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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 an independent Israeli governmental authority responsible for enforcing the 1978 Law of Antiquities. The IAA regulates excavation and conservation, and promotes research.
The chronological periods are abbreviated in this way: Pa – Paleolithic; EP – Epipalaeolithic; Ne – Neolithic; Ch – Chalcolithic; EB – Early Bronze Age; IB – Intermediate Bronze Age (also called "Early Bronze IV" and "Middle Bronze I")
Amir Drori (1937–2005), founder of the Israel Antiquities Authority in 1990; Israel Finkelstein (1949–present), known for his rejection of the United Monarchy as fact, proposed a later date for Iron Age Israelite archaeology under the Low Chronology; Amnon Ben-Tor (1935–present), author of Archaeology of Ancient Israel, noted critic of ...
The first jeep of the emergency survey Surveyors camp at Nahal Sirpad Surveyors in the fields. Be'er Tuvia map. After the establishment of Israel, Shemuel Yeivin, the first director of the antiquities department, suggested to David Ben-Gurion "to conduct an archaeological survey in the area of the State of Israel, so that future generations in the country will know about the history hidden in ...
In February 2022, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority, led by Professor Ella Been, announced the discovery of a 1.5-million-year-old complete hominin vertebra. According to the researchers, the fossilized bone belonging to a juvenile between the ages of 6-12 is the oldest evidence of ancient hominins in the Middle East.
The Canaanite Ivory Comb is a 3,700-year-old artifact discovered in the ruins of Lachish, an ancient Canaanite city-state located in modern-day Israel.Measuring approximately 3.5 by 2.5 centimetres (1.38 by 0.98 in), the comb is made of elephant ivory and contains the earliest known complete sentence written in a phonetic alphabet. [1]
Israel Antiquities Authority. ISBN 978-965-406-080-6. Amos Kloner; Donald T. Ariel (2003). Maresha Excavations Final Report: Subterranean complexes 21, 44, 70. Israel Antiquities Authority. ISBN 978-965-406-150-6. Adi Erlich; Amos Kloner (31 March 2010). Maresha Excavations Final Report II: Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines from the 1989-1996 ...
The Antiquities Law of the State of Israel of 1978 was put in place by Israel to eliminate the problem of illegal activities with artifacts. It serves the purpose of describing the rights and obligations regarding the discovery and ownership of ancient coins or other antiquities in Israel, and the possibility of export of these antiquities.