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...hunter-gatherers,” said Prof. Grosman, head of the Prehistoric Archaeology Department and of the Computerized Archaeology Lab at Hebrew University. “Other sites in that same area, such as Ohalo II or Eynan (‘Ain Mallaha)...

... the near future, in a collaborative dig between the Hebrew University and the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology on the Mount of Olives. The previous oldest mosque to be excavated was in Wasit, Iraq, and built i...

...some still covered with dirt are now on display in a temporary exhibit at the entrance to the Israel Museums archaeology wing, just in time for Hanukkah, a holiday infused with symbolism around the burning of oil lamps....

...ence of life-sized “divine statues” used in Canaanite rituals, according to a new report. Yosef Garfinkel, an archaeology professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, wrote in the academic journal Antiquity that the scep...

... in the title represent various products and raw materials dealt with by the administration," wrote David, an archaeology lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in the appendix of the journal article. It's a mys...

...n use his resources to build this grand staircase,” said Bechar. Co-director Ben-Tor wrote in a 2013 Biblical Archaeology Review article, “Of all the sites mentioned in the Book of Joshua as having been conquered by the ...

...rmer student Oren Gutfeld, now director of the Salvage Excavation Program at Hebrew University’s Institute of Archaeology, resumed exploring Beit Lehi-Beit Loya. His work is sponsored by the Utah-based Beit Lehi Foundati...

...ition of the journal Near Eastern Archaeology. Eran Arie, the Israel Museum's curator of Iron Age and Persian archaeology, said the discovery was one of a kind. "In the Iron Age, if there's any figurative art, and there ...

...Mount excavations right after Israel’s Six Day War, on behalf of Hebrew University’s Institute of Archaeology.

The Ophel excavations are situated within the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park, which ...

...ts, who are led by Eilat Mazar, an archaeology professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology. Though Isaiah's name (which is "Yesha'yahu" in Hebrew) can be seen on the seal impression, archae...

In an unprecedented find, Israeli archeologists recently unearthed the first evidence of ancient deer bones on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, near the Jordan Valley. According to researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalems Institute of Earth Sciences and the Geological Survey of Israel, the remains are approximately 9 million years old. The discovery was initially made by two doctoral candidates at the university, Alexis Rosenbaum and Dotan ...

...tomb at Wadi Ara in the north of Israel that also included a vessel with decapitated toads. Dafna Langgut, an archaeology researcher at Tel Aviv University, found that the vessels in the Manahat tomb came into contact wi...

...by the two universities in Israel at Hebrew University over the coming summer break. These include a Biblical Archaeology course, an Ulpan, and a joint archaeological excavation between Hebrew and Macquarie Universities ...