ancient times

Heavenly music. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Am Yisrael sings 33: heavenly music

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Music in ancient times was not only a means of pleasure as it is today but also had mystical and heavenly effects.
Actress Yael Sharoni in the role of a mourner in the series "The Jews are Coming". Screenshot

Ancient Jews Music 31: Mourning customs

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The Mishna ruled that among the husband's duties to his wife was the concern for her burial, and "even a poor man in Israel, no less than two flute players (we used to be flute players) and a mourner (at least one)" (Mishna Ketubut 4:XNUMX)
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 nature
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 the Tel Aviv 360 podcast series of
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 schoolgirls

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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. 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 "disc herniation"

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Susita Antiquities 2011. Photo: Haifa University

"Social justice" - the ancient version: the University of Haifa excavation 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 10 - Gymnasium in Jerusalem, isn't it?! (Part I)

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Wrestling, as commemorated on an urn in ancient Greece

The Song of the Muscles Chapter 9 - 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 portion of the tablet that was revealed. (Photo: Sasson 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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The cat goddess discovered in an Egyptian temple

A divine kitten stirs up the Egyptians

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

That's how you build a wall

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

An article by Prof. Hendrik Bruins from Ben Gurion University was named "Editors' Choice" of the journal Science

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Judas Iscariot handed Jesus over to the authorities according to Jesus' instructions and not as a betrayal

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Astronomy in ancient times - Babylon 1

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The minnows were washed away, and even today it can happen

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Mention of Africa in Plutarch

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The first Christians were good salesmen

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Passover 3: We were slaves, but not in the pyramids

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Akkad and Shumer, the cradle of science? Or was Greek science brought closer to 1500 this year?

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The Hanio temple in Egypt - the fruit of political and personal struggles / Yahyam Sorek

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

From Messianism to Hellenism - Reflections for Hanukkah / Dr. Yechiam Sorek

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Was Atlantis in Cyprus?

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

200 years of decline after the big boom

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Samson's shadow men

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

Judah the Maccabee was a cruel religious zealot and lust for power. His successors were no better than him

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Rare supporting cells in the inner ear of mice began to transform into sensory hair cells

The resurrection of Babylon

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