to Anne Frank
A multinational team of archaeologists has unearthed a trove of personal items at the site of the Sobibór death camp, including a pendant which could be tied to Anne Frank.
On the Heels of Hanukkah: The Biblical Significance of a Rare Underwater Find
“As Jews all over the world celebrate Hanukkah, we remember that the ancient Greeks are long gone and the Jewish people continue to live on,” Segal said with a smile.
A 2,000-Year Old Hanukkah Gift Uncovered in Jerusalem
Orna Cohen, chief conservation officer at the Jerusalem’s Tower of David, was inspecting some minor damage in the tower’s courtyard when she was surprised to see the glint of metal amongst the tumbled rocks.
Tomb Raiders Caught Red-Handed Robbing Ancient Jewish Grave
Israel Antiquities Authority and Border Police officers thwarted last weekend a cell of tomb raiders at “Horvat Maskana,” an excavation site north of the Golani Junction, in the lower Galilee.
World’s Oldest Ten Commandments Sold for $850,000
The world’s oldest known complete stone inscription of the Ten Commandments was sold at an auction in Beverly Hills on Wednesday for $850,000, though it is unlikely that Moses would recognize this version as his own.
Papyrus With Oldest-Known Hebrew Reference to Jerusalem Proves City Jewish 1,300 Years Before Birth of Islam
The papyrus’s rediscovery coincided with the second UNESCO resolution attempting to deny Judaism’s connection to its most holy city – a connection this ancient artifact so graphically proves.
Antiquities Head Compares UNESCO to ISIS
“I believe he understood the power, the depth, the truth that that particular archeological finding gives to Jewish history, as recorded in the Bible.”
First Temple-Era Gate Shrine Unearthed in Israel [PHOTOS]
“Tel Lachish was the most important city in Judea, after Jerusalem. This is the biggest city-gate we have found in the Land of Israel.”
Burned Mystery Scroll Digitally Unraveled Reveals Bible Unchanged for 2,000 Years
The remarkable discovery of verses from the Book of Leviticus, which matched, letter for letter, the Hebrew text still in use today, is the first instance of one of the Five Books of Moses ever found in a Holy Ark.
1,500-Year-Old Stable Discovered By Israeli Teenagers in Negev
Israeli archaeologists, visiting colleagues from DePaul University in Chicago and a group of Israeli teenagers said the findings left “no room for doubt” that donkeys, sheep and goats inhabited Israel in ancient times.”