This undated photo released by Israel’s Antiquities Authority shows a sarcophagus found at Tel Shadud, an archaeological mound in the Jezreel Valley. Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a rare ...

An Egyptian scarab and five clay tablets with carvings of naked women depicting ancient fertility goddesses have been found in Rehob, a 3,500-year-old Israeli city. The artefacts are thought to have ...

Dafna Filshteiner, 12, holds a 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab she found during a family hike. A 12-year-old girl hiking with her family stumbled upon a 3,500-year-old Egyptian amulet, the Israel ...

Through September 30, 2006 @ The Karpeles in Buffalo Porter Hall – 453 Porter Ave. in Buffalo. Egypt was the birthplace of one of the world’s oldest civilizations. The Egyptian people were probably ...

The "first-of-its-kind" artefact was unearthed by a lucky group from Jerusalem visiting an archaeological site in the northwest Negev Desert in southern Israel. Although similar amulets have been used ...

A rare Egyptian scarab seal, possibly belonging to a senior Egyptian official, was found at the Tel Shiloh archaeological site in Samaria. Archaeologists estimate it is 3,000 years old. The scarabs ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a rare sarcophagus featuring a slender face and a scarab ring inscribed with the name of an Egyptian pharaoh, Israel’s Antiquities Authority said ...

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