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Prof. Elisabetta Boerto and Dr. Tobias Richter look to the horizon at the Shubeika 1 excavation site - about 150 km northeast of Ravet Ammon. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Herb remains shed new light on the development of the agricultural revolution

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: A complete candle from the Abbasid period found in the garbage pit and decorated with vine clusters and birds. Eliyahu Yanai, courtesy of the City of David.

A 1,000-year-old eggplant was discovered in excavations in Jerusalem

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Excavation of the Wilson arch - general view. In the excavation, 8 layers of the stones of the Kotel were exposed. Photo: Yaniv Berman, courtesy of the Antiquities Authority.

In the tunnels of the Western Wall, new layers are revealed to the depth of the Western Wall, as well as an ancient Roman theater

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Source: Haifa University.

An unusual pottery testifies to an ancient agricultural cult in the Jordan Valley

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A Byzantine inscription in Greek was discovered near the Nablus Gate in Jerusalem

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Reconstruction of the biblical persimmon perfume, from the exhibition "Jerusalem: A Medical Diagnosis Exhibition", 2014. Photo: Deror avi / Wikimedia.

The mystery of the secret perfume

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The stone tools that were uncovered in the maker's house. Photo: Shmuel Magal, courtesy of the Antiquities Authority.

A quarry for the production of stone tools used by Jews during the Second Temple period was discovered in the village of Rayna in the Galilee

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A skeleton of a Canaanite about 3,700 years old from Sidon. From the scientific article

Scientists were able to reconstruct and sequence an ancient genome with the help of DNA collected from five different Canaanites who lived in today's Lebanon about 4,000 years ago

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Evidence of the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians was uncovered in the City of David

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The water reservoir - a view from the inside. Photo: Assaf Peretz, Antiquities Authority.

An impressive 2700-year-old water plant was uncovered in Rosh Ha'Ain

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Mitvan fabrics, made of wool and decorated with red and blue stripes. Photo: Clara Amit, courtesy of the Antiquities Authority.

Evidence of the use of dyeing plants in textiles from the days of Kings David and Solomon

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Women's jewelry found in the Crusader tower kitchen. Photo: Vared Busiden, Israel Antiquities Authority.

900-year-old women's jewelry was uncovered in the kitchen of an ancient Crusader tower

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Remains of the fortification tower. The foundation stones were laid only in the Iron Age. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

The Fortified Tower in Jerusalem was built 1,000 years later than archaeologists had previously estimated

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The students of Shalah reveal the ancient facilities in the Khokov ruins. Photo: Anastasia Shapiro, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

An ancient industrial area was uncovered in student excavations in Hakok in the Galilee

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The new address from Tel Arad discovered by researchers from Tel Aviv University. Photo credit: Michael Kordonsky, Tel Aviv University.

A new photographic technology has revealed a Hebrew inscription from the days of the First Temple - on pottery that is still considered clean of a letter

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Archaeological excavation within the layers of garbage from the ancient Roman period. Photography: Assaf Peretz.

Research: What did the Jerusalemites eat in the 1st century AD

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Skull of a mouse. Source: Photo courtesy of Haifa University.

The house mice's teeth revealed: Man settled in permanent settlements 3,000 years before the time it was common to think

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An eight-meter-high statue of Ramses II was discovered in Cairo * Concern about antiquities looting in Egypt

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The dolmen is 4,000 years old this year. Photo: Gonen Sharon, Tel Hai Academic College.

A rare ancient and mysterious over 4,000-year-old dolmen decorated with ancient rock art has been uncovered

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A look through the microscope revealed: the flint blades are actually the oldest sickle blades in the world

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Imprint "Lamelech" on the handle of a pitcher from Ramat Rachel. Photo: Oded Lifshitz.

Scientists: The weakening of the Earth's magnetic field is not a new phenomenon

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A relic of a scroll found at the time in an excavation in the Judean Desert. Photo: Casey Lu and Oren Gutfeld

60 years later, remains of the scrolls were discovered buried in another cave in the Judean desert

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A poster showing the theme of the 2017 Dan David Prize: Archeology and Natural Sciences. From the Dan David Prize website

Two of the researchers who strengthened the connection between the sciences and archeology won the Dan David prize for the dimension of past time

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Prof. Israel Finkelstein, winner of the corresponding prize in 2006, described the revolution passing through the world of archeology and how two researchers from the natural sciences won the Dan David Prize for 2017 in the past tense dimension in the field of archaeology. In recent years, the relationship between archeology and the natural sciences has been getting tighter 
The Roman inscription from the period of the rebellion in the exhibition at the Haifa University Library. Photo: Haifa University Spokesperson

An ancient inscription identifies for the first time with certainty the Roman commissioner in the years before the Bar-Kochba revolt: Gergilius Antiquus

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The interior of the stable. The round stone basins were probably used to store food and water for the animals

A 1500-year-old farm animal stable was uncovered in Obedat National Park

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