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  • The newly discovered seal of the governor of Jerusalem, dating back 2,700 years.
    The newly discovered seal of the governor of Jerusalem, dating back 2,700 years.
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    2,700-Year-Old Jewish Seal Found in Jerusalem

    History, too, recognizes the city as the Jewish capital

    byLiel Leibovitz
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    It’s a Hanukkah Miracle! Girl Goes for a Walk, Stumbles on Oil Lamp From Judah Maccabee’s Time

    With some help from friendly porcupines

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Tal Fastman and her discovery
    Tal Fastman and her discovery
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    Woman Goes Swimming in the Kinneret, Stumbles on Priceless 1,500-Year-Old Relic

    The chicken-shaped object was probably used in early Christian funerary rituals

    byLiel Leibovitz
  • Dr. Richard Freund and Dr. Harry Jol consult on the best location for ground penetrating radar at the lip of "Pit 6," the WWII-era pit that in 1944 housed the Jewish prisoners responsible for burning the tens of thousands of corpses buried at Ponar.
    Dr. Richard Freund and Dr. Harry Jol consult on the best location for ground penetrating radar at the lip of "Pit 6," the WWII-era pit that in 1944 housed the Jewish prisoners responsible for burning the tens of thousands of corpses buried at Ponar.
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    Holocaust-Era Escape Tunnel, Dug by Prisoners Using Their Hands and Spoons, Uncovered in Lithuania

    Researchers are excavating a 100-foot-long tunnel at the site of Ponar Forest massacre near Vilnius

    byJesse Bernstein
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    Lyre and Marriage in Mesopotamia

    A 5,000-year-old artifact depicts music-laden union of a king and goddess

    byJas Chana
  • Ancient burial boxes discovered by Israeli police in a raid last week. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
    Ancient burial boxes discovered by Israeli police in a raid last week. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
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    Second Temple-Era Burial Boxes Found in Raid

    Police recover 11 ancient ritual objects in thwarted antiquities deal

    byLily Wilf
  • A conservation analyst from the Israeli Antiquities department prepares fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls on December 18, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
    A conservation analyst from the Israeli Antiquities department prepares fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls on December 18, 2012 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Dead Sea Scrolls Found in Israeli Storeroom

    The nine unopened scrolls were discovered in 1952 but never investigated

    byHannah Dreyfus
  • Raphael Golb and his attorney Ron Kuby in court on Nov. 18, 2010.(Steven Hirsch/Splash News)
    Raphael Golb and his attorney Ron Kuby in court on Nov. 18, 2010.(Steven Hirsch/Splash News)
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    Dead Sea Scrolls Go to Court

    A brilliant young Harvard Ph.D. faces jail for impersonating a Bible scholar—and rival of his father

    byBatya Ungar-Sargon
  • A soldier stands guard next to Tutankhamun's gold funerary mask at the Egyptian Museum on Feb. 16, 2011. Looters broke into the museum in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011. Tutankhamun's mask was not damaged.(Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images)
    A soldier stands guard next to Tutankhamun's gold funerary mask at the Egyptian Museum on Feb. 16, 2011. Looters broke into the museum in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011. Tutankhamun's mask was not damaged.(Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Mideast Antiques Roadshow

    Upheaval in Egypt and Libya has led to widespread looting—and the plunder is being sold on the Israeli market

    byAlex Joffe
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