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Feb 3 Blog

A Byzantine Church on the Temple Mount?

Workers at the Temple Mount Sifting Project (TMSP) have uncovered two unique weights that hint at the existence of a Byzantine church on the Temple […]

Sep 10 Blog

Inscription, “Jesus, son of Mary,” found in Jezreel

By: Jonathan Laden

A stone, engraved in Greek, reading “Christ born of Mary.”, was found at el-Taiyiba in the Jezreel Valley in the Upper Galilee. It had originally […]

May 24 Blog

Ships in the Desert

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

While carrying out salvage excavations in the city of Rahat in the northern Negev desert, archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) came across something […]

Aug 8 Blog

Uncovering Biblical Hannah’s Final Resting Place

By: Parker Blackwell

A Byzantine church and convent believed to be dedicated to biblical Hannah, mother of the prophet Samuel, received new life after being excavated for the […]

Feb 25 Blog

Marble Pillar Sheds Light on Byzantine Church

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

While patrolling the beach in Ashdod, Israel, two police officers stumbled upon an incredible find, a marble pillar that probably once stood in a nearby […]

Aug 27 Blog

An Innovative App for a Glorious Church

By: Megan Sauter

Step inside a glorious church and an archaeological mystery. Led by Benyamin Storchan, archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a magnificent Byzantine […]

Staircases at The Church of the Glorious Martyr

Oct 30 Blog

Byzantine Church Dedicated to “Glorious Martyr” Discovered Near Jerusalem

By: Jonathan Laden

Today, no one knows who the “glorious martyr” was, at least not yet. But Benjamin Storchan and the Israel Antiquity Authority have found the martyr’s […]

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