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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  2 days ago

  Oldest ceramic rooftiles ever found in the Land of Israel

  jpost.com - JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

  Ceramic tiles brought here at the time of the Greek Seleucid king Antiochus IV – of the Hanukkah story – have been discovered in the City of David. In …

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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  5 days ago

  Has Captain Cook’s famed sunken ship HMB Endeavour finally been found?

  jpost.com - By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

  The ship which sailed the globe from 1768-1771, named HMB Endeavour and later renamed Lord Sandwich, had been sunken during the United States’ War of …

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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  Experts question claim of 'earliest Hebrew inscription' on Mt. Ebal

  jpost.com - By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

  “These claims are quite dramatic and require close inspection,” wrote the doubters, covering some 21 pages in the Israel Exploration Journal. Last …

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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  Ancient Egyptian baboon mummy hints at existence of lost mythical city

  jpost.com - By WALLA!

  Ancient baboon's DNA may reveal enigmatic 'god's country'. DNA obtained from the mummified remains of an ancient Egyptian baboon has shed light on the …

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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  Earliest production of weapons dating back 7,000 years found in Israel

  jpost.com - By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

  The findings show the mass production of slingstones from the Southern Levant dating back to the Early Chalcolithic period (c. 5800–4500 BCE), We know …

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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  Radiocarbon dating proves biblical accounts of the Israeli city of Gezer

  jpost.com - JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

  New dates provided by Austrian archaeologists allow testing of proposed correlations between texts and archaeological remains For scholars seeking to …