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New research reveals how Byzantine farmers adapted to droughts in the Negev's wine industry

BY JOANIE MARGULIES — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:27:35 GMT

“Our findings show how difficult it was to maintain agriculture in the desert and how vulnerable the system was during periods of prolonged drought," the researchers concluded.

Neanderthal recipes: Study reveals how Neanderthals living in Northern Israel butchered their meat

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:15:00 GMT

These differences in butchery practices cannot be explained by tool type, skill, or available resources, indicating that cultural practices might be responsible.

Archaeologists uncover evidence supporting reality of Trojan War

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:09:57 GMT

Burned ruins, broken weapons, and hastily buried human remains confirm signs of a sudden, violent attack, challenging the notion of a slow decline.

Did Neanderthals have 'family recipes'? Study suggests butchery practices in ancient groups

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 06:57:01 GMT

Their meticulous examination of cut-marks on the remains of animal prey revealed patterns that cannot be explained by differences in skill, resources, or available tools at each site.

Archaeologists discover 6,000-year-old temple, ‘blood channel’ in Turkey

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:20:00 GMT

Remains of humans and animals suggest sacrificial practices in ancient rituals.

Erotic mosaic looted from Pompeii by Nazi officer returned after 80 years

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 12:35:00 GMT

Director Zuchtriegel: 'The sense of possession of stolen art becomes a heavy burden'.

Ancient rice discovery in Guam reveals earliest evidence of rice in Pacific islands

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:00:00 GMT

researchers find 3,500-year-old rice remains in ritidian beach cave, indicating first settlers brought rice from the philippines.

Scientists confirm Madagascar wreck is 300 year old treasure galleon Nossa Senhora do Cabo

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:50:00 GMT

The twenty year investigation uncovered 3,300 artifacts, from Chinese porcelain to a gem inlaid gold cross, linking the wreck to the 1721 raid by pirate captain La Buse and John Taylor.

Ancient Christian settlement unearthed in Jordan, illuminating Middle East's religious past

BY JOANIE MARGULIES — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:39:24 GMT

Archaeologists uncovered the long-forgotten Byzantine settlement of Tharais.

Ancient sarcophagus of 'Pa-di-Hor-pa-khered' returns to Egypt

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:25:00 GMT

The sarcophagus, dating from the Ptolemaic period, belonged to a member of high society in ancient Egypt.

Deep within Sky Place pyramid, Archaeologists find tomb of Maya ruler Te K'ab Chaak

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:00:00 GMT

Discovery sheds new light on early Maya history and Caracol's ties with Teotihuacan.

Museum finds 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil beneath parking lot

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:50:00 GMT

The fossil vertebra, found 763 feet underground, offers a rare glimpse into the late Cretaceous period.

Greenland's ancient sled dogs reveal unique genetic lineage

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 09:47:26 GMT

Despite historical accounts, study finds minimal wolf ancestry in Qimmeq sled dogs.

Shiloh excavators zero in on gate they say could match the Ark-capture scene

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:25:00 GMT

The Associates for Biblical Research’s 2025 season is centred on an Iron Age gateway that team leaders claim aligns with the moment, recorded in 1 Samuel 4, when Israel lost the Ark of the Covenant.

Lost Lemuria resurfaces: Indian-Ocean zircons revive legend of a sunken continent

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:15:00 GMT

Study finds 3-billion-year-old crystals on Mauritius tied to hidden microcontinent “Mauritia,” supporting 19th-century legends of a lost land beneath the Indian Ocean.

Did King Eglon rule Jericho? Moabite shard and twin palace infernos revive biblical tale

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 23:40:00 GMT

Interim excavation report (Vicino Oriente XXIX, 2024) links a ninth-century BCE inscription and two Bronze-Age fire layers to the Judges and Exodus narratives.

Not just a madman: Yale study reveals Caligula's medical expertise

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 10:05:00 GMT

Study suggests Caligula's medical knowledge influenced his actions as emperor.

X-Ray bombshell: Vienna’s ‘Spear of Longinus’ secrets revealed

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:40:00 GMT

Non-destructive scans released in late June show the Imperial‐Treasury spearhead is a Carolingian weapon later re-branded as the biblical Spear of Destiny.

Ritual donkey sacrifice in Israel provides insights into ancient Egyptian trade

BY JOANIE MARGULIES — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:50:44 GMT

The donkeys, found buried under a Bronze Age house in ancient Gath, near Tell es-Safi, were determined to have originated from ancient Egypt.

Was Sodom destroyed by a comet? Journal pulls controversial study

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:35:00 GMT

Scientific Reports retracts 2021 Tall el-Hammam “airburst” paper after reviewers say the evidence does not add up.

Study: Body image on Shroud of Turin best explained by a burst of radiation

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:16:29 GMT

Image-analysis paper says pixel intensity encodes three-dimensional data that point to an energetic burst.

Bayeux Tapestry headed back to Britain, a first in nearly a 1,000 years

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 23:25:00 GMT

In return, artefacts from the Sutton Hoo burial and the Lewis Chessmen will travel to Normandy as part of an unprecedented cross-Channel cultural exchange.

DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 20:20:00 GMT

Genome-wide analysis of 93 skeletons from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon traces an unbroken genetic thread across three millennia.

Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old

BY REUTERS — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:43:39 GMT

Proteins, a cell's molecular machinery, also offer valuable information and have the virtue of surviving much longer, as new research shows.

Sirius Rising: The mystery of Canary Island churches pointing to the Dog Star

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:15:00 GMT

Most churches surveyed face the sunrise, but a south-eastern handful match the Dog Star’s 17th-century rise.

Roman-era 50-square-meter mosaic found almost untouched in Dara, Turkey

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:35:20 GMT

Archaeologist Devrim Hasan Menteşe says a coin from emperor Justinian I dates the floor to AD 525-575 and confirms Dara's status as a key Mesopotamian trade and pilgrimage center.

AI cracks Hammurabi’s ancient script with near-perfect accuracy

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Computers now read cuneiform tablets almost flawlessly.

Where did date palms come from? Earliest secure evidence points to the Gulf, c. 5000 BCE

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 20:15:00 GMT

‘DateBack’ logs 154 archaeobotanical records and tracks the moment cultivation overtook mere consumption across West and South Asia.

Oldest known 15th-Century Orit Books of Ethiopian Jewry uncovered by TAU researchers

BY JOANIE MARGULIES — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:50:50 GMT

These sacred texts, written in Ge'ez, a language known only to the Kessim (Ethiopian Jewish priests), hold significant cultural and historical importance.

Ancient wooden tools uncovered in China shed new light on early human diet, cognitive abilities

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 14:53:56 GMT

The tools include digging sticks made of pine and hardwood, hooks for cutting roots, and small, pointed implements for extracting edible plants from the ground.