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Bronze Age donkey burial found in Israel

Israel-donkey

Archaeologists in southern Israel say they’ve uncovered a young donkey that was carefully laid to rest on its side more than 3,500 years ago, complete with a copper bridle bit in its mouth and saddle bags on its back. Its accessories — and the lack of butchery marks on its bones — lead researchers to [...]

More on Crusader treasure hoard found in Israel

The treasure, more than 100 gold pieces and weighing approximately 400 grams (nearly one pound), is estimated at a worth of more than $100,000 - Credit: Israel National News

A gold treasure, one of the biggest ever unearthed in Israel, was discovered last month during an excavation at the Apollonia Crusader fort near Herzliya in central Israel. According to experts, the estimated value of the buried treasure, which was buried in the 13th century, stands at more than a quarter of a million dollars. [...]

Crusader treasure hoard found in Israel

The treasure, more than 100 gold pieces and weighing approximately 400 grams (nearly one pound), is estimated at a worth of more than $100,000 - Credit: Israel National News

One of the largest gold treasures ever to be discovered in Israel was uncovered last week at an archaeological dig near Herzliya. The coins were found hidden in a partly broken pottery vessel at the Appollonia National Park, where archaeologists say the former Crusader town of Apollonia-Arsuf once thrived. The dig is being carried out [...]

Lost Tribe Of Israel Returning Home

After a five-year immigration halt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has given permission to a community of Indian citizens who believe they are one of the “lost tribes” of Israel to move to the Jewish state. “We had a major breakthrough, and thank God, the Aliya [immigration to Israel] is set to resume this summer, [...]

Fleet of Glowing Orbs Filmed Over Netanya, Israel, May 9, 2012

Date of sighting: May 9, 2012 Location of sighting: Netanya, Israel News Report States: Moti Gaber, a resident of Kfar Yonah, a suburb of Netanya, Israel, was coming home with his son Wednesday night around 8:00 from the Lag Ba’Omer festivities, when he saw something quite literally out of this world. “I saw something very [...]

Israeli experts decode only Arabic Crusader inscription ever found

Archaeologists have deciphered a grey marble slab whose 800-year-old Arabic inscription makes it the only Crusader artifact in that language ever found in the Middle East, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said Monday. The inscription bears the name of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, and the date “1229 of the Incarnation of our Lord Jesus [...]

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