Category: Archeology & History
Airbnb’s Colosseum Gladiator Experience draws outrage
Jerusalem Post The event is part of the promotion for Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II’, but locals fear it trivializes the monument’s heritage. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829461
Read MoreUS returns over 1,400 smuggled artefacts to India
Jerusalem Post The recovered smuggled items included pieces that were on display until recently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829460
Read MoreShaped like a gladiator: Rare 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle discovered in England
Jerusalem Post The knife handle is a testament to how pervasive the gladiator celebrity culture was in the Roman Empire, reaching all the way to Hadrian’s Wall at the very edge of the Roman Empire. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829444
Read MoreResearchers find Aztec ‘death whistles’ do weird things to the listeners’ brains
Jerusalem Post Participants in an experiment rated the sounds of the skull-shaped whistles as extremely negative, defining them as frightening and aversive. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829441
Read More5th-century Turkish amulet shows Solomon defeating the devil, with angels invoked by a scribe
Jerusalem Post The names of the angels Azrael, Gabriel, Michael, and Israfil are listed on the reverse of the pendant. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829439
Read MoreBritish Museum receives largest donation in its history with Chinese ceramics collection
Jerusalem Post The donation makes the museum’s Chinese ceramics collection the largest outside China, with 10,000 items displayed in a dedicated gallery. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829246
Read MoreNorwegian museum returns artifacts, skulls taken by explorer back to Easter Island
Jerusalem Post Four members of the delegation sent from Easter Islands spent the night at the Oslo museum as part of a ritual ceremony to take back the spirits of the remains. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829078
Read More12,000-year-old spindle whorls discovered in Israel suggest early wheel-like technology
Jerusalem Post The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone in the development of rotational tools. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829062
Read MoreThe oldest known stone tablet of the Ten Commandments to be auctioned by Sotheby’s
Jerusalem Post For thirty years, the plaque served as a paving stone at the entrance of a house, with the inscription facing up and exposed to foot traffic. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829061
Read MoreWoman scatters ashes at Machu Picchu, sparking outrage and legal action
Jerusalem Post The Commission of Jurists of Cusco has warned that throwing ashes at the famous archaeological site constitutes a possible attack on the cultural heritage of the nation. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-828915
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