Category: Archeology & History
Shanghai Museum’s ‘Meowseum Nights’ lets visitors bring their cats to the Bastet temple exhibit
Jerusalem Post “About five or six cats got loose every night during ‘Meowseum Nights’, but none made it far before they were caught.” https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835869
Read MoreStudy reveals humans’ 500,000-year-old fascination with the color red
Jerusalem Post Although brown and earthy tones were more readily available, evidence indicates that humans had a clear preference for vibrant red ocher. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835868
Read MoreAI helps us decipher ancient texts, and in the process rewriting history
Jerusalem Post Contestants in the Vesuvius Challenge had to develop their own programs to interpret existing 3D scans of the coiled scroll, with the virtual-unwrapping step being the bottleneck. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835867
Read MoreAnthropologists push for cataloging Martian debris as valuable artifacts
Jerusalem Post Justin Holcomb and colleagues argue that Mars’ remnants, like crashed landers and rover tracks, are valuable heritage, not “space trash.” https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835866
Read MoreArchaeologists unearth 4,000-year-old copper dagger in Italy’s Tina Jama Cave
Jerusalem Post The rare copper dagger was found alongside abundant ceramic remains, flint arrowheads, polished stone axes, and shell ornaments. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835864
Read MoreRujm el-Hiri mystery deepens: Golan Heights site not what previously thought
Jerusalem Post A theory of the site was that its walls and entrances aligned with astronomical bodies, but as the site has shifted from its original position, it does not correspond to celestial observations https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-835844
Read More18th-century shipwreck discovered on Iran’s Caspian Sea coast reveals maritime trade history
Jerusalem Post Radiocarbon dating places ship’s construction between 1762 and 1808, suggesting Russian origins. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835802
Read MoreA 2,000-year-old wooden tablet reveals the oldest Latin text written by a woman
Jerusalem Post A glimpse into Roman life: The oldest Latin text by a Woman unveiled. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835799
Read MoreStudy suggests historic climate disaster gave birth to Ragnarok, the Norse mythology apocalypse
Jerusalem Post In the year 536 CE, a series of volcanic eruptions in the Northern Hemisphere unleashed ash and sulfur gases into the atmosphere, enshrouding the globe in a veil that blocked sunlight. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835654
Read More3,000-year-old road network found at Yinxu, ancient capital of the Shang dynasty
Jerusalem Post The find marks the longest urban thoroughfare ever discovered at Yinxu and is the longest known preserved road of ancient China. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-835650
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