A coin hoard dating back about 2,100 years, during the time of the Jewish Hasmonean kings, has been discovered at a site in ...

Dr. Shay Bar, Dr. Yoav Farhi and Dr. Mechael Osband, who led the excavation, discovered the 80/79 BCE-style coins on Friday - ...

Both Solomon’s kingdom and the Hasmonean dynasty were beset by internal strife in their fourth quarters, allowing external ...

Some 50 ultra-Orthodox recruits were drafted into the Israel Defense Forces’ new Hasmonean Brigade on Sunday at the army’s Tel Hashomer induction center in Ramat Gan. The soldiers will form the ...

The University of Haifa recently announced that 160 ancient coins depicting Alexander Jannaeus were found during an ...

Researchers from the University of Haifa and the Zinman Institute of Archaeology hailed the discovery of 160 Hasmonean coins ...

Rare ancient coins from the Hasmonean dynasty, dating over 2,000 years old, were discovered in the Jordan Valley, Israel.

Herod the Great was the King of Judea who is said to have preserved the body of his dead wife in honey for seven years.

Archaeologists digging in the Jordan Valley recently discovered a collection of ancient coins during this year's Hanukkah holiday.

Researchers at the University of Haifa’s Zinman Institute of Archaeology have uncovered a rare hoard of coins belonging to King Alexander Jannaeus, the second ruler of the Hasmonean dynasty, over ...

Researchers unearthed 160 coins belonging to the second king of the Hasmonean dynasty from a Hanukkah-era excavation (photo credit: DR. SHAY BAR) Researchers unearthed 160 coins belonging to the ...

Archeologists have uncovered a rare hoard of 160 ancient coins dating back 2,100 years during the reign of Alexander Jannaeus ...