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Jan 10 Blog

Exquisite Byzantine Monastery Discovered

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) uncovered the remains of an exquisite Byzantine monastery and a nearby town during development works to expand the […]

Dec 2 Blog

Inscriptions of Everyday Byzantine Christians Discovered

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

As Yana Qadem, conservator for the Hippos-Sussita expedition in the Galilee, carefully removed dirt from a previously excavated mosaic, she made an unexpected discovery that […]

Jul 11 Blog

Deborah the Judge Identified in Huqoq Mosaics

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavations at the site of Huqoq in northern Israel continue to amaze with the discovery of the earliest known depiction of Deborah the Judge. Uncovered […]

Jul 1 Blog

Lod Mosaic Center Opens in Israel

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Following their whirlwind tour of major museums around the world, the ancient Lod mosaics have returned home. The mosaics—which date to the late third or […]

Feb 18 Blog

Madaba: The World’s Oldest Holy Land Map

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

In 1884, the local community in Madaba, Jordan, made an incredible discovery, the oldest Holy Land map in the world. The now-famous Madaba Map, however, […]

Jul 8 Blog

Huqoq 2019: Newly Discovered 1,600-Year-Old Mosaic of the Exodus

By: UNC-Chapel Hill, Office of University Communications

UNC-Chapel Hill’s Jodi Magness, together with a team of researchers and students, found at Huqoq the first ancient Jewish depiction of the Elim episode from the Book of Exodus

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