Tag Archive for 'Sea of Galilee'

The fragment of the mosaic in Hippos-Sussita, Israel. Image credit: University of Haifa.

1,400-Year-Old Colorful Christian Mosaic Found in Israel

Sep 20, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of Israeli archaeologists has uncovered an impressively detailed mosaic in an ancient city called Hippos-Sussita. Dating back approximately 1,400...

Remains of a Natufian building at NEG II: the wall of this structure is 90 cm high and is the best preserved wall excavated thus far; it is composed of 5 courses of limestone and basalt stones; the wall tilts slightly away from the structure to the northwest and two large stones mark its base at the top of the Natufian occupation level; only the western side of the structure survived, yet the contour of the curve suggests a diameter of at least 5 m. Image credit: Grosman L. et al.

12,000-Year-Old Natufian Village Unearthed in Jordan Valley

Feb 18, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists excavating the Nahal Ein Gev II site in the Jordan Valley, Israel, have discovered the remains of an ancient settlement of the Natufian...

The common wheat, Triticum aestivum. Image credit: Matt Lavin, Bozeman, Montana / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scientists Find Evidence of Small-Scale Farming 23,000 Years Ago in Israel

Jul 23, 2015 by News Staff

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed evidence of early small-scale agricultural cultivation at Ohalo II, a 23,000-year-old hunter-gatherers’ sedentary...

Jethro Cairn: 5,000-Year-Old Stone Monument Discovered in Israel

Sep 16, 2014 by News Staff

Ido Wachtel, a PhD student and an archaeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology, has discovered a 5,000-year-old crescent-shaped...

A general view of part of the survey area, looking southwest, showing the mountains bounding the Ginosar valley. Image credit: Dr Ken Dark / © The Palestine Exploration Fund / Maney Publishing, www.maneypublishing.com.

Dalmanutha: Archaeologists May Have Found Biblical Town

Sep 18, 2013 by Natali Anderson

Archaeologists led by Dr Ken Dark from the University of Reading’s Research Center for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, UK, have discovered what...

The monumental structure is made of basalt boulders. Fish, marked with arrow, is about 10 cm (Shmuel Marco)

Archaeologists Find Mysterious Monument beneath Sea of Galilee

Jun 10, 2013 by News Staff

A huge, cone-shaped monument has been discovered by a team of Israeli archaeologists conducting a geophysical survey on the southern Sea of Galilee. The...