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Scientists regrow ancient source of the Balm of Gilead from 1,000-year-old seed
Jo Elizabeth | Published: April 5, 2025 There’s a tree growing in a greenhouse in the Arava desert, and it’s the only one of its kind in the world. It has been grown with great care and attention from a single Commiphora seed which was discovered in a cave in Wadi...
Little girl discovers 3,800-year-old Canaanite seal
Tel Azekah is a significant location in the biblical account of the battle between David and Goliath All Israel News Staff | Published: April 1, 2025 One Israeli family got the surprise of a lifetime when their three and a half year old daughter discovered an ancient...
Hezekiah’s Tunnel: Walking through the waters of ancient biblical history
Jo Elizabeth | Published: March 15, 2025 “As an atheist, I thought the Bible was just mythology – fairy tales,” admits the person behind the popular social media 𝕏 account, Darwin to Jesus. “But when I earnestly examined the archaeological evidence, I found the exact...
19th-century Esther Scroll from Gaza’s former Jewish community
All Israel News Staff | Published: March 22, 2025 A historic 19th-century Esther Scroll from Gaza’s former Jewish community will reportedly be presented at Winner’s Auction House in Jerusalem. The rare Jewish artifact has the abbreviation “K.K. Gaza” (Kehilat Kodesh...
Exciting new discovery in Judean Desert from time of Maccabees
Jo Elizabeth | Published: March 25, 2025 A structure from the time of the Ptolemies and Seleucids containing 2,200-year-old weapons and fabrics has been unearthed north of Nahal Zohar in the Judean Desert. The excavation, led by the Israeli Antiquities Authority...
Ancient Aramaic inscription deciphered reveals Jewish name in the heartland of Judea
Jo Elizabeth | Published: January 31, 2025 An inscribed piece of pottery found in an ancient Jewish stronghold in the Jordan Valley has finally been deciphered. The 2,000 year old shard was first discovered by archaeologists in the 1980's but has only now been...