An Elaborate Bone Box for a High Official Date- 18-36 CE Current Location- Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Language and Script- Aramaic, alphabetic Biblical Verses- Matt. 26-57-66 Ossuary of Caiphus Inscription on the back of the ossuary Inscription on the side of the ossuary Side of the ossuary General Information- • In 1990 two burial caves […]
Ossuary of Jesus son of Joseph The ossuary of a certain Jesus son of Joseph Jerusalem 1st century Stone Israel Antiquities Authority Exhibited at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Cradle of Christianity- Treasures from the Holy Land. Book in conjunction to exhibition by the Israel Museum. Beachwood, Ohio- Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, 2006.
Robinson’s Arch, 1865 Drawing of Robinson’s Arch, 1867 Pier being sunk by Charles Warren in 1868 Excavations along the Southern Wall were undertaken by Benjamin Mazar in 1968-1978, and again by Ronny Reich in the 1990’s. Discoveries include- A first-century street which was covered by stones thrown by the Romans off the Temple […]
View of the fortress built by Herod at the site of his victory over his pursuers during his flight from Jerusalem to Masada in 40 BCE. The hill was raised in height by the use of debris. After the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE, Herodium surrendered to the legate Lucilus Bassus. Palace at Herodium. […]
Herod Potsherd 1 Herod Potsherd 2 Potsherd with the Latin inscription “Regi Herodi Iudaico” – “Herod the Great, King of the Jews [or Judea]” was found in the summer of ’96 in a cave among the remains of ancient eggshells, olive pits and broken baskets—likely an ancient garbage dump— at Masada. The sherd, dating to […]
Ennion Glass Jug Full View This fine glass jug was unearthed in one of the mansions excavated in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, which was an affluent district in the Second Temple period. The jug bears the name of its maker—Ennion—one of the greatest glass artisans of all times. Ennion is […]
Gift to the Community Ostracon “Gift to the Community” Ostracon found at Qumran in 1996 by a volunteer on an expedition led by James F. Strange. It was translated by Frank Moore Cross and Ester Eshel. “The Missing Link,” BAR Mar-Apr 1998.
The Destruction and Sack of Jerusalem, Nicholas Poussin, 1625-26 By Passover of 70 C.E. Titus had massed a large force around Jerusalem while Jewish factions inside the city were killing one another. As Titus’s battering rams began to strike, the factions finally came together. One by one the Romans breached the walls of the city, […]
Seven mezzuzah parchments were discovered in Cave 4 (4Q149-55) and one in Cave 8. Mezzuzot are biblical passages affixed to the doorstep. As in the case of tefillin, scholars have questioned how early the observance of these commandments became widespread. The Qumran materials provide the earliest examples, reaching into the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. […]
Silver coin of Nero, from the mint of Antioch 63 CE. Part of a hoard of 13 shekels found by Nahman Avigad and Zvi Moaz in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem. Avigad, Nahman, Discovering Jerusalem, Shikmona Publishing Co, Jerusalem, 1980, p. 195. See also- Gold Coin of Nero, 51-54 CE Neronian Tetradrachm, 60 CE The […]