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June 9, 2021
A woman stands next to a giant capital at the at the Roman basilica in Tel Ashkelon National Park. Photo by Yoli Shwartz courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed the largest ancient Roman basilica in the nation, a 2,000-year-old building dating to the reign of the Biblical figure Herod the Great, who may have built it.
“The writings of the historian Josephus mention Herod’s construction in the city of Ashkelon and list fountains, a bathhouse, and colonnaded halls,” Rachel Bar-Natan, Saar Ganor, and Federico Kobrin, excavation directors working with the Israel Antiquities Authority, said in a statement.
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Israel said Tuesday it had discovered pieces of a biblical scroll dating back some 2,000 years, describing the find as one of the most significant since the Dead Sea Scrolls. For the first time in approximately 60 years, archaeological excavations have uncovered fragments of a biblical scroll, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said in a statement.
Following a years-long dig in caves and cliffs in the Judean desert, the authority said it had also discovered a cache of rare coins, a six-millennia-old skeleton of a child and basket it described as the oldest in the world, at over 10,000 years.
The finds are a result of survey of some 80 kilometres (50 miles) of cliffs in a desert area spanning southern Israel and the occupied West Bank.
Israel unearths fragments of 2000-year-old biblical scroll
Tuesday March 16 2021
Archaeological excavations have uncovered fragments of a biblical scroll in the country for the first time in over 6 decades. (REPRESENTATIONALPHOTO/COURTESY.)
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Israel said Tuesday it had discovered pieces of a biblical scroll dating back some 2,000 years, describing the find as one of the most significant since the Dead Sea Scrolls. For the first time in approximately 60 years, archaeological excavations have uncovered fragments of a biblical scroll, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said in a statement.
Following a years-long dig in caves and cliffs in the Judean desert, the authority said it had also discovered a cache of rare coins, a six-millennia-old skeleton of a child and basket it described as the oldest in the world, at over 10,000 years.