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Excavations, inscriptions, mosaics and coin hoards across Israel, from the Second Temple period through Roman and Byzantine rule to the Crusades.

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Illustration of an ancient stone stepped ritual bath exposed in an excavation trench under a lifting frame in southern Israel.

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2,000-year-old ritual bath lifted intact from the ground in Kiryat Gat

The Israel Antiquities Authority says the Second Temple-period mikveh, weighing about 25 tons, points to a previously unknown Jewish settlement in Israel's south.

Illustration of an excavation trench in Jerusalem with lifted limestone floor slabs, brushes and a sieve in early morning light.

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A 2,200-year-old gold ring found beneath a floor in the City of David

Illustration of a rough hand-quarried limestone tunnel lit by a single work lamp, with a distant silhouetted archaeologist down the passage.

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A 50-Metre Tunnel Near Jerusalem That Nobody Can Date

Illustration of a gloved hand holding ancient coins entirely covered in thick dried earth, above a box of similar crusted lumps, with checkpoint barriers blurred behind.

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Doctor Stopped With 2,000-Year-Old Shekels at a Jerusalem Checkpoint

Illustration of prehistoric flint handaxes on a bench, one shaped around a spiral fossil and another around a geode.

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Early Humans in Galilee Put Fossils at the Heart of Their Axes

Illustration of a long crust-covered medieval sword lying on rippled sand in clear shallow water.

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A Swimmer Drove Off Divers, Then Found a Crusader Sword

Illustration of an excavated ancient ritual bath with seven worn limestone steps descending into a small stone pool, a single dark ash band visible in the earth above.

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A Ritual Bath 30 Metres From the Temple, Sealed in Ash

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