New Finds Show That the Rock-cut Shelters, Once Linked to the Bar Kochba Revolt, Originated Earlier as a Jewish Strategy to Resist All Foreign Encroachment.
A Hominin Died in Jordan Valley 1.5 Million Years Ago – and Isn’t the Same Species as the Hominins Who Reached Central Asia 1.8 Million Years Ago. Israeli Archaeologists Prove There Were Multiple Exits From Africa, and by More Than One Human Species
A valuable quarter-shekel silver coin minted by Jewish rebels in 69CE and stolen from Israel in 2002, was handed back after a two decade intelligence operation.
Cooperation between Israel and the U.S. ends a five-year investigation following theft of the silver coin, which experts say was minted as a sign of declaration of independence from the Roman Empire