The reason for the proximity between Paleolithic extensive stone quarries and water sources: Elephant hunting by early humans
Plant seed and fruit analysis from Tell es-Safi/Gath, the biblical home of Goliath, sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices
Measuring the magnetic field recorded in burnt bricks corroborates the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by King Hazael of Aram-Damascus, as recorded by the Book of Kings 2
Cranial traumas show dramatic increase as the first cities were being built: in the 12,000 years before antiquity, the share of violent death rose at first and then fell back
Archaeometallurgists have been debating the exact origin of tin used in the Bronze Age for 150 years; a new study in Frontiers in Earth Science
Early humans in the Hula Valley invested in systematic procurement of raw materials hundreds of thousands of years ago
New ArchCUT3-D technology explores 3-D micromorphological characteristics of engravings with unprecedented precision
The first prehistoric wind instruments (known as flutes) in the Levant have been found at the site of Eynan-Mallaha in northern Israel
Research into grape pips found from the excavated Byzantine monastery of Avdat (Oboda), in the Negev Highlands (Israel), hints at the origins of the Gaza wine
Two high status brothers had access to “brain surgery” in Bronze Age Israel; the study has been published in PLoS ONE