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Copper mining site in Timna. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Start Up Nation in Old Canaan

Thanks to advanced management skills, the Araba industry became the copper powerhouse of the ancient world
The cable car from the center of the Gulf to the University of Haifa. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The University of Haifa will put an emphasis on sustainability in the academic year that opens this week

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The president of the university, Prof. Ron Rubin: "The University of Haifa operates in a unique texture of mountain-city-sea, which makes us a living laboratory for research in the fields of the environment, man and society"
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 Olympic flag during the Vancouver Winter Games, 2010. From Wikipedia

Olympics: the story of five rings

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Yerubael address, photo: Dafna Gazit, Antiquities Authority.

For the first time: a rare inscription from the days of the Judges was discovered, which refers to the Book of Judges

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Who are you Yerubael? The man is mentioned in a 3,100-year-old inscription that was discovered near Kiryat Gat, in the excavations of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Antiquities Authority and McQuarrie University in Sydney. , belonged to him"
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
A group of Neanderthals prepares to hunt. Photo: depositphotos.com

Out of Africa: In the wake of modern man and the Neanderthals he met

Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and archaeologists from the Antiquities Authority returned to the archaeological site of Boker Attama in the Negev, and shed new light on a defining chapter in human evolution
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
David dressed in crimson at the time of his anointing to the kingship by Shmuel (mosaic of the synagogue in Dora Europos, Syria, 3rd century AD. From Wikipedia

A cloth dyed in crimson was identified - the colors of royal clothing from the time of David and Solomon 3,000 years ago

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In a joint study by the Antiquities Authority, Tel Aviv University and Bar-Ilan University, archaeologists unearthed pieces of cloth dyed in the royal scarlet color from the time of Kings David and Solomon.
Chopping and cutting tool from the late Ishli site in Rabved (photo: Prof. Ran Barkai)

The toolbox of prehistoric man

The layered site, which was apparently used by humans of the late Homo erectus type, was a favorite site, to which the humans returned again and again. Bone remains of a wide variety of animals were found on the site - elephants, cattle, elk, donkeys and more, which were used as food for the residents
Excavations in the volcanic ash in Santorini. Photo: shutterstock

A volcano, an atomic bomb and an olive branch

Molds for oil candles over a thousand years old that were discovered in an excavation in Tiberias. Photo: Antiquities Authority

A cache of molds for oil candles was uncovered in an archaeological dig in Tiberias

A rare cache from the early Islamic period was discovered in an excavation on behalf of the Institute of Archeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led by Dr. Oren Gutfeld. Ten molds of oil candles that survived intact, made of clay and decorated with geometric and plant patterns, allow a rare glimpse of working bicycles in ancient times
Hutam Abed Jeroboam. Photo by Danny Machlis, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

For the first time, a physical and original imprint of a seal from the Iron Age (2,300 years) was found in Israel

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After a secret and in-depth study it was revealed for the first time that a seal sold in the market to a professor from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is actually the earliest find of a seal discovered in the Land of Israel. Also, for the first time in the history of research, there is real evidence of a royal seal that is produced in different sizes
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"
Scientific advice. Illustration: illustration: depositphotos.com

How do you get scientists into government offices?

Each year, approximately 1,600 new PhD holders are qualified in Israel. They go out into the world armed with a certificate, a lot of new knowledge and usually with the desire to translate it into meaningful action. But many of them will find themselves embarrassed in front of the employment options before them
Stone tools uncovered in the excavation in Neve Noi. Photo: Anat Rasiuk, Antiquities Authority

Beer Sheva is the high-tech capital of the ancient world

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Researchers have uncovered a 6,500-year-old workshop for copper production in the city
Earrings, rings and gold beads. One of the richest hoards from the biblical period found in Israel. Photo courtesy of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology

About scientists who searched Athens and found a kingdom

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Studies that started with a certain direction and ended up in completely different places
The smallpox epidemic arrived in Mexico by the Spanish expedition led by Papino de Narvaez and spread throughout the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in the late 16s. Photo: shutterstock

How the modern world was shaped by plagues 500 years ago

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Epidemics of virgin soil - ones that the local inhabitants had not yet encountered - wiped out most of the native populations in America. The lack of local labor made it necessary to import slaves. This established the supremacy of Europe. Is it possible that if the natives had survived, the distribution of power would have been different?
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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The second title excavation uncovered. Photo: Yuli Schwartz, Antiquities Authority

Has the 'Commissioner's Palace' from the First Temple period been revealed?

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Magnificent and rare remains of a royal building from the time of the kings of Judah were discovered in an excavation by the Antiquities Authority on the famous Jerusalem Promenade
Measurements from the floor that collapsed during the burning of Jerusalem during the destruction of the First Temple. Photo: Shai Halevi, Antiquities Authority

The Earth's magnetic field tells the story of the destruction of the First Temple

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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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A find from the fifth century in Shebata. Photo: Bar Ilan University

Israeli researchers discovered evidence of the collapse of a commercial vine branch in the Negev 1500 years ago, during a time of plague and climate change

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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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