U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s family takes a productive trip to ancient Jewish caves near Na’aleh.

Ophel excavation yields only the third such coin ever found in Jerusalem.

One of the largest-ever gold hoards discovered in Israel—by a pair of teenagers

A destroyed Seleucid fortress near the Lachish forest—courtesy the Hasmonean revolt

The finds that caught our eye

Two recent discoveries highlight one of Jerusalem’s most turbulent epochs.

50 years after we discovered the last ones

Snapshot of the final Jewish uprising under Roman rule

A remarkable site with two identified periods of use—and the tantalizing mystery of why it was left a ghost town

Is there really no proof of the first and second temples?

A dramatic numismatic snapshot of Byzantine history (including a veritable “time lapse” of the maturation of the empire’s princes!)

What it’s like to volunteer on the Ophel excavation

One of the earliest coins ever discovered in Israel

Evidence of the final moments of Jewish rule in Jerusalem

‘For the Redemption of Zion’

What two recently discovered coins reveal about two vastly different periods in Judah

But who was Eleazar, exactly?