Category: Archeology & History
Ancient Kushan script deciphered after 70 years – what does it say?
Jerusalem Post Approximately 60% of the characters in the Kushan script have been decoded, and the researchers are continuing their efforts to decipher the remaining characters. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751981
Read MoreEinstein’s letter rebuking creationism up for auction
Jerusalem Post The letter is valued to be worth $125,000 USD (approximately 451,584.38 NIS). Other letters from the great scientist have fetched $3 million USD at auction. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-751908
Read MoreTrump to return ancient oil lamps to Israel
Jerusalem Post The former director of the authority, who organized the sending of the lamps, told the Journal that “Saul Fox operated transparently with the antiquities authority.” https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751904
Read MoreThe Jewish story behind ‘Oppenheimer,’ explained
Jerusalem Post “To the outside world, he was always known as a German Jew, and he always insisted that he was neither German nor Jewish,” said author Ray Monk. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751740
Read MoreDinosaur vs mammal: Dramatic fossil shows pugnacious mammal attacking a dinosaur
Jerusalem Post “Here, we have good evidence for a smaller mammal preying on a larger dinosaur, which is not something we would have guessed without this fossil,” Mallon added. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751730
Read MoreNew tech solves mystery of ‘highly-capable’ humans in ancient Israel
Jerusalem Post Very capable early humans in the Hula Valley systematically sought raw materials hundreds of thousands of years ago – much earlier than previously assumed. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-751626
Read MoreDramatic fossil shows pugnacious mammal attacking a dinosaur
Jerusalem Post “Dinosaurs nearly always outsized their mammal contemporaries, so traditional belief has been that their interactions were unilateral – the bigger dinosaurs always ate the smaller mammals.” https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-750514
Read MoreArchaeological discoveries shed light on early urbanization in the Kingdom of Judah
Jerusalem Post The findings have revealed fortified cities and common urban pattern characterized by casemate walls, houses abutting the walls and peripheral roads. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-750304
Read MoreMegalodons were slow-swimming, warm-blooded predators – study
Jerusalem Post The placoid scales are not seen on speedier shark species, as those species have scales with spaced ridges. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-750302
Read MoreHumans, dogs and bats may have coexisted with dinosaurs – study
Jerusalem Post Primates, whom humans evolved from, rabbits and hares, dogs and cats were shown to have evolved just before the mass extinction, so they coexisted with dinosaurs. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-750300
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