A church, with spectacular mosaic floors preserved from the Byzantine period, was uncovered by the Archeology Unit in the Civil Administration near the ancient city of Jericho. The Civil Administration, which is legally responsible for most excavations within Judea and Samaria, said that the church was probably established during the 6th century AD, and continued to exist even during the early Muslim period.

12 January 2023

Read more: Byzantine Era Church That Survived Muslim Destruction Found Near Jericho

One of the things academics use to try and discredit the bible is the reliance on silver by the pre-Israel Israelites. In Genesis, it is written that Jacob came to Shechem (today's Nablus) and paid 100 pieces of silver for a plot of land, the same land where it is believed Josephs's tomb lies. The problem was there was no evidence that the precious metal was used in Canaan and only came into the land 400-600 years later. However, new research shreds that theory as it appears the Canaanites did in fact deal in Silver.

08 January 2023

Read more: Proving The Bible: Archaeologists Reveal Silver Was Used As Currency In Canaan

On June 13, 1938, Irma Bundy sold four fossils to the Natural History Museum of Vienna. The two oysters and the two ammonites from the Cretaceous period dating from 145 million years before humans to 66 million years before were given to her as a gift by a relative, Fritz Illner. Illner worked as an engineer near the town of Kastamonu in Turkey, in the valley about 38 km south of the Black Sea coast.

08 January 2023

Read more: Vienna Museum Returns Priceless Fossils To Family Of Holocaust Victims

The Israeli Antiquities Authority, the Nature and Parks Authority, and the Elad Association for the City of David announced Tuesday the opening of the excavation project of the ancient reservoir in Jerusalem.

27 December 2022

Read more: Israel Antiquities Authority Says Biblical Siloam Pool To Be 'Completely Excavated'

Determining dates and times in the ancient era was one of the most significant things in the life of the community, the primary dates to the ancient world were the solstice days when the day begins to shorten or lengthen, and the equinox days when the length of the day is equal to the length of the night. The winter solstice on December 21 symbolized in many cultures a day of light and hope, the end of darkness and the beginning of light. In desert areas, this is also the beginning of the grazing season after the first winter rains, which grew a green plume on the slopes and valleys.

In Israel's Negev desert, researchers have discovered ancient stones and carvings that served this purpose.

22 December 2022

Read more: Israel's Stonehenge? Ancient Priests Used Stones To Tell Time