Category: Archeology & History
Pompeii caps daily visitors at 20,000 amid overtourism concerns
Jerusalem Post New limitations follow a record summer with over 4 million visitors, a 33.6% increase from last year. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-828379
Read MoreResearchers once thought the victims were bejeweled women, but DNA identified them as men
Jerusalem Post The genomes of the victims showed lineages from Eastern Mediterranean countries, North Africa, and areas corresponding to modern-day Turkey, Lebanon, and Italy. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-828376
Read MoreNew DNA discovery changes assumptions about Pompeii victims
Jerusalem Post A recent study has undermined prior assumptions about several victims of the Pompeii tragedy. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-828375
Read MoreScientists recreate sunken Antikythera mechanism, the oldest mechanical computer in humanity
Jerusalem Post The replica, exhibited at the University of Sonora, measures more than three meters and is open to the public. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-828123
Read MoreAncient net fishing scenes discovered on 15,800-year-old stones in Germany
Jerusalem Post A plaquette previously showing a fish was found to include net-like lines. Seven others showed similar net-and-fish scenes. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-828016
Read MoreNew analysis suggests Tutankhamun’s golden mask belonged to another
Jerusalem Post They research team focused on a specific detail that had previously gone unnoticed: the perforated ears of the mask. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-827815
Read MoreSkeleton made from bones of five people across 2,500 years found in Belgium
Jerusalem Post The tomb, known as “Tomb 26,” was unearthed in the 1970s during excavations of a cemetery in Pommerœul, near the French border. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-827813
Read More102 years ago, one of the all-time greatest archaeological discoveries was made
Jerusalem Post A member of the team, a water boy, accidentally stumbled upon a stone that turned out to be the first step of an ancient staircase. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-827616
Read MoreColombian rancher finds largest known fossil of three-meters tall “Terror Bird” in Tatacoa Desert
Jerusalem Post Fossil bears tooth marks from giant crocodile, hinting at how the predator met its end. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-827612
Read MoreAncient Roman dam saves Spanish town from devastating floods
Jerusalem Post At least 214 people died and over 200 remain missing in Spain’s worst flooding in living memory. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-827463
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