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An unperforated Naomi from Myslia and below it a perforated Naomi smeared with ochre_photo by Oz Ritner, Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at the UN. Tel Aviv

The invention of threads led to the production of shell necklaces about 120 thousand years ago

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Visualization of the Temple Mount during Herod's time. Marked with an arrow - Wilson's arch. Courtesy of the Weizmann Institute

on seeds and stones

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Rock art of people from a mysterious culture was discovered for the first time in huge buildings in the Golan and Galilee

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Container vessel (carter) from a farm house near Tzipori (Gabi Laron)

Research - the residents of Tzipori continued the Jewish customs of purification even after the destruction of the Second Temple

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The human jaw from Mycelia Cave. Photo: Israel Hershkovitz, Tel Aviv University

200,000-year-old fossils from a cave in Carmel indicate that man's departure from Africa occurred precisely during the Ice Age

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A divine staff with surprising decorations from about 3,200 years ago was uncovered in a Canaanite temple in Tel Lakish

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Inhabitants of prehistoric systems with animal carcasses that were hunted for food. It turns out that snakes were also on the menu. Illustration: shutterstock

For the first time it was discovered: the primitive man of 15000 years ago also ate snakes and lizards

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Beit Shan excavation site from the Roman period. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Progress in the Beit Shean excavation project: "The Institute of Archeology - the cutting edge of research in Israel"

Brick buildings in Tel Zef - courtesy of Prof. Yossi Garfinkel, University of Haifa

The uniform construction standard 7,000 years ago in the Jordan Valley

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A figurine head in the form of a man. Photo: Clara Amit, Antiquities Authority

Findings at Tel Motza near Jerusalem testify to a temple from the time of the First Temple that is very similar to Solomon's temple described in the Bible

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Ostracones (inscriptions in ink on fragments of pottery) from Samaria, the capital of Israel, after adding color. The inscriptions date to the first half of the 8th century BC. Photo: The Semitic Museum, Harvard University.

Dozens of inscriptions from Samaria, the capital of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, were written by only two people - most likely scribes or officials of King Jeroboam ben Yoash mentioned in the book of XNUMX Kings

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The student Stav Meir and the Greek inscription he uncovered, together with the Antiquities Authority member Karam Said. Photo: Antiquities Authority

He went looking for mushrooms and discovered a marble inscription in Greek from the Byzantine period

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The computer simulation of the groundwater level in the eastern aquifer of the Dead Sea. Photo: Yehuda Levy, Hebrew University

Ancient and large springs in the Jordan Valley were significant for the development of the agricultural revolution in the world

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A mosaic from the Roman period discovered in Lod depicts maritime trade. Photo: shutterstock

AI Economy in Antiquity 19 - Caravans on the Roads and Traders in the Days

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cache images. Photo: Liat Nadav-Ziv, Antiquities Authority

A 1200-year-old hoard of gold coins was discovered in archaeological excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Yavne

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A mosaic floor discovered in an ancient synagogue in the Golan Heights. Photo: Michael Azband

A rare mosaic was uncovered in a synagogue from the Roman period in the Golan

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The eagle-symbol 9. Byzantine Empire

A large and magnificent 1,500-year-old church with mosaic floors and Greek inscriptions was uncovered in Ramat Beit Shemesh

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An illustration depicting Denisovan man. Courtesy of Maayan Harel and CELL

The tip of a pinky, that's all the researchers from the Hebrew University needed to reconstruct what the Denisovan man looked like

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Tel Aviv University excavations of ancient copper mines in Timna. Copper production technologies and the way the industry is organized reflect the company that stood behind the factory. Photo: Erez Ben Yosef and the Timna Excavation Expedition of Tel Aviv University

An archaeological study unprecedented in its scope reveals the growth story of the biblical kingdom of Edom

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A tiny splash from Ravadi's website: recreating the way the hand is held during use. Photo: Dr. Flavia Venditti and Prof. Ran Barkai

The first evidence of the use of tiny recycled tools in the Land of Israel half a million years ago was found

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Ahmed Nassar Yassin and the 4500-year-old findings. Photographs: Nir Distelfeld, Antiquities Authority

A resident of the village of Araba found a copper dagger blade and 4500-year-old ancient storage vessels, and handed them over to the state treasures

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Three fish of different sizes from the decoration of the mosaic tapestry discovered in Susita. Photo: Dr. Michael Isenberg

A mosaic depicting the miracles of Jesus was discovered in an ancient and burnt church in Sosita

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A set of stairs discovered in Tel Hazor. Photo: Keren Zaltz excavations in Hazor in memory of Yigal Yedin,

A magnificent set of stairs was discovered at Tel Hazor

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A bull figurine that was discovered at the excavation site of a 9,000-year-old settlement in the area of ​​origin. Photo by Clara Amit, Israel Antiquities Authority

A huge 9000-year-old prehistoric settlement, the largest in Israel and one of the largest in the world, was uncovered near Moza

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One of the figurines from an unknown pre-Columbian culture from Puerto Rico. Photo: Haifa University

Israeli researchers have helped to date figurines from an ancient and unknown culture in Central America

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