Dimona: Suspect who stole ancient artifacts arrested

Genghis Khan’s Empire Treasures Rediscovered in Museum Storage

Arrowheads and tools from the 13th century, recently uncovered in a Siberian museum. Credit: Siberian Federal University A treasure trove of weapons and tools from the era of Genghis Khan has been rediscovered in a Siberian museum’s storage, after remaining concealed for decades. The find includes arrowheads, axes, and a rare Y-shaped fork believed to date back to the 13th and 14th centuries – a time when the Mongol Empire was at its height. Res…

Dimona: Suspect who stole ancient artifacts arrested

Police searched the home of a suspected illegal antiquities dealer and found hundreds of ancient coins, arrowheads, pottery, and other artifacts from periods ranging from the Iron Age until the Muslim period.

Israeli Authorities Bust Suspected Trafficker with Iron Age Relics

The nighttime raid, by Israeli Police and Antiquities Authority inspectors, also turned up glass beads, metal items, complete oil lamps, pendants, and two metal detectors believed to have been used to unearth the artifacts. According to the Antiquities Authority, the items date from as early as the Iron Age, around the 9th century BCE, up to the 7th century CE during the Muslim period. Authorities also discovered three airsoft pistols, a replica…

The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported this Monday on the whereabouts of hundreds of archaeological objects in the home of a resident of Dimona in the south of the country suspected of illegal antiquities trafficking. Some of the artifacts are almost 2,800 years old. During the operation, carried out in coordination with the local police, around 200 antique coins, arrowheads, jewels, ceramics and other objects ranging from the Iron Age…

Approximately 200 coins, arrowheads, pottery vessels and complete oil lamps, glass beads, pendants and metal items, and two metal detectors were seized during a search conducted last night (Monday) at the home of a resident of the city of Dimona, which were suspected of being held and sold illegally. The finds date from the Iron Age - 9th century BC to the Muslim period - 7th century AD. The search was carried out by police officers from the Dim…

The suspect was detained for questioning following intelligence information about illegal trade in antiquities. • Among the findings: ancient coins, arrowheads, pottery from thousands of years ago. • Israel Antiquities Authority: "We will not allow the sale of heritage items for personal profit."