The plant, which is famously mentioned in the Bible, Talmud and throughout history, was used ‘as one of the more expensive ingredients for producing the Temple incense, perfume, as well as medicines and ointments’
The coves off the Carmel coastline are believed to have been in use by ancient ships since the Late Bronze Age, 4,000 years ago
Rare, older winepresses from the Persian period dating back 2,300 years were also discovered at the site
The discovery is an indication that life for the rich 2,700-years-ago was indeed better with a private toilet being a luxury.
Coins date back to the ‘The Great Revolt’ and Bar-Kokhba Revolt of the Second Temple period and include inscriptions such as ‘The Freedom of Zion’ and ‘The Freedom of Jerusalem’
It was built around 20–30 CE and the structure is believed to have stood along a street leading up to the Temple Mount
‘The amulet is part of a group of fifth–sixth-century CE amulets from the Levant that were probably produced in the Galilee and Lebanon’
Israel Antiquities Authority treasure trove of finds includes 6,000-year-old skeleton of a woman, the oldest basket in the world, biblical scroll fragments dating back to the Bar Kochba Revolt, along with coins from that same ...
Until now, the oldest evidence of olive production for eating dated back some 4,000 years
The flint tools in question, which were known as ‘chopping tools’, were found at the prehistoric site of Revadim, located east of Ashdod
