First sentence ever written in Canaanite language discovered in an ivory comb from Lachish: it’s a plea to eradicate beard lice
Geomagnetic fields recorded in archaeological sites are helping to verify the Biblical accounts of military campaigns against the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
A religious complex from the Late Roman Period (between the fourth and sixth centuries) with unprecedented discoveries linked to the presence of the Blemmyes
Archaeologists uncover ancient mosaics on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, in the area in which the caliph’s palace of Khirbat al-Minya was built
Bar-Ilan University study provides definitive evidence of the origin of the alabaster whose quality met Herod’s lavish standards
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya to prepare a guide for studying literature about violence against women, published by Ca’ Foscari
Archeological findings that could rewrite the history of bird domestication: the oldest type of poultry ever domesticated may have been geese
Roman Empire’s emerald mines may have ended in hands of nomads (Blemmyes) as early as the 4th century, a new study shows
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years; a new study in Frontiers in Medicine
Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest surviving manual on mummification yet discovered
