Archeology
Archaeology under fire: Political protests threaten Israel’s heritage - opinion
The claims hurled at the conference and in general against the Heritage Ministry’s plans for historical sites in Judea and Samaria are rather baseless.
Hidden in Jerusalem's Old City, collector stumbles upon rare Jewish treasure from Morocco
Damascus synagogue tours highlight renewed interest in Syrian Jewish history and diaspora ties
Resurrecting Herodium: A royal desert fortress awakens After 2,000 years
Ancient artifacts found during Greek subway construction
The construction project in Thessaloniki, Greece, began in 2003 and has led to thousands of archeological finds ranging from Roman-era roads to Greek mosaics.
Anatolia's gladiators: Ancient stelae offer new insights into their complex lives
Grave stelae found in the provinces of Anatolia are a main source of information about Roman gladiators.
Newly discovered DNA changes previous speculation of Pompeii victims' final moments of life
A recent study has undermined prior assumptions about several victims of the Pompeii tragedy.
Study reveals earliest point in writing related to trading symbols
Co-authors Kathryn Kelley and Mattia Cartolano from the University of Bologna's Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies studied seal imagery from before the invention of writing.
With more than 11,000 years of history, Jericho is the oldest inhabited city in the world
Excavations at Tell es-Sultan, led by British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon in the 1950s, revealed significant archaeological findings, including the Tower of Jericho.
Chinese Scientists Discover World's Smallest Dinosaur Eggs, Shedding Light on Theropod Evolution
Researchers identified a new species, Minioolithus ganzhouensis, shedding light on theropod evolution in the Late Cretaceous.
National Geographic team finds Andrew Irvine's boot on Mount Everest after 100 years
Discovery may help solve the mystery of whether Irvine and Mallory reached the summit in 1924.
Grand Egyptian Museum opens 12 exhibition halls in trial operation
On Wednesday, the museum opened its doors to visitors as part of a trial run, with plans to welcome 4,000 visitors per day, both local and international.
DNA analysis links medieval skeleton found in well to events in the Sverris Saga
The saga recounts that during a raid on Sverresborg Castle near Trondheim, attackers threw a dead man into the well to poison the main water source.
Ancient purple fabric found in Vergina tomb may be Alexander the Great's sacred tunic
The findings, published in the Journal of Field Archaeology, have the potential to rewrite history by challenging previous beliefs about the contents of Tomb II.
