A Letter From a High Official in Jerusalem to the Jewish Garrison on Elephantine in the Fifth Century B.C.E. Seems to Instruct on Ritual for the Holiday, and May Sanction Pesach Sacrifice in Egypt Too
An Inscription Mentioning the Persian Invader Found in the City of Lachish, Which Had a Strong Persian Presence, Correctly Written in the Language of the Time. What Could Go Wrong?
While archaeologists worry about forgeries, the IAA vows to implement more rigorous testing after a highly touted potsherd thought to be from 498 BCE was found to be inauthentic
The Israel Antiquities Authority has clarified that what its archaeologists announced last week as a historic discovery an inscription bearing the name of Persian King Darius the Great found at the Tel Lachish National Park in Israel is "not authentic."