antiquities Archives – Jewish Journal

ISIS looting and destruction of heritage sites has roots in ideology and finance

Jewish Journal September 9, 2015

Ending antiquities trading will attack terrorists’ ability to fund its campaign

Ancient Jerusalem aqueduct discovered during sewer work

Jewish Journal May 21, 2015

A section of Jerusalem’s lower aqueduct, which brought water to the city more than 2,000 years ago, was uncovered during sewer work.

Calling all Jewish heirlooms

Jewish Journal May 17, 2011

Appraiser David Streets has a passion for Jewish antiques — old Kiddush cups passed down for generations, Shabbat candlesticks with stories to share. It’s a history that he loves, even if it’s not his.

VIDEO: Archaeologists excavate 2100-year-old wall in Jerusalem

Jewish Journal September 5, 2008

A 2,100-year-old section of the wall surrounding Jerusalem, dating from Hasmonean times, has been unearthed on Mount Zion, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday. The excavations have revealed part of the expanded southern city wall, from the Second Temple period, when ancient Jerusalem was at its largest.

No one cares about ravaging of Temple Mount

Hershel Shanks September 21, 2007

It\’s an old/new story. For the past 35 years, the Muslim religious authority known as the Waqf, to which Israel has given custody of the Temple Mount, has been periodically digging it up — illegally. (That\’s the Israel Supreme Court\’s characterization.)