Tag Archive for 'Fertile Crescent'

A sample of the newly-documented complex ancient Roman forts. Image credit: CORONA imagery / U.S. Geological Survey.

Archaeologists Discover Large Number of Ancient Roman Forts in Fertile Crescent

Oct 30, 2023 by News Staff

During a pioneering aerial survey of the Near East in the 1920s, the Jesuit French priest Father Antoine Poidebard recorded 116 fortified military buildings...

Fragment of a polychrome tomb-painting (before 1350 BCE, today in the British Museum) representing Nebamun, standing in a small boat, fowling and fishing in the marshes, his wife stands behind and his daughter sits beneath, he holds a throw-stick in one hand and three decoy herons in the other, his cat is shown catching three of the numerous birds. Image credit: Marcus Cyron / British Museum.

Cats Were Domesticated in Near East, Genetic Study Suggests

Dec 6, 2022 by News Staff

Cat domestication likely initiated as a symbiotic relationship between wildcats and the peoples of developing agrarian societies in the Fertile Crescent....

Nebamun hunting in the marshes with his wife and daughter, part of a wall painting from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun, Thebes, New Kingdom, 1350 BC. Image credit: Werner Forman Archive / Bridgeman Images.

Ancient and Modern DNA Reveal How Cats Conquered World

Jun 21, 2017 by News Staff

According to a new analysis of modern and ancient cat DNA, today’s domestic cat is a descendant of both the Near Eastern and Egyptian populations of...

Location of important archaeological sites in the Fertile Crescent: 1 - Chogha Golan, 2 - Ali Kosh, 3 - Chia Sabz, 4 - Ganj Dareh Tepe, 5 - Sheikh-e Abad, 6 - Jani, 7 - Tepe Abdul Hosein, 8 - M'lefaat, 9 - Nemrik, 10 - Qermez Dere, 11 - Magzalia, 12 - Körtik Tepe, 13 - Hallan Cemi, 14 - Cayonu, 15 - Cafer Hoyuk, 16 - Asikli Hoyuk, 17 - Can Hasan III, 18 - Nevali Cori, 19 - Göbekli Tepe, 20 - Akarcay Tepe, 21 - Djade, 22 - Halula, 23 - Jerf el Ahmar, 24 - Mureybet, 25 - Abu Hureyra, 26 - El Kowm I and II, 27 - Bouqras, 28 - Abr, 29 - Qaramel, 30 - Tell Ras Shamra, 31 - Kissonerga, 32 - Parekklisha-Shillourokambos, 33 - Tell Ghoraifé, 34 - Tell Aswad, 35 - Tell Ramad, 36 - Yiftah'el, 37 - Iraq ed Dubb, 38 - Gilgal, 39 - 'Ain Ghazal, 40 - Netiv Hagdud, 41 - Dhra, 42 - Jericho, 43 - Nahal Hemar, 44 - Wadi Fidan, 45 - Beidha, 46 - Basta, 47 - Dhuweila, 48 - Azraq 31, 49 - Wadi Jilat 7 (Simone Riehl et al)

Chogha Golan Finds Shed New Light on Origins of Agriculture in Fertile Crescent

Jul 8, 2013 by News Staff

According to a team of archaeologists led by Dr Nicholas Conard from Tübingen University, the transition from foraging to farming took place at roughly...