Nir Hasson (Haaretz)
By Nir Hasson (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward 1,800-Year-Old Frescoes Tell Story of Israel’s Ancient ‘Multicultural’ Town
Two archaeological discoveries made in the Galilee over the summer tell a story that differs from the standard description of the devastation in the country following the Great Revolt of the Jews against the Romans. Excavations by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem at Zippori have revealed frescoes with human and animal images from about 1,800…
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Fast Forward 12,000-Year-Old Grave of Female Shaman Uncovered in Galilee
A human foot and 86 tortoise shells were just some of the extraordinary finds discovered in the prehistoric grave of a female shaman in the Galilee, in northern Israel, dating back some 12,000 years. Also found in what archaeologists suspect was the burial site of a female shaman, who was living in a hunter-gatherer society,…
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News Is the Dead Sea Dying?
Sometimes you need a new vantage point to understand an older picture. Two months ago a small camera-equipped, motorized glider took off close to a signpost that said “steps down to the Dead Sea 1984.” The location was the Einot Tzukim (Ein Feshkha) nature reserve in the northern Dead Sea area. Near the sign were…
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Fast Forward Jews Barred From Temple Mount for Muslim Holy Day
The Israel Police announced Wednesday evening that the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem will not be open to Jews or other visitors Thursday, during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice). Muslim worship at the site, which has been a seen increasing violence in recent weeks, will be unrestricted and Palestinians from the West…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Declare War on ‘Shabbat-Desecrating’ Jerusalem Bike Share Plan
In less than a year, a public bicycle rental network is due to be rolled out in Jerusalem similar to Tel Aviv’s Tel-O-Fun program, which has been in operation for several years using self-service rental stations placed around the city. In Jerusalem, however, some ultra-Orthodox residents are opposing a bicycle rental network for the capital…
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News Has Real Site of Jesus’s Trial Been Uncovered in Jerusalem?
In the 1830s, the Egyptian governor of Palestine, Ibrahim Pasha, built a police station near Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate — just one step needed to put down the Peasants’ Revolt of 1834. Like many buildings in the Old City, this structure has maintained its original purpose; the Ottomans, British, Jordanians and Israelis have all used it…
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Israel News Sad-But-True Farce Behind Israel’s Funeral for Paris Kosher Market Terror Victims
The burial in Jerusalem of four French Jews murdered in last week’s terror attacks in Paris turned into an embarrassment when the victims’ families and the French Jewish community were asked to pay tens of thousands of shekels for the graves while the burial site itself was changed three times. Because the victims weren’t Israeli…
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Fast Forward 1,700-Year-Old Curse Discovered at Jerusalem’s City of David
A 1,700-year-old curse was discovered recently in the ruins of a luxurious Roman villa in Jerusalem’s City of David. A few months ago, excavators led by Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets of the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a rolled-up lead tablet in the villa and sent it to the authority’s laboratories to be opened. When…
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