Feb 15
By: Jonathan Laden
On February 13th, the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry announced the discovery of what may be the oldest large-scale beer brewing operation. In Abydos, Southern Egypt, they […]
Feb 11
A soldier found a rare coin during a training exercise, announced the Israel Antiquities Authority on February 9th, 2021. On the front, the coin shows […]
Feb 8
At the Hishulei Carmel excavation site under the Mediterranean sea, researchers have found two oval stone structures containing thousands of well-preserved olive pits. Because the […]
Jan 31
Purple dye, made from Mediterranean mollusk, gives textiles the royal purple color that is often referred to in the Bible. For the first time in the Levant, remnants of the dyed fabrics have been found from 1,000 B.C.E., the time of biblical Kings David and Solomon.
Jan 11
Archaeologists generally do quite a bit of planning, choosing dig sites, and working meticulously in the hopes of making a meaningful discovery. Most advances emerge […]
Dec 30
The owner of the lid thought that it was contaminated by hardened bat dung. However, the residue was from papyrus. A jar probably fell, dislodging the lid; the papyrus Dead Sea Scrolls then decomposed over the intervening centuries before modern discovery.
Dec 20
A trove of 1,200-year-old gold coins was discovered in a broken juglet. It was evidently the personal piggy bank of a potter who worked the industrial kilns at Yavneh for commercial production of pots and bowls.
Dec 6
For almost two hundred years, Beit El has been claimed by some scholars as the site of biblical Bethel, where in the Bible, Jacob dreamed […]
Nov 26
Archaeology has been likened to solving a puzzle which is missing some–or occasionally most–of its pieces. The scholars who dedicate their lives to this pursuit […]
Nov 16
On Saturday, November 14, 2020, the Egyptian Antiquities Authority announced that they’ve discovered more than 100 finely painted wood coffins, including many mummies, and 40 […]
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