×
GreekEnglish

×
  • Politics
  • Diaspora
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Cooking
Wednesday
12
Aug 2026
weather symbol
Athens 34°C
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • World
  • Diaspora
  • Lifestyle
  • Travel
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Mediterranean Cooking
  • Weather
Contact follow Protothema:
Powered by Cloudevo
> Culture

2,100-Year-Old Farmstead Found in Israel

The farmers may have raised sheep or goats

Newsroom June 1 04:16

Δείτε περισσότερα άρθρα μας στα αποτελέσματα αναζήτησης

Add Protothema.gr on Google

According to a Live Science report, a farmstead thought to have been abandoned in the late second century B.C. has been found in northern Israel, near the Sea of Galilee.

Archaeologist Amani Abu-Hamid of the Israel Antiquities Authority said that during this period, the Judean Hasmonean kingdom expanded from the south into Galilee. The farmers may have been subjects of the Seleucid Empire who fled the invasion, since the researchers uncovered intact storage jars, loom weights kept on a shelf, farm tools including iron picks and scythes, and coins.

The farmers may have raised sheep or goats, and used their fleece or hair for weaving cloth, based upon a large number of loom weights, he added.

>Related articles

Mount Olympus now in the same monument category as the Grand Canyon and the Great Wall of China: The 12 ‘secrets’ that put it on UNESCO’s list

Syria’s “Site 99” that concealed Assad’s nuclear material: Israel’s threats, the deal with the US & Turkey

The War of the Straits: 3+1 chokepoints are reshaping the map of global shipping

source archaeology.org

also read

Germany: Turkey should not dispute Greek sovereignty

Ask me anything

Explore related questions

#ancient#archaeology#farmers#farmstead#israel
> More Culture

Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news

See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr

> Latest Stories

Lycabettus Hill to close from midnight as Attica’s fire risk rises

August 12, 2026

Mount Olympus now in the same monument category as the Grand Canyon and the Great Wall of China: The 12 ‘secrets’ that put it on UNESCO’s list

August 12, 2026

The moment a €50 million yacht strikes the walls of the Corinth Canal (video)

August 12, 2026

Chaos in Sicily as Mount Etna erupts: Catania Airport closed, ash reaches Malta and Libya (videos)

August 12, 2026

A new cycle of seismic surveys for hydrocarbons begins, with an “X-ray” from the Ionian Sea to Crete

August 12, 2026

Vasilissis Olgas: The “unknown” Roman Athens comes to light – The monumental complex that was uncovered (photos)

August 12, 2026

The final hours of the police officer found dead in Agios Dimitrios under scrutiny – What his partner told authorities

August 12, 2026

Rwanda & Uganda gain ground in plans to create return hubs

August 12, 2026
All News

> Greece

In reverence, the emotional deposition in Jerusalem, see photos & video

The Holy Temple of the Resurrection opened after many days due to the war between Israel and Iran

April 10, 2026

In the final stretch for the accreditation of joint master’s degrees: Aiming for their launch in the coming academic year

April 10, 2026

Schedule for Epitaph Procession today (10/4)

April 10, 2026

Perfect weather for Easter excursions, according to Tsatrafyllia’s forecast

April 10, 2026

Easter in Greece: The customs that continue in Greek tradition – From Nafpaktos to Corfu

April 10, 2026
Homepage
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY COOKIES POLICY TERM OF USE
Powered by Cloudevo
Copyright © 2026 Πρώτο Θέμα