{"id":54055,"date":"2016-07-11T15:48:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T20:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=54055"},"modified":"2016-07-11T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T21:00:00","slug":"archaeological","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/israel\/archaeological\/","title":{"rendered":"New Archaeological Finds in Israel Bring Ancient History to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_54057\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-54057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Ashkelon-dig-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Ashkelon dig\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Ashkelon-dig-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Ashkelon-dig-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/Ashkelon-dig.jpg 919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><em>Archaeological site in Ashkelon, Israel.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">After more than 30 years of excavating the remains of a Philistine city, a team of archaeologists says it believes it has found a cemetery belonging to the Philistines, an ancient people on the outskirts of Ashkelon, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/07\/11\/science\/possible-philistine-cemetery-discovered.html?_r=1\">New York Times reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And to the north, on a hill above the Kinneret,\u00a0archaeologists have discovered one amazing fifth-century floor mosaic after another. <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/2016\/07\/mosaic-synagogue-huqoq-israel-magness-archaeology\/\">Read more in National Geographic.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After more than 30 years of excavating the remains of a Philistine city, a team of archaeologists says it believes it has found a cemetery belonging to the Philistines, an ancient people on the outskirts of Ashkelon, the New York Times reports. 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