Recent archaeological findings in the Te’omim Cave shed light on religious practices dating back to the late second century CE, according to a study published in the Harvard Theological Review.1 The cave, believed to be dedicated to an underworld deity, has long intrigued researchers
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Brain Surgery or Ritual? Archaeologists Found a 3500-Year-Old Skull with Hole
A Bronze Age human skull unearthed during an excavation in northern Israel may indicate a failed brain surgery. Archaeologists had previously said they had unearthed the skeletal remains of two separate individuals and some grave goods in a tomb in the ancient city of
The Phrase on the Bronze Age Comb Found in Israel Has Been Translated
Epigrapher Daniel Vainstub translated the phrase on the ivory lice comb found in Israel’s Shephelah site and thought to date from the Bronze Age. According to the article published in the “Jerusalem Journal of Archeology”, the 17-letter sentence on the comb means: “May this