Category: Archeology & History
Massive Viking-era cemetery excavated, reveals 50-meter ship-shaped stone
Jerusalem Post The discovery includes at least 139 graves and burial mounds dating back more than 1,200 years. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829752
Read MoreThe Lamp of Prince Sarghitmish: record set for most expensive glass piece ever auctioned
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829585
Read MoreUS WWII warship found years after being sunken by Imperial Japanese Navy
Jerusalem Post The ship was sunk in 1942 after a fire battle between US forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-829595
Read MoreEgyptian ministry denies destruction of parts of the Great Pyramid
Jerusalem Post A video circulating on social media sparked controversy, claiming it documents “the breaking of stones” at the Great Pyramid of Khufu. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829577
Read MoreAncient Tasmanians used fire to shape their environment 41,600 years ago, earliest evidence shows
Jerusalem Post Analysis of ancient mud reveals a sudden increase in charcoal around 41,600 years ago, indicating fire use by early inhabitants. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829465
Read MoreAirbnb’s Colosseum Gladiator Experience draws outrage
Jerusalem Post The event is part of the promotion for Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II’, but locals fear it trivializes the monument’s heritage. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829461
Read MoreUS returns over 1,400 smuggled artefacts to India
Jerusalem Post The recovered smuggled items included pieces that were on display until recently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829460
Read MoreShaped like a gladiator: Rare 2,000-year-old Roman knife handle discovered in England
Jerusalem Post The knife handle is a testament to how pervasive the gladiator celebrity culture was in the Roman Empire, reaching all the way to Hadrian’s Wall at the very edge of the Roman Empire. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829444
Read MoreResearchers find Aztec ‘death whistles’ do weird things to the listeners’ brains
Jerusalem Post Participants in an experiment rated the sounds of the skull-shaped whistles as extremely negative, defining them as frightening and aversive. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829441
Read More5th-century Turkish amulet shows Solomon defeating the devil, with angels invoked by a scribe
Jerusalem Post The names of the angels Azrael, Gabriel, Michael, and Israfil are listed on the reverse of the pendant. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-829439
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