Category: Archeology & History
How did Europe’s first farmers survive disease? New study uncovers answers
Jerusalem Post Early Neolithic groups from Anatolia spread and settled across Europe in the period from 10,000 to 5,000 years ago and became the first farmers. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735363
Read MoreArchaeologists discover rare Zodiac imagery in Egyptian Esna temple
Jerusalem Post The team made the discoveries during excavations at the temple of Esna, where they had been preserved by a layer of dirt and soot for almost 2,000 years. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735147
Read MoreArchaeologists discover oldest physical pearling town in UAE
Jerusalem Post There are mentions of older pearling towns in ancient texts, but this is the oldest physical town that was found. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-735076
Read More1000-year-old church rediscovered in Spain thanks to drought
Jerusalem Post The Church of San Roman, built in the year of 1062, is now fully visible for the first time since the 1960s. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734780
Read MoreArchaeologists uncover Roman-era church mosaic along Israel Nat’l Trail
Jerusalem Post The mosaic was first discovered in the 80s but has been uncovered over the last month by the Israel Antiquities Authority and Shoham residents. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734789
Read MoreLeonardo da Vinci’s heritage may have been unlocked by newly found document
Jerusalem Post A professor from the University of Naples has found that da Vinci’s mother may have been a freed enslaved woman. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734727
Read MoreRemains of Roman aristocrat, and 62 others, unearthed in Yorkshire
Jerusalem Post “This has the potential to be a find of massive significance for what we understand about the development of ancient Britain and Yorkshire. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734556
Read MoreAncient stone monument in Saudi Arabia sheds light on rituals
Jerusalem Post Based on new findings, researchers suggest that ritualistic belief and economic factors were more closely fused for Neolithic people in northwest Arabia than previously believed. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734248
Read MoreStudents discover Roman coin, basalt relief on Golan field trip
Jerusalem Post While on a field trip in the Golan Heights, students at Kinneret College first found a Roman coin and then discovered a basalt lion relief at another site. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734393
Read MorePalestinians pave new road over archaeological site in northern West Bank
Jerusalem Post A video was posted saying that a road leads from the northern area of Sebastia to the entrance of an ancient Roman horse racing stadium. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-734320
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