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Dr. Lev Applebaum, Tel Aviv University

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a method that makes it possible to discover antiquities without digging tens of meters deep

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Jericho Tower during the excavations. Photo courtesy of the British School of Archeology in Jerusalem.

Researchers from Uni' Tel Aviv: We found evidence of power struggles surrounding the construction of the first skyscraper in human history in Tel Jericho

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The oldest modern human teeth discovered in Kesem Cave. Photo: Israel Hershkovitz, Tel Aviv University

The oldest modern human remains were discovered in a cave near Rosh Ha'Ain

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In a unique community excavation and the largest in Israel to date, researchers from the University of Haifa together with school students from the area of ​​the Menashe Regional Council are uncovering Tel-Assor, a Canaanite settlement from the Bronze Age

The largest community archaeological excavation in Israel brought hundreds of XNUMXth graders out of their classrooms and into the excavation of the past

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Prof. Netzer next to the recently discovered coffin. Photo by Gabi Laron, Hebrew University, 2008

Prof. Ehud Netzer of Megla Herod's tomb passed away

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The excavation site

The earliest evidence of "death feasts" held 12 thousand years ago was found

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A gold coin minted by Ptolemy V and discovered in the north of the country in 2010 depicts a queen - possibly Arsinoe II, who married her brother Ptolemy II. Photo: Antiquities Authority

A very rare gold coin about 2200 years old was discovered in excavations in the north

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A wall painting of the goddess of fortune Ticha discovered in the Susita excavations. Photo: Haifa University

The goddess of fortune was found in Susita

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Apollo relief. Photo: Haifa University

Apollo from Tel Dor

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Tel Hazor Photo: skyview courtesy of the Hebrew University

First: Archaeologists from the Hebrew University uncovered a certificate of laws written in the style of Hammurabi's laws

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Prof. Wayne Horowitz (right) and Dr. Eilat Mazar from the Hebrew University hold the part of the tablet that was revealed. (Photo: Sashon Tiram)

The first letter from Jerusalem: researchers from the Hebrew University discovered the oldest document written in Jerusalem

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Microscope photograph of the head of a bee Amla from the biblical beehive (photo: Vitaly Gutkin)

Everything is honey: researchers from the Hebrew University found bees of the Turkish variety in beehives from biblical times

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A Byzantine mast that was discovered in the "Dor 2006" shipwreck by a team of maritime archaeologists from the University of Haifa. Photo: Amir Yurman, Institute of Maritime Studies, University of Haifa

A Byzantine wooden mast was revealed for the first time in the world in the "Dor 2006" shipwreck

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David statue - the work of Nicolas Cordier in the Basilica of David_SM_Maggiore in Rome

New evidence on the establishment of David's kingdom was presented at an international conference on the study of the Ancient Near East held at the University of Haifa

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Hanan Eshel

Archaeologist Prof. Hanan Eshel, one of the senior researchers at Bar-Ilan University, has passed away

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The palace of the Umayyad caliphs in Al-Zanabara is a lunar house. Photography: Rafi Greenberg

A palace on the shore of the Kinneret Sea

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The coffin with the Medusa symbol discovered in Caesarea. Photo: Antiquities Authority

Medusa in the port of Caesarea

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Dr. Eilat Mazar and the piece of material from the days of the First Temple that she uncovered. Photo: Sasson Thiram

An archaeologist from the Hebrew University uncovered a wall from the days of the United Kingdom

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The cat goddess discovered in an Egyptian temple

A divine kitten stirs up the Egyptians

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Prof. Steve Weiner (seated second from the left) and Dr. Elisabetta Boerto (standing fourth from the left) with the international research team

Pottery was produced in China as early as 18,000 years ago

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Domestication of the cat - when and how did it happen?

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DNA taken from a tomb from the time of Christ shows the earliest case of leprosy

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The Antiquities Authority and UNESCO initiated an international workshop to deal with dangers to world heritage sites

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The Disappeared Neighbors: Neanderthal DNA and Us

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Technology in the archeology service, DNA testing for the skeleton. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Technology in the service of archaeology

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The thought of the researchers of the past - historians or archaeologists - brings up an image of several people sitting in a small, dark room, slowly examining a tedious document with a magnifying glass and trying to decipher word by word, letter by letter. It turns out that the reality is very far from this image.
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