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The straw that broke the dam: Archaeological samples of microscopic straw that was embedded in mortar during construction and paved the way for an extraordinary dating achievement. Photo: Dr. Johanna Regev / Scientific Archaeology Unit, Weizmann Institute of Science

Carbon-14 dating determines: The Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem was built in 800 BCE to deal with a climate crisis

New research by the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Weizmann Institute dates the impressive dam wall from the time of the Judean kings Joash or Amaziah, which was built in Jerusalem some 2,800 years ago as a solution to the climate crisis and water shortage.
Illustration of the rock-hewn rooms discovered in the City of David. Illustration: Shalom Kevlar, City of David

New research suggests: A special building in Jerusalem was used for worship when the Temple stood, during the First Temple period

In the unique structure, which was uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority on the eastern slope of the City of David, in the Jerusalem Walls National Park, eight rooms carved into the rock were discovered, including an altar, a tombstone, a winepress, and a winepress for wine production.
Excavation site in the City of David showing signs of the earthquake that occurred in 750 BC (photo: Yohana Regev)

Carbon Jerusalem: extensive and accurate dating of the city during the Kingdom of Judah

Weizmann Institute of Science scientists overcame a cosmic phenomenon that makes it difficult for archaeologists around the world and presented for the first time an absolute dating of Jerusalem in the Iron Age
Examples of pottery shards (written in ink on pottery). Photo credit: Michael Kordonsky, Tel Aviv University and the Antiquities Authority

The texts in the Tel Arad citadel were written by 12 different writers

A world-renowned expert from the Forensic Department of the Israel Police examined the written pottery fragments and identified 12 different manuscripts with varying degrees of certainty * Meaning: Many in the Kingdom of Judah could read and write
The second title excavation uncovered. Photo: Yuli Schwartz, Antiquities Authority

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

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

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Priesthood as You Didn't Know It - Part IV: The Priesthood in Marumiya

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Priesthood as You Didn't Know It - Part III: The Hellenistic Period

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The priesthood as you did not know it - part XNUMX: the return of Zion