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Events | 6 January 2025

Have you ever thought you were in Europe but actually in Israel?

Have you already visited Jerusalem during Hanukkah? Every year, when winter comes, Jerusalem turns into a real European capital! And on Hanukkah, a variety of activities and festive candle lightings for the whole family await you.

Archaeology | 6 November 2024

Writing of an ancient curse from 1700 years ago has been discovered in the excavations of the City of David

In archaeological excavations conducted by the Antiquities Authority in the Givati Parking Lot in the City of David, financed by the Friends of the City of David, a rolled lead plate was recently discovered, bearing an inscription in Greek. This is a magical tablet bearing a curse that was probably written by a professional magician/sorcerer.

Archaeology | 12 January 2025

A Second Temple Period Ritual Bath Discovered in the City of David

A private ritual bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period, was recently uncovered in the excavations north of the "Pilgrimage Road," alongside the main drainage channel from the Second Temple period conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David.

Archaeology | 8 September 2024

A rare stone seal from the First Temple period was Discovered in Jerusalem

On the seal, which was uncovered in the Israel Antiquities Authority excavations near the Western Wall and the City of David, appears a winged figure and a Hebrew name inscribed in the paleo-Hebrew script * The seal – “one of the most beautiful ever discovered” – was used to sign documents by a senior official in the Kingdom of Judah’s administration *