Category: Archeology & History
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
Read More1,500-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
Read MoreAt 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
Read MoreAncient 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
Read MoreScientists 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
Read MoreArchaeologists 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
Read MoreGiant 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
Read MoreScientists 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
Read MoreAncient 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
Read MoreMosaics 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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