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Ruins of Early Roman Period Mansion Unearthed at Mount Zion

This image shows the archaeological site at Jerusalem's Mt. Zion. The site reveals many layers of the city's cultural history, including a first-century mansion. Image credit: Shimon Gibson.
Sep 18, 2013 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the United States and Israel have discovered well-preserved lower levels of what they believe is an early Roman period mansion, possibly belonging to a member of the Jewish ruling priestly caste. If the mansion does prove to be an elite priestly residence, the team hopes the relatively undisturbed nature of the buried ruin may yield significant domestic details concerning the rulers of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus (the 1st century...

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Shell specimens from Ksar Akil (Douka K et al).

Early Modern Humans Arrived in Near East 42,000 Years Ago

Sep 17, 2013 by News Staff

New radiocarbon dating on seashell beads found at the Paleolithic site of Ksar Akil in Lebanon indicates that the earliest fully modern humans arrived...

Dr Eilat Mazar displays a gold medallion found at the foot of Temple Mount. Image credit: Ouria Tadmor.

Ophel Treasure: Gold Artifacts, Coins Unearthed near Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Sep 10, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Israeli archaeologists have made what they say is a ‘breathtaking, once-in-a-lifetime discovery.’ They have unearthed gold and silver jewelry,...

Faience vessel fragment inscribed with the name of the pharaoh Aha, the first king of ancient Egypt's first dynasty. Image credit: Captmondo / CC-BY-SA-2.5.

Scientists Rewrite Timeline of Ancient Egypt’s First Dynasty

Sep 5, 2013 by News Staff

British archaeologists led by Dr Michael Dee from the University of Oxford have been able for the first time to set a robust timeline for the first eight...

Scientist Finds Manuscript with First English Recipes for Iced Chocolate Desserts

Sep 4, 2013 by News Staff

Dr Kate Loveman from the University of Leicester, UK, has uncovered the first English recipes for chilled chocolate treats, collected by the Earl of Sandwich...

King Solomon's Pillars in Timna Valley, Israel. Image credit: Little Savage.

Copper Mines in Timna Valley Dated to Time of King Solomon

Sep 4, 2013 by News Staff

According to archaeologists from the Tel Aviv University, copper mines in Timna Valley that were thought to have been built by ancient Egyptians in the...

Archaeologists Unearth 10,400-Year-Old Settlements in Bolivia

Aug 29, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists from Switzerland, Australia, Germany and the United States has discovered remains of three hunter-gatherer settlements...

Around 4600 BC prehistoric Europeans acquired pigs whose coat might have looked similar to that of this modern-day Bentheimer pig (Graduate School Human Development in Landscapes).

Mesolithic Europeans Owned Domestic Pigs as Early as 6600 Years Ago

Aug 28, 2013 by News Staff

European hunter-gatherers began farming pigs around 4600 BC, according to an international team of researchers led by Dr Ben Krause-Kyora from the Christian-Albrechts...

Garlic mustard seeds (Paul Henjum).

Europeans Used Spices at least 7000 Years Ago, Study Shows

Aug 22, 2013 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from UK, Denmark, Germany and Spain have found evidence of the use of spices in European cuisine around 5,000 BC. Garlic mustard...

Three iron beads from Gerzeh, Egypt (© Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology / Gianluca Miniaci).

5,000-Year-Old Egyptian Artifacts Made from Meteoritic Iron, Confirms New Study

Aug 20, 2013 by News Staff

A new analysis of ancient Egyptian iron beads found in 1911 in Gerzeh, northern Egypt, has shown that they were hammered from pieces of meteorites, rather...

Left: Mousterian of Acheulean Tradition hand axes, from top to bottom - cordiform hand axe from Le Moustier, France; triangular hand axe from St. Just en Chaussée, France; hand axe from Lynford, UK (Karen Ruebens). Right: Keilmessergruppen Tradition hand axes, from top to bottom - keilmesser from Sesselfesgrotte, Germany; keilmesser from Abri du Musée, France; faustkeilblatt from Königsaue, Germany (Karen Ruebens).

Stone Tools Point to Two Distinct Neanderthal Cultures

Aug 20, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

A study of 1,300 stone hand axes found at 80 Neanderthal sites in France, Germany, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands shows that two cultural traditions...

A 2,700-year-old ceramic bowl fragment found in Jerusalem (Clara Amit / Israel Antiquities Authority).

Ancient Hebrew Inscription Dating to 7th Century BC Unearthed in Jerusalem

Aug 19, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquity Authority (IAA) have unearthed thousands of pottery fragments, clay lamps and figurines in the City of David in...

Hieroglyphic and cuneiform texts portray the proximate cause of the collapse of the late Bronze Age civilizations as the invasions of the Sea Peoples. But the new study says the Eastern Mediterranean cultures suffered wars, famine fuelled by climate change. The picture shows Sea Peoples in their ships during the battle with the Egyptians (Drawn by Boudier from a photograph by Beato).

Collapse of Late Bronze Age Civilizations Linked to Climate Change

Aug 15, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to a new study reported in the open-access journal PLoS ONE, climate change may have driven the collapse of Eastern Mediterranean civilizations...

Winnemucca Petroglyphs: Oldest Rock Art in North America Dates Back Up To 14,800 Years

Aug 14, 2013 by News Staff

A new study reported in the Journal of Archaeological Science shows Winnemucca petroglyphs, the oldest known petroglyphs in North America, date to at least...

Lissoir unearthed at the Neanderthal site of Abri Peyrony (Abri Peyrony and Pech-de-l’Azé I Projects)

Neanderthals May Have Invented Tools Still in Use Today, Say Archaeologists

Aug 13, 2013 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from Germany and the Netherlands has found evidence that Neanderthals were making leather-working bone tools before modern humans. Lissoir...

Byzantine gold coin found at the archaeological site of the ancient city of Apollonia-Arsuf (Pavel Shargo / Institute of Archaeology / Tel Aviv University)

400 Coins, Lamps, Other Artifacts Found in Byzantine Garbage Dump

Aug 7, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Tel Aviv University have unearthed about four hundred Byzantine coins, two hundred Samaritan...

1,000-year-old hospital found in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem (Yoli Shwartz / Israel Antiquities Authority).

Archaeologists Find Impressive Building of Hospitaller Knights in Israel

Aug 5, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority has discovered a 1,000-year-old Crusader building in the Christian Quarter of the Old City...

This is an artist's impression of a 6000-year-old hall (Henry Rothwell / University of Manchester)

Two 6,000-Year-Old Buildings Unearthed in England

Jul 31, 2013 by News Staff

British archaeologists have unearthed an unprecedented find on Dorstone Hill, near Peterchurch in Herefordshire, England – two large 6,000-year-old halls,...

Palace of King David unearthed at Khirbet Qeiyafa (Sky View / Hebrew University / Israel Antiquities Authority)

Palace of King David Unearthed in Israel

Jul 19, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Archaeologists from the Hebrew University and the Israel Antiquities Authority claim to have discovered a royal residence of the legendary King David. Palace...

40,000-year-old lion figurine from Vogelherd Cave, now with the newly discovered head (H. Jensen / University of Tübingen)

Fragment of 40,000-Year-Old Mammoth-ivory Figurine Found in Germany

Jul 19, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

A team of archaeologists from the University of Tübingen, Germany, working in the Vogelherd Cave has unearthed what appears to be a fragment of animal...

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