Category: Archeology & History
Roman remains uncovered beneath UK’s Exeter Cathedral
Jerusalem Post This new discovery helps paint a clearer picture of what ancient Exeter looked like under Roman rule. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736182
Read MoreArchaeologists find 12 severed hands from ancient Egypt
Jerusalem Post The hands may be part of a trophy-taking practice in which the people of Hyksos took the right hands of their enemies. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736155
Read MoreArchaeologists to find lost underwater civilization with magnetic fields
Jerusalem Post Magnetic data, like seismic data, is collected by those looking to extract energy sources from the sea floor in order to map out the landscape for construction. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736139
Read MoreResearchers use 21st century methods to record 2,000 years of ancient graffiti in Egypt
Jerusalem Post This three-dimensional visualization will also make it possible for researchers to study the relationship between a figural graffito. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-736117
Read MoreHow Jerusalem’s archaeology was changed by a German cuckoo clock mechanic
Jerusalem Post Schick’s legacy in Jerusalem is enormous. Few people have had such an impact on the face of one of the world’s most famous cities. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735792
Read MoreUS study unearths Persian origins of Swahili people – study
Jerusalem Post Today, millions of east Africans living on the coast identify as Swahili although this identity is often secondary to other local identity markers. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735952
Read MoreArchaeological study sheds light on the size of talmudic Passover eggs
Jerusalem Post In Talmudic times, eggs were much smaller than those of today’s hens, whose size increased due to the cultivation of breeds of chickens for eggs. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735936
Read MoreFabric discovered in Scottish Highlands bog may be the oldest traditional tartan ever
Jerusalem Post The 55 cm by 43 cm (about 22 inches by 17 inches) Scottish artifact is slated to go on display at the Scottish V&A Dundee museum’s Tartan exhibition on April 1. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735741
Read More6,000-year-old copper fishing hook discovered in Ashkelon
Jerusalem Post The hook measures 6.5 cm long and 4 cm wide and is one of the oldest to ever be discovered. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735762
Read MoreAncient Egypt excavation uncovers 2,000 mummified ram heads at Abydos
Jerusalem Post The team uncovered a large palatial structure with walls approximately five meters thick from the Old Kingdom’s sixth dynasty. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735413
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