• 11/24/2024

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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Giant amphibians roamed the Earth before dinosaurs, swam like crocodiles – study

Jerusalem Post Giant amphibians were once dominant predators up until the rise of dinosaurs in the Triassic Era. This new study detailed how they moved. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738855

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Scientists reconstruct 35,000 year old face – study

Jerusalem Post The skeleton, per the scientific report, was discovered in 1980 in the Nile Valley in Egypt. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738840

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Ancient fragments of New Testament manuscript uncovered

Jerusalem Post Medievalists from the Austrian Academy of Sciences were able to uncover a previously erased layer of text. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738782

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Mosaics of Greek Medusa found in ancient Roman villa

Jerusalem Post In Greek mythology, Medusa is one of the three Gorgons. According to myth, Medusa has hair made of serpents and turns anyone who looks at her into stone. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-738757

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