Roman period

Masada. Photo: Omer Zaevi, excavation expedition from Masada

Contrary to myth: the Roman siege of Masada did not last several years but only a few weeks

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The researchers: "According to the common myth, the Romans harassed the rebels in Masada for three years. An innovative survey using advanced technologies revealed that the siege by the Roman army was a focused and relatively quick operation."
Dr. Elena Kogan-Zahavi from the Antiquities Authority, who uncovered one of the graves about 30 years ago, in the graves after their preservation

Spectacularly beautiful wall paintings from the Roman period that were discovered in Ashkelon are being revealed for the first time and will be accessible to the public

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The paintings, which decorate ancient tombs of wealthy people, were discovered decades ago but few got to see them. Now, they are preserved by the conservation experts of the Antiquities Authority near the marina, funded by the municipality of Ashkelon.
A stone vessel identified with the Jewish population in Beit Shani, which was recently discovered in the excavation of a nearby quarry. Will be on display this summer at the National Archeology Museum of an island in Jerusalem

A huge quarry - one of the largest known in Jerusalem from the end of the Second Temple period, was discovered on Mount Hotzavim in Jerusalem

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The base of the wall is from the Iron Age. Credit to his Ehud Arkin

The coastline was erased: a drastic rise in the sea level in Israel 2000 years ago

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This is according to a new international study led by the University of Haifa and the University of San Diego.
Coin "Judah the second captive" after the suppression of the great rebellion. From the collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

AI Economy in Antiquity 24: The Jewish Tax

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The cardo - the market of Jerusalem in the Roman period. From Wikipedia

Economy AI 23: How did the Jews in the land in the Roman period monitor fairness in trade?

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The remains of a Roman villa near Ein Abdat, on the perfume road. Photo: Dmitriy Feldman svarshik, shutterstock

AI economy in antiquity: roads, highways and infrastructures in the Roman period

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wheat From Wikipedia

Economy 16 Chapter XNUMX: Under the Romans after the destruction of the Second Temple: Small or large farm

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A demonstration of agricultural work during the time of Jesus in a village near Nazareth, 2012. Photo: Kobi Dagan, shutterstock.com

AI economy in antiquity, chapter 15: The Law of Sikrikon - the distribution of land after the rebellions

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The researchers examine one of the three pillars of the mail that were deciphered at Moshav Ramot (Photo: A. Kovalvska. Susita Excavations Expedition, University of Haifa)

For the first time, an inscription on a millstone on the Roman road east of the Kinneret was deciphered

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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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A factory for the production of leather products in Bangladesh. Photo: shutterstock.com

AI economy up to the Middle Ages 12: leather and wood craft

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Reconstruction of the biblical persimmon perfume, from the exhibition "Jerusalem: A Medical Diagnosis Exhibition", 2014. Photo: Deror avi / Wikimedia.

The economic situation in the Land of Israel from the second century AD onwards - chapter four - literal royal cradle

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The remains of the ancient settlement Tzipori. The infrastructural conditions of the Galilee promoted the growth of intensive farms, including the "city", which is the villa rustica in the Roman style. Photo: Liorca, Wikimedia.

The economic situation in the Land of Israel from the second century AD onwards - Chapter Three - Intensive economy: a real agricultural revolution

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Remains of a Roman villa in Apollonia. Photo: Gilgamesh / Wikimedia.

The economic situation in the Land of Israel from the second century AD onwards - first chapter - Villas in the literature of the Sages

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Cleaning a block of glass preserved in the furnace. Photo: Assaf Peretz, courtesy of the Antiquities Authority

At the foot of Carmel, a world center for glass production was discovered, the earliest discovered in Israel

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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 Roman bathhouse in Herodion. Photo by Amit A. From Wikipedia

The muscle song XNUMX: a clean folk song

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Gladiators on the battlefield, in a painting by Jean-Leon Jerome from 1872

The Muscle Song XNUMX: Blood in the ring

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