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Category Archives: Archaeology
UPDATED | What’s Going On at the Siloam Pool?
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, on 27 DEC 2022 various Israeli government entities and settler organizations made a surprise announcement: Jerusalem’s lower Pool of Siloam is to be excavated and exposed in its entirety in the coming months, and ultimately … Continue reading
VIDEO | 3 Archaeological Reports from the Franciscans
Posted in Antiquities, Archaeology, Gaza, Nablus area, Occupied Territories, VIDEOS, West Bank
Tagged Byzantine, church, Hisham Palace, Jericho, Mount Gerazim
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VIDEO | Recent Discoveries, Enhancements at the Herodium
A recent report from the Franciscans, via their Christian Media Center, highlights recent developments at the Herodium, the mountaintop palace-fortress of Herod the Great that dominates the landscape of the Judean Desert east of Bethlehem. New aspects of the site … Continue reading
PHOTOS | Surprising Finds Exposed on Franciscans’ Gethsemane Property
Across the busy street running in front of the Church of All Nations, a popular pilgrim site (in normal times, that is), a recent salvage excavation is providing yet another window into Jerusalem’s past. Not surprising, really, in a city … Continue reading
UPDATED | What’s an Arts and Crafts Retail Chain Doing Dabbling in Antiquities???
Hobby Lobby To Forfeit Smuggled Iraqi Antiquities by RICHARD GONZALES, NPR / July 5, 2017 Hobby Lobby, the Oklahoma-based chain of arts and crafts retail stores, has agreed to pay a $3 million fine and forfeit thousands of ancient clay … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Israel-Palestine Scene, Issues in Archaeology
Tagged antiquities trade, Archaeology, Hobby Lobby, Iraq, looting of antiquities, UAE
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Sealed in a Jar for 3,000 Years: Traces of Earth’s Magnetic Field!
They didn’t call it the “Iron Age” for nothing! It turns out that, locked inside the ceramic fabric of bits of ancient pottery, are the fingerprints of our planet’s magnetic history. Newly detectable via scientific technology, the patterns of magnetic … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquities, Archaeology, Science
Tagged ceramics, Iron Age, magnetic field, pottery, Science
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The Rock of Jesus’ Tomb Exposed
[The video featured in the original version of this post is no longer found online. –tp, 2022] As a follow-up to my previous post, the ongoing restoration of the Edicule within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has seemingly reached … Continue reading
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