Watch the (what if) 3D animated version of Solomon’s Temple, in accordance to Biblical figures
An almost 3,000-year old grand yet lost temple or a just a figment of religious fable? Solomon’s Temple or the First Jewish Temple has raised…
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Metal tablet reveals the earliest known evidence of Jewish curse in sports
Curse tablets and magic spells are not entirely unknown, especially when it comes to the scope of the ancient world. The offended Greeks did it…
Take a gander at the ‘other’ magnificent mosaic of Lod in Israel
A stunning 1,700-year-old ornate mosaic, unearthed in 2015 in Israel, was revealed to the public the very next year. Discovered in the city of Lod,…
Hasmonean-era Jewish town possibly discovered in Mount Hebron
As we discussed in our article about the reconstruction of the Second Jewish Temple, the decisive Maccabean Revolt (in 2nd century BC) ultimately allowed the…
Archaeologists excavate (and reconstruct) a massive ritual bath inside Herod’s fortress of Machaerus
A Hungarian archaeological mission conducting their excavation on the ruins of the ancient Jewish fortress of Machaerus – that originally stood tall on the eastern…
Scholar translates 1700-year old Greek epitaph of a Jewish Egyptian woman
A 1700-year old limestone epitaph slightly bigger than an iPad sheds light into the fusion of different religious entities prevalent in early 3rd century AD…
Jewish Second Temple courtyard’s ‘regal’ floor tiles restored by archaeologists
Researchers from the Jerusalem-based Temple Mount Sifting Project has accomplished quite a feat by restoring a unique architectural scope of the once-monumental Second Jewish Temple….
