The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...

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Similar fortresses have been found from modern-day Israel to the Ancient Acropolis of Mycenae, perhaps the largest city of Bronze Age Greece, which thousands of tourists visit every year.

Built in 1938, this UNESCO World Heritage Site once protected a thriving pearl fishing and trading town. The fortress ...

A 2,000-year-old ring that was unearthed 50 years ago near Jerusalem may well have been worn by Pontius Pilate ...

Just in time for Hanukkah, Israeli archaeologists have found the remains of the fortress from which Greeks ... of Antiochus Epiphanes (215-164 BCE), Israel’s Government Press Office announced ...

Early returns from excavations have already yielded artifacts aplenty, from historical documents to bronze vessels and ancient ... of Israel. “Eventually, we identified it as a tower or fortress ...

So it couldn't be the Canaanite fortress of Zion ... So this is a huge structure, the largest ever found in Israel from the ancient Israelite period. Q: What convinces you that the structure ...

A toddler unearthed an ancient treasure during a family outing in southern Israel earlier this month, officials said. While visiting the archaeological site Tel Azekah, some 50 miles southeast of ...

But Ziv is the youngest child known to have discovered an ancient artifact in Israel, said Yoli Schwartz, a spokeswoman for the antiquities authority, who called the find “very exciting.” ...

has suggested the site was possibly originally used as a fortress defending an ancient road, and then reused as a monumental tomb centuries later, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA ...