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Milestone on the Roman Road Ptolemais-Diocaesarea-Tiberias

Milestone on the Roman Road Ptolemais-Diocaesarea-Tiberias

A final report was published on the last month for documentation of a Roman milestone near Horbat Mishkena that was held in January and March 2017, in the wake of antiquities robbery and development work. The documentation was conducted by IAA employees. Horbat Mishkena lies on an elongated spur-like hill in the east of the Tur‘an […]

11/12/2022 Read More »
A Roman Milestone Inscription Deciphered North-East of the Sea of Galilee

A Roman Milestone Inscription Deciphered North-East of the Sea of Galilee

A new article by Adam Pažout, Michael Eisenberg and Gregor Staab was published in the last issue of Israel Exploration Journal. The article presents an Inscription deciphered on an unpublished milestone found on the north-eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee in the 1990’s.

01/02/2021 Read More »
Roman Roads in the Palestine Exploration Fund Survey

Roman Roads in the Palestine Exploration Fund Survey

Roman Roads in the Palestine Exploration Fund Survey   Exploring the Holy Land – 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund – David Gurevich  (2019)   Chaim Ben David [+] Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee Description Over 40 highways were built in the province of Iudaea/Palaestina between ca. mid 1st to mid 4th […]

09/03/2019 Read More »
A Milestone Station In The Bet Netofa Valley, And Its Place In Roman Imperial Road System In The Galilee

A Milestone Station In The Bet Netofa Valley, And Its Place In Roman Imperial Road System In The Galilee

http://atiqot.org.il/ArticleList.aspx?id=1043

09/03/2019 Read More »
Six milestone Stations Discovered in the Negev along the Petra-Gaza Incense Route

Six milestone Stations Discovered in the Negev along the Petra-Gaza Incense Route

In 1965–1966 a pioneering survey was carried out along the incense route between Oboda and the Nabataean caravansary in Sha‘ar Ramon by Zeev Meshel and Yoram Tsafrir.  They noted two segments of a wide built road, along which were 11 milestone stations – five on the Nafha Plateau (south of Oboda) and six in Makhtesh […]

17/05/2018 Read More »
Previously Unknown Stretch of 2,500-year-old Incense Route Found in Israel’s Negev Desert

Previously Unknown Stretch of 2,500-year-old Incense Route Found in Israel’s Negev Desert

Previously Unknown Stretch of 2,500-year-old Incense Route Found in Israel’s Negev Desert The path of the overland trading route from southern Arabia to Gaza was known to researchers, but they thought this 7-kilometer stretch lay elsewhere (Published by: Nir Hasson and Ruth Schuster / Haaretz / Feb 25, 2018 8:13 PM) A section of the ancient Incense Route, stretching […]

28/02/2018 Read More »
Two milestones discovered in the Golan Heights along the road from Beth Saida to Paneas

Two milestones discovered in the Golan Heights along the road from Beth Saida to Paneas

Two uninscribed milestones were found along the modern road east of the Jordan on the Golan Heights. The first milestone (IMC 697) was discovered by Boaz Gross, a Phd  Archaeology student from Tel Aviv University. The second one (IMC 698)  was discovered by Oren Zingenboym from the Israeli Antiquities Authority.

22/05/2017 Read More »
A 2,000 Year Old Road was Exposed in Bet Shemesh

A 2,000 Year Old Road was Exposed in Bet Shemesh

In an archaeological excavation that was carried out prior to the installation of a water pipeline at the initiative of the Mei Shemesh Company [Source: Israel Antiquities Authority] A wide and impressive 2,000 year old road dating to the Roman period, in an extraordinary state of preservation, was revealed last February in archaeological excavations of […]

07/03/2017 Read More »
A segment of the Roman Road between Cesarae and Legio was found west of kibbutz Regavim

A segment of the Roman Road between Cesarae and Legio was found west of kibbutz Regavim

Eliran O. 2016.  ‘Nahal ‘Ada (North)’  , Hadashot Arkheologiyot Excavations and Surveys in Israel 128 http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/Report_Detail_Eng.aspx?id=25058&mag_id=124

20/09/2016 Read More »
A new article on Roman Milestones in Rabbinic literature

A new article on Roman Milestones in Rabbinic literature

Levinson J. 2016 ‘The Language of Stones: Roman Milestones on Rabbinic Roads’, Journal For The Study Of Judaism 47: 1-20

10/06/2016 Read More »
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Milestone on the Roman Road Ptolemais-Diocaesarea-Tiberias

11/12/2022

A Roman Milestone Inscription Deciphered North-East of the Sea of Galilee

01/02/2021

Roman Roads in the Palestine Exploration Fund Survey

09/03/2019

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