Nehorai Nir was picking edible plants with his class and believed he saw a red pomegranate on the ground. "I ran to pick it up and discovered a worm inside, so I reluctantly put it down — but on ...

Nehorai Nir made the find during a class trip earlier this month to Ein Karem, a historic hillside village that is west of Jerusalem and renowned for its centuries-old holy sites. The village ...

Ten-year-old Nehorai Nir, a student at Jerusalem’s Argentina Experimental High School in Kiryat Hayovel, explored the landscape with his classmates, gathering edible plants, when something ...

Ten-year-old Nehorai Nir describes his discovery of an 100-year-old ornate cross in Jerusalem. (Credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority) A 10-year-old boy discovered a 100-year-old cros ...

It is also where Mary, the mother of Jesus, had a significant visit with her cousin, Elizabeth (John’s mother). Nehorai Nir, the boy who discovered the mosaic cross medallion, explained how he found ...

Nehorai Nir, a student at Jerusalem’s Argentina Experimental High School in Kiryat Hoyovel, said that when he was picking edible plants, “I suddenly saw a colourful object shining in the dirt.

What began as a schoolboy’s hunt for edible plants in Jerusalem ended with an extraordinary discovery: a Christian mosaic cross dating back 100 to 200 years. While exploring the historic Ein ...

The cross is covered with precious stones. Source: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority Nehorai Nir, 10, accidentally found a Christian artifact near Jerusalem that could be up to two centuries ...

When 10-year-old Nehorai Nir recently went on a class trip to the picturesque Ein Karem neighborhood in southern Jerusalem, he was picking edible plants on a hill and suddenly saw a colorful object ...

Nehorai Nir was picking edible plants with his class and believed he saw a red pomegranate on the ground. “I ran to pick it up and discovered a worm inside, so I reluctantly put it down — but on the ...