Biblical

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The Past

Ancient settlement and mosaics uncovered on the shores of the Sea of Galilee

Analysing pottery fragments recovered from the site, archaeologists have dated the construction of the settlement to between the 5th and 7th centuries AD.

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Baalbek and Antioch, 1933

In 1933, the first season of excavations at Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish), south-west of Jerusalem, came to end. The remains of a building from the late 5th-4th century BC, described as a governor’s residence, had been unearthed and the defences of…

Above Among the discoveries made at Tal Ganoub Qasr al Agouz are several walls with inscriptions of biblical and early Christian texts. left The site is exceptionally well preserved, with many buildings still standing with their walls, and sometimes roofs,

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Earliest Christian monastery found in Egypt

Inscriptions were also found on the walls of several buildings, with passages from biblical and early Christian texts written in Greek.

BELOW The intact woven basket uncovered by the project dates back some 10,500 years.

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Discoveries in the desert

Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the 1940s, the caves - which have preserved fragile objects like the scrolls – have been the target of looters.