• 11/14/2024

T-Rex skeleton sells for more than $6 million at Swiss auction

Jerusalem Post More than half of the skeleton’s bones are original. The rest are replacements made from plaster and epoxy resin casts. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739602

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Archaeologists discover ring with carnelian carving of Apollo

Jerusalem Post The ring was worn in the 2nd century and the wearer would have sought the god’s protection. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739329

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Archaeologists find coal on Blackbeard’s ship. Where did it come from?

Jerusalem Post Blackbeard and his crew cruised through the Caribbean, gaining notoriety and acquiring treasures that remain undiscovered to this day. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739324

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Scientists make progress in identifying victims of US massacre from 100-years-ago

Jerusalem Post City officials have requested DNA from those that believe that they may be related to the victims or that have a historical connection to Tulsa. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739277

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Peruvian archaeologists unearth 500-year-old Inca ceremonial bath

Jerusalem Post The “finely carved” bath averages some two-meters in depth, with independent pools and spillways and a central passage taking water into a drainage duct. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739269

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1,500-year-old Byzantine women’s sandals unearthed

Jerusalem Post The finding was made during an excavation at the Harbor of Eleutherios, one of the ports of ancient Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739242

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At Mexico’s Chichen Itza, archaeologists discover Mayan scoreboard

Jerusalem Post The circular piece, measuring just over 32 centimeters (12.6 inches) in diameter and weighing 40 kilos (88 lb), displays hieroglyphic writing surrounding two players standing next to a ball. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739037

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Ancient Egyptian burials inform scientists on ancient climate – study

Jerusalem Post Wooden labels, placed with mummies, have provided scientists insight into the climate and trade of Roman-controlled ancient Egypt. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-739015

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Scientists finish 200-year decryption of ancient Greek-Egyptian treatise – study

Jerusalem Post The manuscript is believed to be a lost treatise by Ptolemy on his Meteoroscope. It was hidden within a copy of Etymologiae. Deciphering it has taken over 200 years. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738848

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Archaeologists make new discoveries in ancient undersea city of sin

Jerusalem Post The Roman town of Baia was the great luxury resort of the ancient world and has been dubbed by many as the “Las Vegas of the Roman Empire.” But then it sunk beneath the Gulf of Naples. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738850

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