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A statue of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Am Yisrael sings 24: Even in ancient times, Jewish music was influenced by Greek music

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It has already been mentioned several times the brave connection forged between Greek and Hellenistic philosophy and music - the Pythagorean school that attributed a supreme moral value to music, the Platonic school that insisted on the relationship between music and human nature and moral condition, and similarly the Aristotelian school. These philosophies penetrated Judea during the days of Roman rule
Roman millstone in Ankara. Image: depositphotos.com

History by the side of the road

The road signs illustrated the power and domain of the Roman Empire
Prof. Erez Ben Yosef. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Podcast: Crimson fabric that reveals the fashion during the time of Kings David and Solomon

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Prof. Erez Ben Yosef from the Department of Archeology at Tel Aviv University in a fascinating description of the elite's fashion in the tenth century BC, during the reigns of David and Solomon * from Tel Aviv University's Tel Aviv 360 podcast series
Make money from Tel Megiddo. Photo: Clara Amit, Antiquities Authority.

"Dirty" money from 3,000 years ago

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Consequences of Justinian's plague. Illustration: From a study by Dr. Lee Mordechai from the Hebrew University

New research reveals that Justinian's plague did not contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Islam

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Photochromic photograph of fishermen in the Sea of ​​Galilee between 1890 and 1905. Source: Library of Congress.

A Jew likes fish?

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. The rare furnace that was used to burn jars in the ancient factory. Photo: Roi Liran, Antiquities Authority

An impressive 1600-year-old factory for the production of jugs has been uncovered in the Western Galilee

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The scarab amulet found by the students. Photo: Dina Gurni, Antiquities Authority

An Egyptian amulet about 3,300 years old was discovered in Tsipri by female students

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Aerial photograph of the excavation: Guy Pitosi, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

The remains of a 3,400-year-old Canaanite citadel were uncovered in Nahariya

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The photos of the mosaic that was discovered in the ancient farmhouse in Rosh Ha'Ain. Photo: Assaf Peretz, courtesy of the Antiquities Authority

An impressive 2,700-year-old agricultural farm and a monastery with colorful mosaics and inscriptions were uncovered in Rosh Ha'Ain

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The moon hides the sun during a solar eclipse and what you see is only a small part of the sun's halo. Illustration: shutterstock

2,600 years since the first successful scientific prediction - the solar eclipse of Thales that caused a truce

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Judges 23 verse XNUMX, the sons of Benjamin choose promiscuous girls in Shiloh

Dance of love in Tu Bab

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Children's cemeteries in Carthage. The children were sacrificed to the gods. Photo by Dr. Josephine Keane, University of Oxford

The inhabitants of ancient Carthage did sacrifice their children

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Photo of the findings in the water hole: Vladimir Neikhin. Courtesy of the Antiquities Authority

A 2000-year-old testimony to the days of the siege in Jerusalem; And more in the capital: an 1,800-year-old section of a Roman road was uncovered

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The beads that were discovered in the cache in Megiddo by researchers from Tel Aviv University in 2012. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Researchers from Tel Aviv University discovered a rare 3,000-year-old jewelry cache in Tel Megiddo

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The Persian messengers. From Wikipedia

How Persian chauvinism saved Western culture

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The ruins of the ancient city of Babylon in its area is the board of riddles

Riddles from the distant past: researchers have solved logic puzzles that appear on a 3500-year-old tablet

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discus thrower

The XNUMXth Muscle Song - Did they throw a discus in Jerusalem? or "bursting disc"

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Susita Antiquities 2011. Photo: Haifa University

"Social justice" - the ancient version: the excavation of Haifa University in Susita gives us a glimpse of the differences between the classes in the ancient world

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discus thrower

The Song of the Muscles Chapter XNUMX - Gymnasium in Jerusalem, isn't it?! (Part a')

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Wrestling, as commemorated on an urn in ancient Greece

The Song of the Muscles Chapter XNUMX - The wrestling in external Jewish literature

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a swimmer From Wikipedia

The Song of the Muscles - Chapter Seven: Swimming as a combat sport

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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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A section of the Santorini volcano that still protrudes above sea level. Photo: from Wikipedia

A study sheds new light on the dating in the time of the pharaohs

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