Oct 15
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Where are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Today, the exact locations of six of the seven ancient Wonders of the World are known. Yet, the […]
Oct 14
Archaeologists have long suspected that an ancient synagogue lay beneath the ruins of an abandoned village in the western Golan. Now, they have finally found […]
Oct 5
The metal detector chirped as archaeological volunteer Edie Lipsman passed it by a large stone. Although no one knew in that moment what Lipsman had […]
Oct 3
Just outside Zion Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City sits a small building considered by many Christians to be the location of Jesus’s Last Supper, and […]
Oct 2
Although jails of various sorts would have been as normal in the Roman Empire as they are today, archaeologists have discovered fewer than you might […]
Sep 30
Excavators with Croatia’s International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar have spent years carefully excavating a well-preserved Roman merchant ship that sank in Barbir Bay, […]
Sep 28
Early eighth-century BCE Megiddo is famous for two massive stable complexes, thought by early excavators to be the stables of Solomon. Covering a large portion […]
Sep 23
Excavations in an underground complex at the site of Huqoq in the Galilee revealed a surprising find: a bronze coin hoard dating to the Gallus […]
Sep 21
Ever wondered why the days for holidays like Hanukkah and Passover seem to shift around from year to year? The simple answer is that these […]
Sep 16
During routine conservation work at the Palazzone necropolis, outside of Perugia in central Italy, archaeologists made a fascinating discovery: a burial urn decorated with the […]
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