Category: Archeology & History
Ancient Mesoamerican sports equipment recovered by Mexican authorities
Jerusalem Post The Yoke, made of sedimentary stone, was carved during the Mesoamerican Classic period somewhere between 400-900 CE. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748725
Read MoreAncient rock engravings at Timna Park reveal insights into human cultures
Jerusalem Post The new ArchCUT3-D technology explores 3-D micromorphological characteristics of engravings with unprecedented precision, revealing new insights. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748551
Read MoreBritish World War II planes discovered in Ukraine
Jerusalem Post In total, 3000 models of the plane had been sent to help the USSR fight off the Nazis from 1941 until 1944. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748497
Read MoreAncient Greek altar unearthed at archaeological site in Sicily
Jerusalem Post A more than 2000-year-old ancient Greek altar was found in the archaeological site of Segesta in Sicily. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748386
Read MoreSpanish archaeologists plan rescue of 2,500-year-old Phoenician shipwreck
Jerusalem Post After it sank, it remained buried in sediment for more than two millennia until changes in sea currents due to construction on the shore unearthed it almost 30 years ago. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748368
Read MoreLIVE: This is how international students can study archaeology in Israel
Jerusalem Post Grady Gillett, MA Student, International in Ancient Israel Studies, In conversation with Erica Schachne, Editor, The Jerusalem Post Magazine. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748047
Read MoreBiblical Kingdom of Judah expanded into Israel earlier than previously thought, study finds
Jerusalem Post In this comprehensive study, Prof. Yosef Garfinkel examines the earliest fortified sites in the kingdom of Judah during the 10th century BCE. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-748033
Read More‘Pizza’ painting found in ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii
Jerusalem Post What may be the ancestor of the modern pizza has been discovered in a fresco in the Roman city of Pompeii. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747875
Read MoreSpain police seize 1,900-year-old Roman bust amid trove of archaeological treasures
Jerusalem Post Police found the artworks in a storage room in Baena – a town near Cordoba – and said a married couple had been arrested on suspicion of trying to sell art treasures on the black market. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747764
Read MoreNewly discovered toothed whale was an early ancestor of dolphins – study
Jerusalem Post The study was made after the fossilized remains of three odontocetes were found in the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-747753
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