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Artist description based on research findings. The explosion was as powerful as 1,000 Hiroshimas. Illustration: Alan West and Jennifer Rice, CC BY-ND

A giant space rock destroyed a city near the Dead Sea about 3,600 years ago; Inspiration for the story of the destruction of Sodom and the destruction of the walls of Jericho

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One of the researchers responsible for the discovery tells how an asteroid similar to the one that caused the incident in Tungaska in Siberia in 1908, hit a city in Jordan northeast of the Dead Sea. The city was abandoned afterwards, and the echoes of the explosion hit other cities in the vicinity, including Jericho
Remains of vessels shattered in the earthquake. Photography - Eliyahu Yanai - City of David

Archaeological evidence of an earthquake mentioned in the Bible

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The famous earthquake, which occurred in Israel about 2800 years ago and appears in the Bible, was previously uncovered in several locations throughout Israel, but the researchers believe that for the first time they were able to identify remains of destruction that indicate that the earthquake also hit Jerusalem - the capital of the Kingdom of Judah
The excavation site in Carmel. Photo: Haifa University

Why did the Netopim of Carmel go all the way to the Sea of ​​Galilee to grind basalt vessels

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Tensions between communities and complex technology 15 years ago: Although there are sources of high-quality basalt for chiseling tools close to Carmel, the residents of the Al-Wad Cave Terrace 15 years ago went as far as the Sea of ​​Galilee to collect basalt for chiseling tools for food processing, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Haifa
Clay lumps discovered in Tel Tsef. Photography - Tal Rogovski

How were buildings and shipments sealed 7,000 years ago?

The rare seal impression that was found is the earliest evidence in Israel of the use of a seal for signing shipments or locking doors. The seal dates to the Middle Chalcolithic period, about two thousand years before the appearance of writing
Excerpts from the Teri Asherash scroll were uncovered in the Yehuda desert operation before they were preserved. Photo: Shai Halevi, Antiquities Authority

Fragments of new scrolls, the skeleton of a 6,000-year-old girl and the oldest complete basket in the world were discovered in David Yehuda

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This is the first time after about 60 years that fragments of scrolls from the books of the Bible have been discovered in excavations. The fragments, rewritten in Greek, include remnants of the books of the Ten Prophets, among them Zechariah and Nahum * The remains of the scroll and other rare finds were discovered by archaeologists of the Antiquities Authority in a challenging national project and dramatic, designed to eradicate the looting of antiquities in the Judean desert
Excavations in the volcanic ash in Santorini. Photo: shutterstock

A volcano, an atomic bomb and an olive branch

Ein Kerem neighborhood area in the Jerusalem mountains. Photo: depositphotos.com

"Without Hellas, it is likely that we would not be a land of milk and honey"

A new study at the Hebrew University examines why the farmers of the past preferred the mountains of Jerusalem over the mountains of the north?
Make money from Tel Megiddo. Photo: Clara Amit, Antiquities Authority.

"Dirty" money from 3,000 years ago

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Children from Hispin who volunteer in the excavation point to the figures blackened on the stone. Photo: Yaniv Berman, Antiquities Authority

For the first time: a fortified complex from the time of King David was discovered in the Golan

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Unearthed in archaeological excavations by the Antiquities Authority prior to the expansion of the settlement of Hispin, funded by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the Golan Regional Council *According to the archaeologists, "it is likely that the Goshurites, who ruled the Golan and maintained diplomatic and family ties with King David and his dynasty, operated in the citadel"
Excavations 2018 at the archaeological site Ein Gav 2 on the Sea of ​​Galilee, from the research of Prof. Lior Grossman. Photo: Naftali Hilgar

First direct evidence of a surplus economy and long-term hoarding 12,000 years ago

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At the prehistoric Nahal Ein Gev site in northern Israel, researchers from the Hebrew University have uncovered evidence that man stored various materials, including food, in an elaborate facility established 12 years ago. According to the researchers, the facility testifies to the advance of the hoarding phenomenon known to us by about a thousand years
Photos 1: One of the groups of jars studied in the study from Khirbet Kayafa. Photo: Clara Amit, Antiquities Authority

Traces of the measure "tapeh" were found in archaeological findings

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Three groups of storage and trading jars that were produced in different places in Israel in the 10th to 7th centuries BC were studied, and it was found that the only parameter common to all three, with great accuracy, is the diameter of the jugs' mouths, and its length is within the range of the various estimates given in the past for the degree of the handle
An aerial view of the destroyed palace at Tel Kabri. Photo: Research team, Tel Kabri excavations

The earthquake that destroyed the Canaanite palace in Tel Kaberi from 3700 years ago

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Stonehenge site in the UK. Close-up shot. Photography" shutterstock

Most of the large stones of the Stonehenge site have one source: West Woods, Wiltshire

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The mosaic floor of the old church. Photo by Alex Wiegman, Israel Antiquities Authority

An impressive 1300-year-old church, which seems to have been part of a monastery, was uncovered in Kfar Kama near Mount Tabor

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Container vessel (carter) from a farm house near Tzipori (Gabi Laron)

Research - the residents of Tzipori continued the Jewish customs of purification even after the destruction of the Second Temple

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A divine staff with surprising decorations from about 3,200 years ago was uncovered in a Canaanite temple in Tel Lakish

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The rare plate. Photo by Emil Algam, Antiquities Authority

A child discovered on a trip a rare 3500-year-old tablet with the figure of a captor and captive engraved on it

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Beit Shan excavation site from the Roman period. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Progress in the Beit Shean excavation project: "The Institute of Archeology - the cutting edge of research in Israel"

Brick buildings in Tel Zef - courtesy of Prof. Yossi Garfinkel, University of Haifa

The uniform construction standard 7,000 years ago in the Jordan Valley

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A figurine head in the form of a man. Photo: Clara Amit, Antiquities Authority

Findings at Tel Motza near Jerusalem testify to a temple from the time of the First Temple that is very similar to Solomon's temple described in the Bible

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Ostracones (inscriptions in ink on fragments of pottery) from Samaria, the capital of Israel, after adding color. The inscriptions date to the first half of the 8th century BC. Photo: The Semitic Museum, Harvard University.

Dozens of inscriptions from Samaria, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, were written by only two people - most likely scribes or officials of King Jeroboam ben Yoash mentioned in the book of XNUMX Kings

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The student Stav Meir and the Greek inscription he uncovered, together with the Antiquities Authority member Karam Said. Photo: Antiquities Authority

He went looking for mushrooms and discovered a marble inscription in Greek from the Byzantine period

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cache images. Photo: Liat Nadav-Ziv, Antiquities Authority

A 1200-year-old hoard of gold coins was discovered in archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Yavne

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The eagle-symbol 9. Byzantine Empire

A large and magnificent 1,500-year-old church with mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions was uncovered in Ramat Beit Shemesh

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A 5,000-year-old city discovered near Harish, 2019. Aerial photo, Assaf Peretz

A huge 5,000-year-old Canaanite city with a temple for worship, one of the first and largest in the ancient Near East, was discovered near Harish

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