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A harp player from the time of the Bible. Credit: The Science website, via DALEE. The image is for illustration only and should not be considered a scientific image

Ancient Jews Music 29: harp and violin: the musical instruments and an examination of their development

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In this chapter we will review the development of stringed instruments
A cave of concealment during the Bar Kochva rebellion that was discovered in Hukok near the Sea of ​​Galilee. Photo: Emil Eljam, Israel Antiquities Authority.

An impressive underground hiding system from the days of the Bar Kochba revolt has been uncovered near the Sea of ​​Galilee

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A ring discovered in a cave in Khokuk that was used by Bar Kochba soldiers to hide from the Romans. Photo: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority
Uncovering the ancient aqueduct. Photo: Emil Eljam, Antiquities Authority

The longest section of the upper aqueduct to Jerusalem was revealed in archaeological excavations at Givat HaMatus

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The length of the Amma section is about 300 meters, and it was uncovered in the excavations of the Antiquities Authority before the expansion of the neighborhood, funded by the "Arim" company for urban development and in the framework of the establishment of schools on the site at the initiative of the Jerusalem Municipality * Among other things, a coin from the second period of the great revolt of the Jews against the Romans was found in the Amma infrastructure - A few years before the destruction of the Second Temple
The excavation site at Tel Tivneh. Photo: Shahar Cohen, Ariel Zion for Bar Ilan University

A magnificent building from the Second Temple period was uncovered in Tel-Tavna

In the archaeological excavation project that took place, for the second year in Tel Tabna, findings were discovered that indicate, among other things, the use of the area as an administrative regional center in the Roman period.  
The candle fragment with the lamp decoration. Photo: Anat Rasiuk, Antiquities Authority

For the first time: evidence of Jewish settlement in Beer Sheva 2,000 years ago has been uncovered

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The magnificent tomb mansion from the Second Temple period. Photo: Yuli Schwartz, Antiquities Authority

A Jewish site from the Hasmonean era was uncovered in archaeological excavations in the Sharafat neighborhood of Jerusalem

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The Antiquities Authority excavation in the Russian lot in Jerusalem. Photo: Kafir Arbiv, Antiquities Authority

Evidence of the massacre committed by King Alexander Yanai against his Pharisaic opponents

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The stone tools that were uncovered in the maker's house. Photo: Shmuel Magal, courtesy of the Antiquities Authority.

A quarry for the production of stone tools used by Jews during the Second Temple period was discovered in the village of Rayna in the Galilee

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. The moth after cleaning in the Antiquities Authority's antiquities treatment laboratories. Photo: Clara Amit, Antiquities Authority

Special bronze vessels were discovered in the archaeological excavations in Migdal - a 2000-year-old Jewish settlement on the Sea of ​​Galilee

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The remains of the fortress. Photo: Assaf Peretz, courtesy of the Antiquities Authority

Antiquities Authority researchers estimate: We found the remains of the Hakra - the citadel with which the Greeks controlled the Temple until they were defeated in the Hasmonean rebellion

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A rabbi wrapped in a tallit blows the shofar in the evening of Yom Kippur. Illustration: Liron Par, shutterstock

Fasting or enjoying? How did Yom Kippur turn from a festival of molasses to a day of fasting

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A coin from the reign of King Antiochus III. Photo: Clara Amit, courtesy of the Antiquities

A 2300-year-old rural settlement was uncovered next to the 'Burma Road'

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The model of the Second Temple as photographed at the Holyland Hotel before it was transferred to the Israel Museum. From Wikipedia

The muscle song XNUMX: disadvantages and advantages

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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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The priesthood as you did not know it - Chapter XNUMX: Going to fight the Romans

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The priesthood as you did not know it - Chapter XNUMX: Bureau for Exposing Corruption

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The priesthood as you did not know it - Chapter XNUMX: There is life after Herod

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The priesthood as you did not know it - Chapter XNUMX: The priesthood and the Christian Jesus

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The priesthood as you did not know it - part XNUMX: Herod stirs the cauldron of the priesthood

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The priesthood as you did not know it - Chapter XNUMX: The reign of Hyrcanus

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Uncovered on Mount Zion: the southern wall of Jerusalem from the Hasmonean period

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

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

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

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