Category: Archeology & History
Antiquities robbers caught red-handed looting Roman-era caves
Jerusalem Post The site in question contained artifacts that are approximately 2,000 years old, dating back to the Roman-Byzantine era, according to the IAA. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743056
Read MoreArchaeologists connect world’s oldest footprints to humans – study
Jerusalem Post Scientists believe these footprints helped depict the ecological makeup of the area at the time. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743041
Read MoreAncient tablet found on Mount Ebal predates known Hebrew inscriptions
Jerusalem Post ‘You are cursed by the God’: Israeli-European team of scientists performed X-ray tomographic measurements with different scanning parameters to reveal the hidden text. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743039
Read MoreHas the reason for the pharaoh’s curse of Tutankhamun’s tomb been discovered?
Jerusalem Post Several people have died after visiting this Pharaoh’s tomb – which has managed to create a great deal of mystery surrounding one of Egypt’s most popular attractions. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742957
Read MoreSpanish scientists seek to crack mystery of Canaries skeleton cave
Jerusalem Post The archaeologists, who use security ropes while working on the steep terrain, said it was not a normal burial place because they only found men. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742513
Read MoreUnderwater cemetery and 19th century hospital discovered by archaeologists
Jerusalem Post The hospital, which was abandoned in 1873, had once been used to quarantine patients with yellow fever. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742464
Read MoreUnderground Greek tomb discovered in Italy by using cosmic rays – study
Jerusalem Post The subterranean burial that was found is approximately 2,500 years old, but researchers hadn’t been able prior to access all the Greek burials. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742267
Read MoreNew excavations in Caesar’s forum help shed light on 16th-century medicine
Jerusalem Post Researchers have connected a recent excavation with a 16th-century hospital that dealt with plague victims. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742217
Read MoreStone tools suggest Homo sapiens settled in Europe in three waves – study
Jerusalem Post The issues he aimed to shed more light on answer were – how did humans arrive and settle in Europe, and how did they interact with the Neanderthals? https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742159
Read MoreMultiple new well-preserved fossilized species discovered in Wales
Jerusalem Post In some of the specimens, nerves and digestive systems are still fully intact, which is extremely rare. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-742150
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