Tell es-Safi – also known as Gath – is prominently featured in the Bible in events taking place several centuries later, including as the city of origin of David’s giant foe, Goliath. Ever play a game ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A decapitated donkey found in Tell es-Safi, south Israel, July 2025. (photo credit: Elizabeth R. Arnold et al./Plos One) The ...
This week on Times Will Tell, a weekly podcast from The Times of Israel, we dive deep into biblical archaeology and the field’s new techniques with Bar-Ilan University Prof. Aren Maeir, who for the ...
Temple offerings: miniature vessels for serving food and a marine mollusk shell "Tonna galea" found in one of the temples. Credit: Prof. Aren Maeir For over 25 years, archaeologists have been ...
A team of archaeologists has made a groundbreaking discovery in Israel, uncovering the remains of four donkeys that were ritually sacrificed over 4,500 years ago. The donkeys, found buried under a ...
Recently, excavators uncovered a crucible at Tell es-Safi/Gath, the site of a tenth-century b.c. Philistine city in southern Israel. Chemists and other natural scientists at the Tell es-Safi/Gath site ...