Tag Archive for 'City of David'

The smashed jars from the Giv’ati Parking Lot excavations on the southwestern slope of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Sasha Flit, Tel-Aviv University.

Judah Kingdom’s Elite Consumed Wine Enriched with Vanilla, Archaeologists Say

May 11, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University, the University of Haifa, the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Israel Antiquities Authority have analyzed...

The 2,000-year-old silver shekel. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

Rare 2,000-Year-Old Coin Found in Israel

Dec 7, 2021 by News Staff

Liel Krutokop, an 11-year-old girl from Petah Tikva, has found a silver shekel from the Second Temple period on the ‘Pilgrimage Road’ in the City of...

The 2,000-year-old amethyst seal found in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

2,000-Year-Old Amethyst Seal Found in Israel

Oct 27, 2021 by News Staff

An amethyst gemstone seal from the Second Temple period has a unique engraving: a bird and a branch with five fruits, according to the Israel Antiquities...

The section of the First Temple-period Jerusalem’s eastern wall. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

Archaeologists Find Section of First Temple-Period Jerusalem’s City Wall

Jul 15, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists have uncovered a section of the ancient eastern wall dating to the First Temple period in the City of David National Park, Jerusalem, Israel. The...

The 80.3-million-year-old fossil shark teeth from the Iron Age cultural layers of the City of David in Jerusalem, Israel, from the Rock Cut Pool dating to the 8-9th century BCE: (a) lamniform shark, Odontaspididae; (b, e-i) sharks, no taxonomic identification; (c) lamniform shark, Odontaspididae; (d) Squalicorax. Image credit: Tütken et al., doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.570032.

Teeth of Cretaceous-Period Sharks Found at Iron Age Site in Israel

Jul 5, 2021 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists has found multiple fossil shark teeth within Iron Age cultural layers dating to 8-9th century BCE in the City of...