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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNFour Bewildering Bronze Lions’ Heads With Slightly Different Facial Expressions Found in Ancient Roman Grave in IsraelSimilar examples of ancient lion artifacts appear to have been used as door knockers. But the newly discovered discs may have ...
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Knewz on MSNChristian Pilgrimage Site 'Salome's Cave' in Israel May Actually Be the Tomb of a Jewish Royal, Researchers SayExcavations suggested that the cave had little to no links to Jesus and that it could be the final resting place of Princess ...
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The Times of Israel on MSNEnigmatic bronze lion heads found in 1,900-year-old tomb in central IsraelDiscovered near Kfar Saba, the ornate coffin fittings may hint at ties to pagan cults -- or a Roman soldier’s final journey ...
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Live Science on MSN'Puzzling' bronze discs adorned with lion heads discovered in Roman-era graveThe bronze artifacts may have served as coffin handles for a burial in what is now Israel, but the true nature of the find remains unclear.
New research suggests that a burial site once venerated by Christian pilgrims likely belonged to a member of Herod’s dynasty rather than a New Testament figure ...
“The largest treasure of gold coins discovered in Israel was found in recent weeks on the seabed in the ancient harbor in Caesarea,” Israel's Antiquities Authority said in a statement.
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered an extremely rare, well-preserved Roman marble sarcophagus which depicts the gods Hercules and Dionysus in a drinking contest.
A joint team from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and the Caesarea Development Corporation found the sarcophagus buried beneath a sand dune outside the city’s ancient walls.
The inscriptions, which were recently published in Liber Annuus, are composed of 30 inscriptions and nine drawings on the ...
In an apparent violation of Islamic tradition, an Ottoman-era grave in Israel's Negev desert holds the remains of not one, but two people: a woman and a boy who might be her son. Islamic tradition ...
Israel Antiquities Authority director Eli Escusido called the find “thought-provoking” and said it shed light on Roman -era beliefs and daily life.
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