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The triumph of death
The worst year in human history? The mysterious events of 536 CE
Harvard medieval historian Michael McCormick calls 536 CE the worst year in history, when a massive volcanic eruption darkened skies over Europe, the Middle East and Asia, causing a sharp drop in temperatures, crop failures and famine
Yogev Israeli | 10.11.25
העבודות להצלת הפסיפס
Race against time to save ancient Byzantine church and rare mosaic in Negev
Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority and the Antiquities Authority launched an urgent operation at Horvat Grarit, along Nahal Besor, to rescue a 6th-century Byzantine church and mosaic floor threatened by riverbank collapse
Ynetnews | 08.24.25
תקריב של הכתובת בפסיפס מוקפת באגמיות מצריות
‘Peace to the elderly’: Mosaic reveals earliest known nursing home in Israel
A 1,600-year-old mosaic discovered in Sussita on the Sea of Galilee reveals what may be the world’s earliest archaeological evidence of a nursing home from the Byzantine era
Eitan Glickman | 08.19.25
הענבים שנבצרו בנגב
Experts restore Israel's ancient desert wine industry using Byzantine grapes
In a groundbreaking revival of ancient tradition, Israeli researchers and vintners harvest 1,500-year-old Byzantine grape varieties from a restored vineyard in Avdat National Park, aiming to recreate the famed Negev wine once exported across Europe
Ilana Curiel | 07.28.25
פסיפס מהמאה ה-6, שהתגלה בכנסייה בכיסופים. הפסיפס מציג סוחר הנושא אשכול ענבים ומוליך גמל שעל גבו קנקני יין
New study finds secrets behind Byzantine wine economy in Israeli desert
Farmers in the Byzantine-period Negev developed a flourishing wine industry using advanced rainwater harvesting techniques, with new study showing high vulnerability to droughts
Ynet | 07.17.25
מנהלי החפירה, זובייר עדוי וכפיר ארביב, בוחנים את הממצא הנדיר
What happened to this nun? Archaeologists uncover bizarre remains in Jerusalem
Experts uncover first physical evidence of extreme asceticism among Byzantine nuns, finding skeleton bound in iron rings beneath church altar; discovery sheds new light on role of women in monasticism and ancient self-mortification practices      
Yaron Drukman | 03.10.25
הפסיפס עם הפסוק מספר דברים
Rare Byzantine-era winepress and monastery found in southern Israel
Archaeologists uncover 1,500-year-old Byzantine monastery, featuring colorful mosaic floor with Deuteronomy verse; nearby, a sophisticated winepress and imported artifacts highlight settlement’s wealth and significance in Roman-Byzantine times
Yaron Drukman | 01.06.25
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