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Jul 22 Blog

Pella: A Window on Survival

Eusebius recounts that the Jewish followers of Jesus heeded his warning and fled to Pella for safety before Jerusalem’s destruction.

Jun 12 Blog

12,000-Year-Old Natufian Bone Flutes

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Some 12,000 years ago, at one of the last Natufian sites in Israel, flute music was all the rage, bone flute music to be precise. […]

Aug 18 Blog

Ancient Bread: 14,400-Year-Old Flatbreads Unearthed in Jordan

By: Samuel DeWitt Pfister

In northeast Jordan, archaeologists discovered ancient “bread-like” remains that pre-date the emergence of agriculture by at least 4,000 years.

Jul 22 Blog

Why Study Prehistoric Israel?

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Studying prehistoric Israel can give us a better perspective on Israel in the Biblical period, says archaeologist Daniel Nadel.

Sep 21 Blog

12,000-Year-Old Shaman Funeral Reflects Natufian-Period Changes

By: Robin Ngo

Archaeologists discovered in a cave in Israel the 12,000-year-old grave of a shaman. According to researchers, the unusual burial reflects the social changes that accompanied the transition from a foraging to farming lifestyle during the Natufian period.

May 13 Blog

Neolithic Figurine Could Lead to Reassessment of Prehistoric Israel

By: Robin Ngo

A small Neolithic figurine unearthed near Beit Hilkia in south-central Israel could have archaeologists rethinking the nature of the cultures living in prehistoric Israel some 8,000 years ago.

Feb 2 Blog

Manot Cave Skull Links Modern Humans to Neanderthals

By: Robin Ngo

A 55,000-year-old skull discovered in Israel could point to where modern humans and Neanderthals interbred.

Apr 1 Blog

Going Paleo

By: Robin Ngo

Archaeologists excavating at the Nesher quarry in Israel have discovered a prehistoric site containing an extraordinarily large number of animal bones.

Jul 5 Blog

“Lay Some Flowers on My Grave”

By: Megan Sauter

Fourteen-thousand-year-old examples of grave flowers have been uncovered in burials in Israel from the Natufian culture. The Natufians lived in the Levant from 13,000–9800 B.C. The culture was remarkable in that it was sedentary—or at least semi-sedentary—before the introduction of agriculture.

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