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Emil Aladjem / Israel Antiquities Authority
A 10-year-old boy in Jerusalem made an exciting discovery last month while looking for edible plants during a field trip. Nehorai Nir was searching the ground when he spotted what he thought was a pomegranate. “I ran to pick it up and discovered a worm inside, so I reluctantly put it down,” he said. However, on…

Israel Antiquities Authority / Facebook
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) recently released a statement on its Facebook announcing the discovery of an “extremely rare” oil lamp found near the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. “A rare ceramic oil lamp from the Late Roman period, decorated with depictions of the Temple menorah, incense shovel and lulav (date palm branch used in…

Sotheby's | Inset: Adobe Stock
Sotheby’s has announced it will be auctioning off the oldest-known stone carving of the Ten Commandments. The carving is 115-pounds, two-foot tall and made from marble. It is approximately 1,500 years old and inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew. In was discovered in 1913 along the southern coast of Israel. For the next thirty years, it was used…

Mfikretyilmaz / Wikimedia Commons | Inset: Adobe Stock
Archaeologists are highlighting the mysterious boat-shaped remains along the Turkey-Iran border that some believe could be the remnants of Noah’s ark. The Mount Ararat and Noah’s Ark Research Team has used new technology to analyze the soil of the Durupinar formation, just two miles from the border. The team includes researchers from the Istanbul Technical…

Armenian-German Artaxata Project
A joint group of researchers has unveiled the discovery of what could be one of the world’s earliest Christian churches. A group of Armenian and German researchers from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia and the University of Münster in Germany revealed finding a previously unknown Christian church in the city of Artaxata, near…
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