Tag Archive for 'Jar'

Paestum honey: (A) underground shrine in Paestum, Italy; (B) one of the hydrias on display alongside a Perspex box containing the residue at the Ashmolean Museum in 2019; (C) graphic representation of the arrangement of the bronze jars inside the shrine; (D) sample from the core of the residue. Image credit: da Costa Carvalho et al., doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c04888.

Bronze Jars Found in Italy Contain 2,500-Year-Old Honey, Archaeologists Find

Jul 30, 2025 by News Staff

Archaeologists have re-examined a 2500-year-old residue found in bronze jars at an underground shrine in Paestum, Italy, previously identified as a wax/fat/resin...

The Canaanite inscription on the 3,000-year-old jar. Image credit: Tal Rogovsky.

Rare Canaanite Inscription Found on 3,000-Year-Old Jar Fragments

Dec 13, 2023 by News Staff

Archaeologists in Israel have identified a very rare Canaanite inscription on fragments of a pottery jar from the reign of King David (10th century BCE). The...

The 5,000-year-old wine jars at Abydos, Egypt. Image credit: Christiana Köhler.

5,000-Year-Old Wine Jars Unearthed at Abydos

Oct 10, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered hundreds of 5,000-year-old wine jars — some of which are still intact and contain traces of ancient wine —...

The 10th-century BCE inscribed pithos from the Ophel, Israel. Image credit: Daniel Vainstub / Eilat Mazar.

Sabaean Inscription Points to Connections between King Solomon’s Israel and Kingdom of Sheba

Apr 3, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

During the 2012 excavations in Jerusalem, Israel, a partially preserved inscription engraved on the shoulder of a pithos was found in a context dated to...

The smashed jars from the Giv’ati Parking Lot excavations on the southwestern slope of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Sasha Flit, Tel-Aviv University.

Judah Kingdom’s Elite Consumed Wine Enriched with Vanilla, Archaeologists Say

May 11, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University, the University of Haifa, the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Israel Antiquities Authority have analyzed...

2,000-Year-Old Fast Food Shop Uncovered in Pompeii

Dec 27, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have unearthed a frescoed thermopolium (a hot-food-drink shop) in Pompeii, an ancient Roman city frozen in time after the catastrophic eruption...

‘To the King’ two-winged seal impression. Image credit: Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth 2,700-Year-Old Administrative Storage Center

Aug 13, 2020 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has uncovered the ruins of an important administrative storage center from the 8th-7th...