Antourya Adventures

25/07/2023

https://www.timesofisrael.com/half-shekel-coin-from-revolt-against-romans-2-millennia-ago-uncovered-in-desert-cave/

Hebrew coin minted by rebels as part of underground Jewish economy and used to pay tax at Temple in Jerusalem is discovered during six-year survey mapping area of Dead Sea Scrolls

23/07/2023

https://www.timesofisrael.com/sword-overboard-crusader-blade-discovered-by-diver-was-likely-lost-in-battle/
They've been analysing it! Amazing history!

Cutting edge X-rays pierce through tough marine crust to reveal 800-year-old weapon was slightly bent, probably during a fierce maritime skirmish

15/07/2023

https://www.unc.edu/posts/2023/07/10/unc-chapel-hill-led-archaeological-dig-in-galilee-uncovers-mosaics-of-samson-and-commemorative-inscriptions/

The 11th season of excavations in the 1,600-year-old synagogue at Huqoq also reveals a panel with an inscription commemorating the donors who funded the mosaic or the artists who made it.

04/06/2023

Old news, but still important:

Moovit and Pango join forces to make bus and train rides simpler by allowing users to pay via app; service to start Tuesday for buses, February 1 for trains

16/02/2023

https://www.timesofisrael.com/codex-sassoon-oldest-near-complete-hebrew-bible-set-to-fetch-30-50m-at-auction/

1,000-year-old codice, likely to become most expensive book or historical document ever sold, touted as 'undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history'

20/12/2022

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-embarks-on-challenge-to-find-sensor-tech-to-map-archaeological-sites/

Israel Antiquities Authority seeks to deploy remote sensing as a standard tool in the archaeologist's toolbox to discover ancient treasures

13/12/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHMb-odiSE0

First evidence in the Judean Desert for the Maccabean Revolt against the Greek Seleucid KingdomA rare wooden box containing a small hoard of 15 silver coins ...

15/11/2022

https://www.timesofisrael.com/researchers-find-first-known-map-of-the-stars-hidden-under-old-syriac-manuscript/

Scholars at DC's Museum of the Bible uncover part of Greek astronomer Hipparchus’ long-lost map of the stars, attesting to accuracy of his measurements from over 2,000 years ago

25/10/2022

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-researchers-say-magnetic-fields-provide-way-to-securely-date-biblical-events/

Team discovers that from layers of historical destruction springs a new hope of accurate chronological dating, plus deeper understanding of a powerful cosmic force

08/09/2022

27/07/2022

https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-inks-plan-to-clean-part-of-jordan-river-make-it-fit-for-swimming-again/

Greenlit by Water Authority last year, program will end pollution, channel more freshwater into stretch of iconic river south of Sea of Galilee

22/07/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQswhw0zqA

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