Category: Archeology & History
Polish detectorists find 2,000-year-old Roman spatha sword while searching for WWII relics
Jerusalem Post Experts believe the sword was deposited as a funerary offering during a Przeworsk culture burial. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842616
Read MoreThe soil erosion on the Turkish coast revealed a Hellenic Kouros
Jerusalem Post An ancient fragment of a Kouros statue was unearthed on the Yılancı Burnu coast in Kuşadası, Turkey. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842611
Read MoreDiscovery in Shandong pushes back Great Wall’s origin by 300 years
Jerusalem Post Excavation in Guangli village uncovers walls dating to the Zhou Dynasty, revealing the oldest known section of the Great Wall. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842607
Read MoreFive ‘atypical’ graves raise the question–Did Vikings visit this French Atlantic island?
Jerusalem Post Among the pieces are two combs made of bone or deer antler, one of which has a geometric decoration that evokes parallels with objects identified in the Frisian region of the Netherlands. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842614
Read MoreKuwaiti-Italian archaeologists uncover 2,300-year-old Hellenistic courtyard on Failaka Island
Jerusalem Post The Al-Qurainiya site has been a focal point for archaeological research since 2014. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842476
Read MoreAround 3,000 17th-century plague victims found in mass graves in Nuremberg
Jerusalem Post The remains include women, men, and children who, according to experts, perished during a major plague wave in 1632/33. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842338
Read MoreHow do mummies smell? Like pine, cedar, juniper, myrrh, and frankincense
Jerusalem Post Researchers find that aromatic resins used in mummification continue to produce sweet, woody, and spicy scents. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842335
Read MoreCleveland Museum returns smuggled Marcus Aurelius statue to Turkey after 65 years
Jerusalem Post The Manhattan DA and US Homeland Security deemed Turkey’s request valid and seized the statue from the Cleveland Museum of Art. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842334
Read MoreForbidden no more: Residents return to Palmyra as military zones reopen
Jerusalem Post After years away from its impressive Greco-Roman ruins, the inhabitants have returned to stroll among its monuments. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842333
Read More‘Hill of Jewels’ in India’s Odisha reveals three colossal Buddha heads
Jerusalem Post The excavation team discovered ancient wall remnants, a giant palm replica, and three colossal Buddha heads with elongated earlobes and a lion pedestal. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-842331
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