The Magdala Stone, a stunning archaeological find from an excavated synagogue in Israel that dates back to the time of Jesus, sits at the intersection of Jewish and Christian history. Since its ...

But for scholars of the ancient world, the Magdala Stone is the real discovery. Rina Talgam, a professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem invited by the Israel Antiquities Authority to consult on ...

Perhaps the most exciting discovery at Magdala thus far, however, is the Magdala Stone, which has produced a lot of excitement among the archaeologists working at the site.

New finds suggest Second Temple priests who fled the Romans kept up holy rituals in the Galilee After seven years of excavations at Magdala, four rare ritual baths and a unique carved stone point ...

The stone was discovered in IAA excavations in 2009 in Migdal — believed to be the hometown of Jesus’ mother, Mary — in the center of a synagogue from the Second Temple period. The 2,000-year-old ...

Rome, Italy, May 18, 2017 / 02:04 am. At the center of the first joint exhibit between the Vatican Museums and the Jewish museum in Rome is the Magdala Stone, a large decorated stone block from a ...

Archaeological excavations at an ancient synagogue in Israel offer glimpses of first-century Judaism — and maybe Christianity, too, says anthropologist Barbara J. King.