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    The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA, Hebrew: רשות העתיקות rashut ha-'atiqot; Arabic: داﺌرة الآثار, before 1990, the Israel Department of Antiquities) is...
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    Dead Sea Scrolls (category Israel Antiquities Authority)
    West Jerusalem. The Israel Museum falls under the auspices of the Israel Antiquities Authority, an official agency of the Israeli government. The permanent...
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    Rachel. "From the Israel Department of Antiquities to the Founding of the Israel Antiquities Authority". Israel Antiquities Authority. Retrieved 30 March...
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  • Jehoash Inscription (category 2003 in Israel)
    support the antiquity of the patina, which in turn, strengthens the assertion that the inscription is authentic, the Israel Antiquities Authority has asserted...
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    2011-07-21. Israel Antiquities Authority, Excavators and Excavations Permit for Year 2010, Survey Permits # A-5982 and A-5852. Israel Antiquities Authority, Excavators...
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    (Legio): Excavations at the Megiddo Prison 2005. Israel Antiquities Authority, 2006, Jerusalem, Israel. Quote: "The Akeptous lnscription. The inscription...
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  • Canaanite shipwreck (category Archaeological discoveries in Israel)
    in June 2024, 90 km (56 mi) off the shoreline of Israel. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the ship belonged to ancient Canaanite merchants...
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    Kidron Valley, Jerusalem. Israel Antiquities Authority. p. 129. ISBN 9789654060189. Akeldama, Israel Antiquities Authority website, accessed 25 September...
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    recognition, Israeli authorities assembled recovery teams from across society. This included archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority, who identified...
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    Surveys in Israel. Israel Antiquities Authority. Archived from the original on 23 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2018. Finkelstein, Israel; Fantalkin,...
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  • the authority to decide who is allowed to be licensed to trade in antiquities, which is required in the 1978 Antiquities Law. The Israel Antiquities Authority...
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    archaeological sites. Executing the survey was entrusted to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), as they map, measure, photograph the sites while collecting...
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    important item of biblical antiquities in the Israel Museum's collection. However, in 2004, the Israel Antiquities Authority reported the inscription to...
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    James Ossuary (category 2002 in Israel)
    November/December 2002 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. In 2003, The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) argued that the inscriptions were forged at a much later...
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  • Tel Motza (category Religion in ancient Israel and Judah)
    took place in 2012–13 and 2019. The area was excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) because of the highway construction, and the researches...
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    Gethsemane (category Gardens in Israel)
    was conducted by Amit Re'em and David Yeger on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). In December 2020, archaeologists revealed the remains...
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    was conducted by Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the City of David Foundation. Excavations...
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    managed by the Israel Museum and the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums (later reorganized as the Israel Antiquities Authority). The museum's...
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    Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel is the future building of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Construction began in 2012 in Jerusalem,...
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    Amir Drori (category Israeli generals)
    אמיר דרורי; 1937–2005) was an Israeli general, founder and the first director general of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Amir Drori was born in Tel Aviv...
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    region known to Jews as the Land of Israel, synonymous with the Palestine region, the Holy Land, and Canaan. In antiquity, it was home to the Canaanite civilization...
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    glass artist Jeremy Langford.[dubious – discuss] In 2007, the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered an ancient Roman street thought to be from the second...
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    limepits or limekilns for burning limestone were found, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) describes dozens of them (Hebrew: בור סיד / כבשן סיד),...
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    (1994). A Catalogue of Jewish Ossuaries. Jerusalem: The Israel Antiquities Authority and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. p. 6. Evans, Craig...
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    archaeological digs in Israel are carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), and in the areas governed by the Palestinian Authority (PA), by its Ministry...
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    thousand rare artifacts. It was reported in January 2024 that Israel Antiquities Authority Director Eli Askozido had shared photos on his official Instagram...
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    find was published in volume 29 of Atiqot, the journal of the Israel Antiquities Authority. A controversial documentary film, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, was...
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    Cave of Horrors (category Caves of Israel)
    around its head and chest, but not its feet. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority the burial was found along with 2,000-year-old Dead Sea scrolls...
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    Vassilios Tzaferis (category Israel Antiquities Authority)
    HaMivtar. He was the director of surveys and excavations at the Israel Antiquities Authority (1999–2001) and the curator of the Patriarchal Museum in Jerusalem...
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    Gamla (category Israel National Heritage Site)
    Israel Antiquities Authority Reports, No. 56. ISBN 978-965-406-503-0. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gamla. Gamla on the Israel Antiquities Authority...
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