A new study has revealed the earliest known evidence of the use of the hallucinogenic drug opium, and psychoactive drugs in general, in the world
Chicken bones and snail shells helped archaeologists to date more precisely the destruction of the Greek town Tell Iẓṭabba
A new inscription with a petition for intercession by Apostle Peter has been discovered at the suggested Biblical town of Bethsaida
The heat is on: Weizmann Institute scientists uncover traces of fire, from Evron Quarry, dating back at least 800,000 years; the study is published on PNAS
Bar-Ilan University study provides definitive evidence of the origin of the alabaster whose quality met Herod’s lavish standards
A cremation pyre pit in Beisamoun, Israel, represents the oldest proof of direct cremation in the Middle East; dates as far back as 7,000 B.C.
A new study, publisheed in PaleoAnthropology, shows that Amud 9 was a Neandertal woman weighing 60 kg who lived in the Late Pleistocene
The archaeological site of ‘Ein Qashish in northern Israel was a place of repeated Neanderthal occupation and use during the Middle Paleolithic
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that prehistoric humans “recycled” discarded or broken flint tools 400,000 years ago to create small, sharp utensils with specific functions
What kind of beer did the Pharaohs drink? The pottery used to produce beer in antiquity served as the basis for this new research
