Fluctuations in viticulture and oleiculture traditions in Bronze and Iron Age Levant cultures: a new study published in PLoS ONE
Carbon-14 dating unlocks ancient Jerusalem’s water secret: monumental Siloam Dam was built in 800 BCE to face a climate crisis
Neanderthals at two nearby caves, Amud and Kebara (Israel), butchered the same prey in different ways, suggesting local food traditions
Egyptian donkeys may have been incorporated into ritual burials – while local donkeys were part of the menu – in the Early Bronze Age at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, in present-day Israel
An AI program trained to study the handwriting styles of centuries-old manuscripts from the Middle East suggests a different age of many of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Researchers estimate that early humans began smoking meat to extend its shelf life as long as a million years ago
Diversity Statistics of Onomastic Data Reveal Social Patterns in Hebrew Kingdoms of the Iron Age; a new study published in PNAS
Neolithic agricultural Revolution in southern Levant linked to climate-driven wildfires and soil erosion, according to a new study in the Journal of Soils and Sediments
Tel Shiqmona, an Iron Age purple dye “factory” in Israel was in operation for almost 500 years, using mollusks in large-scale specialized manufacturing process; a study published in PLoS ONE
First burials: Neanderthal and Homo sapiens interactions in the Mid-Middle Palaeolithic Levant discovered at Tinshemet Cave
