Megalithic Portal: Latest from Israel

Horvat Tevet

TheDruid-3X3 — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:36:00 GMT

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Tinshemet Caves

TheDruid-3X3 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:35:00 GMT

]]>Archaeological work in central Tinshemet Cave suggests that Homo sapiens and Neanderthals not only co-existed in the mid-Middle Palaeolithic Levant, and even actively interacted by sharing technology, lifestyles, and burial customs. Situated on the east bank of the Nahal Beit Arif, near the city of Shoham, in central Israel. The cave lies about 100m above-sea level and about 15m above the bed of the valley. The cave is an elongated passage composed of 2 irregular chambers (around 12 metres long) which leads to a last chamber with an open chimney.

Qumran

motist — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:24:05 GMT

]]>Many of the Dead Sea scrolls look to be older than previously thought - researchers enlist help of radiocarbon dating and machine learning to produce new insights. A series of caves, some natural, some artificial, which can be found around the archaeological site of Qumran. It is in a number of these caves that the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were found. The limestone cliffs above Qumran contain numerous caves that have been used over the millennia. The first traces of occupation are from the Chalcolithic period.

HaYonim cave

Andy B — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 11:34:27 GMT

]]>A cave located in a limestone bluff about 250 meters above modern sea level, in the Upper Galilee, Israel. The site had substantial occupation during the Middle Paleolithic Mousterian period, from 250,000 years ago to 100,000 years ago, and later, during the Neolithic period and the Natufian culture around 12,000 years ago.

Tel Dor

motist — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 19:27:14 GMT

]]>This ancient Phoenician port city is located on a mound on the Carmel coast in what is now Israel, and was one of the greatest cities along the northern shore. Dor is listed in the Bible as one of the cities that joined the northern coalition of Canaanite kings against the invading Israelites in the 13th century BC (Joshua 11 1-2)

Ma'on synagogue

motist — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 17:40:24 GMT

]]>An ancient synagogue and archaeological site located in the Negev Desert. It is best known for its magnificent mosaic floor. The original date of the synagogue is uncertain but is before the 6th century. In a sixth-century renovation, the northern wall (closest to Jerusalem) was opened and a semi-circular apse to contain a Torah Ark was constructed.

Motza Neolithic City

motist — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:46:35 GMT

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Ziklag

motist — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 15:39:16 GMT

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Beer Sheva north

motist — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:24:00 GMT

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Two ancient horse figurines found in north after winter rains

motist — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:28:27 GMT

]]>This winter’s rains have uncovered two beautiful ancient clay figurines of horses in northern Israel, according to a statement from the Israel Antiquities Authority.

9,000-year-old mask found in the Hebron hills

motist — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 11:59:48 GMT

]]>The Neolithic-era stone mask could have been a local way to stake a claim to land in the transition from hunting and gathering to farming, archaeologists suggest. Israeli archaeologists have retrieved a 9,000-year-old mask that was discovered by chance by a settler taking a walk in the hills south of Hebron, in the West Bank, officials said Wednesday.

Mosaic and Stone structure near Shoham

Andy B — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:37:51 GMT

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Tel Abel Beth Maacah

motist — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 19:54:35 GMT

]]>Exquisite Old Testament-era head of a king found at this site in Israel but subject’s identity is a mystery, more details in the comments on our page.. Tel Abel Beth Maacah is a large archaeological site consisting of a mound with an small upper northern section and a large lower southern one, connected by a saddle. It is located on the northern border of present-day Israel, about 2 km south of the town of Metulla and about 6.5 km west of Tel Dan.

Horvat 'Aqev

motist — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 13:50:20 GMT

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Dolmen field in Odem forest on The Golan Heights

motist — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 07:08:51 GMT

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