antiquities Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/antiquities/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Thu, 20 Jul 2023 01:40:49 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Please can we get our antiquities back? https://www.jwire.com.au/please-can-we-get-our-antiquities-back/ https://www.jwire.com.au/please-can-we-get-our-antiquities-back/#comments Thu, 20 Jul 2023 01:40:49 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=149278 Wanted: Ancient ceramic oil lamps from Israel. Last seen on loan to the White House and suspected to be at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Documents, including classified ones at Mar-a-Lago, have been the subject of ongoing investigations and made front-page news. But another sort of object on the premises […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/please-can-we-get-our-antiquities-back/feed/ 1 149278 Ancient Greek inscription discovered by chance near Nitzana in the Negev https://www.jwire.com.au/ancient-greek-inscription-discovered-by-chance-near-nitzana-in-the-negev/ https://www.jwire.com.au/ancient-greek-inscription-discovered-by-chance-near-nitzana-in-the-negev/#respond Wed, 06 Jan 2021 23:16:36 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=120190 Who was Maria, who died on 9 February some 1400 years ago and whose burial stone has now been discovered in Nitzana National Park?

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/ancient-greek-inscription-discovered-by-chance-near-nitzana-in-the-negev/feed/ 0 120190 15th-century prayer book fully restored, put online by National Library of Israel https://www.jwire.com.au/15th-century-prayer-book-fully-restored-put-online-by-national-library-of-israel/ https://www.jwire.com.au/15th-century-prayer-book-fully-restored-put-online-by-national-library-of-israel/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:56:09 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=108932 It was created on parchment by Joel ben Simeon, considered by many to be the most important Jewish artist of the Middle Ages.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/15th-century-prayer-book-fully-restored-put-online-by-national-library-of-israel/feed/ 0 108932 Rare 9,000 year old stone mask discovered in Hebron hills https://www.jwire.com.au/rare-9000-year-old-stone-mask-discovered-in-hebron-hills/ https://www.jwire.com.au/rare-9000-year-old-stone-mask-discovered-in-hebron-hills/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2018 23:03:54 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=91921 A rare stone mask dating back some 9,000 years was discovered several months ago by a hiker in the Hebron Hills area, the Israel Antiquities authorities report.

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