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Aug 25, 2026, 8:47 PM

Jerusalem: Unknown Reservoirs in Absalom’s Tomb on Pilgrims’ way to Temple Mount

The Hidden Waterworks of the Kidron Valley: Do Sections 48–49 of the Copper Scroll Lead to Absalom’s Tomb and the Tomb of Jehoshaphat? This article explores an attempt to decipher a mysterious and potentially extensive water installation beneath the western...

Aug 21, 2026, 6:52 PM

Copper Scroll: From the Pool of Siloam to the Jordan River Basin and Qumran

Trying to Decipher Section 47 of the Copper Scroll: A New Hypothesis on the Hidden Engineering of the Pool of Siloam. Following the hydro-archaeological analysis that proposed identifying Section 46 of the Copper Scroll with the mysterious tunnel at Ramat...

Lawrence A Frazin

Aug 17, 2026, 11:43 AM

From Cleaning Up Your Aisle to Rebuilding a Society

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Even a non-soccer fan like me still remembers the excitement generated by the World Cup games. A surprise feel-good story of the spectacle was the behavior of the Japanese fans attending the games. It seems that every international media...

Aug 17, 2026, 12:15 AM

Does Copper Scroll Section 46 Describe the Ramat Rachel Mystery Tunnel?

Does Section 46 of the Copper Scroll Describe the Giant Tunnel Discovered at Ramat Rachel in May 2026? Section 46 of the Copper Scroll refers to Beit HaKerem, identified by a number of scholars with present-day Ramat Rachel. Could its...

Aug 11, 2026, 7:53 PM

Judean Desert: Are we Closer to Solving the Mystery of the Copper Scroll?

The Copper Scroll: From a Treasure List to a National Infrastructure Survey? 1. Introduction: The Hydraulic Paradigm Since its discovery at Qumran in 1952, the Copper Scroll (3Q15) has presented scholars with one of the most intriguing puzzles among the Dead...

Aug 6, 2026, 10:11 PM

Judean Desert: Did the Copper Scroll Preserve Ancient Water Projects?

The high-tech professionals of their time. In July, we published two articles here presenting a research hypothesis that may open the way for a reassessment of the ancient water systems at Ramat Rachel and in the Judean Desert. The hypothesis may...

Chaim Meyer Scheff

Jul 24, 2026, 12:37 PM

Ka’afikim baNegev: Israel’s Massive Water Resource

In colloquial 1970’s Hebrew: “מֵי בְּרֵאשִׁית” (Waters of Creation) - in English: “Fossil Water” -and- Israel has more than enough for many centuries of flourishing domestic needs; including ALL household, agricultural, industrial, and recreational uses. This Astoundingly Enormous water...

Jul 19, 2026, 4:41 PM

Jerusalem to Judean Desert: Was Persian Qanat system Adapted in the Biblical Age?

Was the Persian Qanat Technology Adapted in the Land of Israel for Flash Flood and Surface Runoff Management? It is intriguing to consider the possibility that as early as the sixth century BCE, during the late First Temple period and...

Jul 9, 2026, 10:11 PM

Judean Desert: Unknown Ancient Water System Near the Biblical Village – Sekhakha?

The Nahal Sekhakha Tunnels: An Ancient Water Engineering Project in the Judean Desert? In 1958, Professor Yigael Yadin—the renowned archaeologist and Israel's second Chief of Staff—wrote in his article on water supply in times of peace and siege: "There are regions...

Jun 18, 2026, 6:22 AM

What India Might Learn from Israel’s Involuntary Urbanism

A class is held in front of the iconic stained glass windows at the old National Library of Israel building in Jerusalem, in an undated photo. (Source: The Times of Israel)

Most comparative analyses begin in the wrong place. They ask: what has Israel built that India should copy? Drip irrigation. Iron Dome. Mossad. The startup ecosystem. Unit 8200. These answers are not wrong, they are simply shallow. They describe outputs...

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