Artifacts

Priceless Romanian artifacts recovered a year after being stolen from Dutch museum

The Dutch government last year paid 5.7 million euros to compensate Romania for the theft.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, REUTERS
Golden Helmet of Cotofenesti and gold bracelets recovered after being stolen from a Dutch museum, April 3, 2026.
Excavation of the Melsonby Hoard in Yorkshire, England, April 1, 2026.

Iron Age hoard rewrites history of wagons in Britain, may have been part of royal memorial - study

The collection's careful arrangement is indicative of a “noisy, symbolic acts of deliberate destruction," showing that the Melsonby Hoard was not just a collection of abandoned valuables.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
The Boclair Road Roman Fortlet as it may once have been, March 25, 2026.

Roman fort found north of Hadrian’s Wall may have been used to defend against unconquered Scotland

According to GUARD, the fort was constructed on high ground along the Antonine Wall, granting it an unobstructed view of the surrounding area, and intervisible with a much larger fort to the west.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Visitors to the Israel Antiquities Authority’s new center in Jerusalem look at items such as jewelery, makeup brushes, and weapons that had been stolen by antiquities thieves.

Hunting for stolen history: Inside Israel’s fight to recover its looted past

Israel’s antiquities watchdog is battling black-market theft, forgery, and a global trade that strips history of its story

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH

Rare astrolabe discovery in Verona reveals Islamic-Jewish scientific collaboration 900 years ago

The tool enabled users to calculate time and distances, plot the position of the stars, and even forecast the future by casting a horoscope.

MARCH 4, 2024ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
An eleventh century Islamic astrolabe bearing both Arabic and Hebrew inscriptions makes it one of the oldest examples ever discovered and one of only a handful known in the world. The astronomical instrument was adapted, translated and corrected for centuries by Muslim, Jewish and Christian users.

Greek antiquities valued at $3.7 million recovered from New York smugglers

Several of the most notable pieces are thousands of years old.

DECEMBER 25, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A man admires a marble statue of Aphrodite, known as the Velvedere Venus, on display at the Praxiteles exhibition in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens July 26, 2007.

Israel's museums enact war protocol to protect most precious treasures

"You really have to choose the finest or the most fragile artifacts," a museum worker said.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023ByREUTERS
The Hall of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum, on May 2, 2018

Codex Sassoon, oldest complete copy of the Bible, returns to Israel

The ANU Museum will be permanently displaying the codex in Tel Aviv starting on October 11, 2023. 

OCTOBER 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Codex Sassoon, the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible ever discovered.

Discovery of emperor's tomb proves ancient power struggle in China

Artifacts buried underground were found, these included terra-cotta figurines, for which the region is well known.

OCTOBER 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses is one of the most sensational archeological finds of all times.

UK Museum shares image of 'blonde ghost,' says mummy left fingerprints

A British museum has revealed a photo of a chilling ghost, along with mysterious fingerprints found in an old coffin.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023ByWALLA!

Archaeologists discover rare Zodiac imagery in Egyptian Esna temple

The team made the discoveries during excavations at the temple of Esna, where they had been preserved by a layer of dirt and soot for almost 2,000 years.

MARCH 23, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Columns at the temple of Khnum, Esna

Peruvian archaeologists unearth 30 pre-Inca era graves

Recent excavations in Peru unearthed new details about the Chancay people.

FEBRUARY 26, 2023ByREUTERS
An archaeologist from the University of San Marcos works at the site of a burial belonging to the Chantay pre-Columbian culture, which was found in a cemetery at Macaton mountain in the north-central Huaral valley, in Huaral, Peru

Centuries-old Book of Esther scrolls salvaged from Turkey earthquake rubble

A local elder of Antakya, Turkey's Jewish community handed the scrolls over to ZAKA rescuers, who are working on transporting them to safety.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023ByBOAZ EDIDIN
Chaim Otmazgin, commander of ZAKA's team in rescue mission to Turkey, with the ancient Book of Esther scrolls recovered among the ruins of Antakya, Turkey following devastating earthquakes

3,000-year-old sacrificial well uncovered in Germany

The researchers believe that artifacts found in the well were meant as sacrifices for the harvest.

JANUARY 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sunflowers are silhouetted during sunset in Germering near Munich, August 4, 2011.