Category: Archeology & History
TAU archaeologists: Extinction of large prey drove evolutionary changes in prehistoric humans
Jerusalem Post The team hypothesized that humans evolved modern traits as an adaptational response to the need to hunt progressively smaller and quicker prey. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757917
Read More‘Bizarre’ long-legged bird-like dinosaur has scientists enthralled
Jerusalem Post he question of whether Fujianvenator, with its curious mixture of skeletal features, should be classified as a bird or a dinosaur is still in debate. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757860
Read MoreIsrael unearths ancient Roman swords, javelin stolen by Jewish rebels
Jerusalem Post The weapons cache was most likely hidden by Jewish rebels some 1,900 years ago after being seized from Roman forces. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757779
Read MoreWere the limestone spheroids of ‘Ubeidiya intentionally designed?
Jerusalem Post Spheroids are either handmade or naturally shaped stones chosen and transported to places where they are used, making them one of the longest-used technologies on record. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757748
Read MoreArchaeologists find ‘mystery’ ducts near biblical Jerusalem relics
Jerusalem Post The channels may have been used to prepare a commodity “connected to the economy of the temple or palace”, said archaeologist Yuval Gadot in the statement. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757545
Read MoreCare to smell a mummy? This Denmark museum will let you
Jerusalem Post The scent of the afterlife unbottled in new study of ancient Egyptian mummification balms https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-757147
Read MoreNewly-discovered T-Rex relative species unearthed in Morocco
Jerusalem Post Unknown dinosaur species from the Cretaceous period discovered in Morocco, near Casablanca. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-756557
Read MoreArchaeologists uncover parts of long-lost temple of a cult of Poseidon
Jerusalem Post Helike was once a powerful ancient Greek city-state in the Bronze Age, said to be empowered by its patron deity, Poseidon, god of the seas and earthquakes. But this city met a mysterious demise. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-756915
Read MoreFirst Temple-era canal systems in Jerusalem stump Israeli archaeologists
Jerusalem Post Archaeologists assume two canal systems found near Temple Mount and the City of David were used as part of a production facility. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-756795
Read MoreIsrael uncovers massive section of Second Temple-era aqueduct in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Post The discovery “may also shed light on the question – who built the first aqueduct – whether it was the Hasmoneans or perhaps King Herod,” the researchers noted. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-756543
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