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Our favorite new releases, plus a trip to New York's antiquarian book fair
Our favorite new releases, plus a trip to New York's antiquarian book fair
An anonymous buyer in the U.S. has bought a pair of Adolf Hitler’s underwear for £5,000 (around 6,700), Metro reported. The auctioneer, Bill Panagopoulos of Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City, Md., said that he ruled out selling the underwear to a neo-Nazi. “We’ve sold underwear belonging to Eva Braun before, but never any belonging…
Five Palestinian antiquities dealers were arrested in Jerusalem in connection with a smuggling chain involving the American arts and crafts store Hobby Lobby, NPR reported Monday. Israeli police said they seized papyrus fragments from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, a bust of an Etruscan woman, and a fresco from Pompeii, along with two black…
Israeli archeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman-era road near Bet Shemesh. The road is up to 20 feet wide at its widest and is just under a mile long. It travels roughly the same path as Israel’s Highway 375, which crosses through Bet Shemesh and part of the West Bank. According to the Israel Antiquities…
Israeli hikers discovered an ancient carving of a menorah and a cross in a water cistern made of chalk bedrock last week in the Judean foothills. Mickey Barkal, Sefi Givoni and Ido Meroz, members of the Israeli Caving Club, made the discovery over a weekend Hanukkah hike and reported it to the Israeli Antiquities Authority….
An Israeli woman discovered a rare, more than 2,000-year-old Roman gold coin while hiking at an archaeological site in northern Israel. Laurie Rimon, who lives on Kibbutz Kfar Blum in the Galilee, spotted the coin in the grass while visiting an eastern Galilee site, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced in a statement on its website…
Two Roman artifacts, each more than 2,000 years old, were left in the courtyard of an Israeli museum accompanied by an anonymous note whose author claimed to have stolen them two decades earlier. The two sling stones left at the Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures in Beersheba last week will be forwarded to…
A cache of rare 2,300-year-old gold coins and silver and bronze objects were discovered in a cave in northern Israel. The treasure trove was discovered by members of the Israeli Caving Club, who visited the large and well-hidden stalactite cave in preparation for a club visit, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority. “The reporting of…