Jun 24, 2024 by News Staff

The ancient ship and its cargo is estimated to be from the 13th century BCE, making it one of the oldest shipwrecks ever discovered. The Canaanite amphorae...

Dec 13, 2023 by News Staff

Archaeologists in Israel have identified a very rare Canaanite inscription on fragments of a pottery jar from the reign of King David (10th century BCE). The...

Dec 21, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The scene depicted on this ancient scarab seal ‘represents the bestowing of legitimacy on a local ruler,’ according to archaeologists from the Israel...

Nov 9, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The small inscribed ivory comb was found at Tel Lachish, a key Canaanite city-state in the 2nd millennium BCE, the second most important city in the Judean...

Sep 15, 2020 by News Staff

The Canaanite palatial site of Tel Kabri in Israel was severely damaged by a large earthquake around 1700 BCE, which led to its abandonment soon thereafter,...

Aug 25, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered the ruins of a 3,200-year-old Canaanite fortress near Gal On, a kibbutz in central...

Feb 19, 2020 by News Staff

The remains of a previously unknown Canaanite temple, dating from the 12th century BCE, have been uncovered in the north-eastern corner of the site of...

Jul 27, 2017 by News Staff

In the first study of its kind, a Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute-led team of researchers has uncovered the genetics of the ancient Canaanites and a firm...

Aug 29, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of archaeologists who have analyzed samples from about 40 large wine jars found in a 3,700-year-old Canaanite royal wine cellar at...