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{image_1}Ramat Rachel is an ongoing archaeological dig on the southern outskirts of Jerusalem. A 2,500-year-old garden at the site holds many secrets about the past waiting to be uncovered. An elaborate network of irrigation channels made it clear that this was a garden, but what was planted in it has been a big mystery.
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{image_1}In the August Dispatch, we splashed the latest gold finds in Israel, and then just after our deadline, yet another one hit the news. In a dig near Herzliya (15 kilometers or 9 miles north of Tel Aviv), 108 gold pieces were found hidden in a pot, in similar fashion as one of the earlier gold discoveries.
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{image_1}The first ancient artifact constituting tangible evidence of the existence of the city of Bethlehem was recently discovered in Jerusalem. A bulla—piece of clay used for sealing a document or object—measuring c. 1.5 cm [0.6 in] was found during the sifting of soil removed from archaeological excavations in the City of David. It was impressed with the seal of the person who sent the document or object.
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{image_1}For the first time, a place of worship from the time of early biblical kings has been uncovered. Three large rooms, which pre-date the construction of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem by 30 to 40 years, correspond to descriptions of Israelite worship in the Bible. The absence of cultic images of humans or animals provides evidence that the inhabitants practiced a different way of worship than that of the Canaanites or the Philistines.
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{image_1}Back in February 2009, we ran a Dispatch story titled “The Golden City Strikes Gold” when a beautiful gold earring and 264 gold coins were unearthed in Jerusalem. This year, Israel has struck gold again, but this time outside the Golden City.
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{image_1}Under the hot sun in southern Israel, the Philistine city of Gath, archaeologists have been puzzling over how it was plundered and destroyed. “It was like a mini-Pompei, a frozen record in a moment of time,” says Prof. Steve Weiner, director of the Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science. Kimmel's unique onsite laboratory helps archaeologists piece together the events of the destruction.
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{image_1}Remains of massive walls more than one meter (3 feet) wide were found in an archaeological excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). They were dated to the First Temple Period and uncovered on Giv'at Yonah (the Hill of Jonah) in Ashdod prior to some development work.
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{image_1}Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) inspectors reported in April that they seized two covers of Egyptian sarcophagi, which once contained mummies. The IAA’s Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery confiscated the covers while checking shops in the market place of the Old City in Jerusalem.
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{image_1}Every ancient stone and meter of soil in Jerusalem is bathed in history. Over the years, the land of Israel has been revealing its extraordinary treasures, confirming the integrity of the biblical text.
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{image_1}A 1,500-year-old ceramic stamp bearing an image of the seven-branched Temple menorah was discovered near the city of Akko at Horbat Uza. The Byzantine Period (sixth century AD) item was discovered in excavations prior to the construction of a railroad track. It belongs to a group of stamps called “bread stamps” because they were usually used to stamp baked goods.
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