Scarlet, alongside royal blue (Tekhelet) and purple (Argaman), was revered in the ancient world for its rarity and expense.
Tefillin are small leather cases containing miniscule parchment scrolls inscribed with biblical verses. They are worn even today by observant Jews as part of their morning prayers.
These walls continue to talk to us and reveal Jerusalem’s history."
Meir Elchassid, a volunteer from Rehovot, Israel, stumbled upon the ancient glazed bowl during a communal archaeological dig to uncover historical artifacts.
Dice are the oldest gaming implement known to man. Six-sided die, as the one uncovered in the City of David, dates back to about 2000 BCE
The discovery provides evidence of ties between this region and Egypt in the Chalcolithic period.
"It deserves to be in the right hands, presented to the whole public, and not be the private property of one criminal or another," Inspector Nidal Abdelhalim said.
The lamp Yonatan found is identical to one discovered in the same place 90 years ago by the late Reform rabbi and archaeologist Dr. Nelson Glueck.
This agricultural settlement reached its zenith in the Early Bronze Age, roughly 5,000 years ago.
Erez Abrahamov found the amulet, with a dung beetle image, on a hike in the Lower Galilee.
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