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
First burials: Neanderthal and Homo sapiens interactions in the Mid-Middle Palaeolithic Levant discovered at Tinshemet Cave
Ancient engravings shed light on early human symbolic thought and complexity in the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic
New insights from a late Roman inscription, a rare Tetrarchic boundary stone at the site of Abel Beth Maacah
Ancient Syrian diets resembled the modern “Mediterranean Diet”; researchers analyzed chemistry of plant, animal, human remains to study historic food chain
Scientists show how the ancient village of Habonim North adapted to drought, rising seas: underwater excavation reveals human resilience through Neolithic-period climate change
People living in ancient Eastern Arabia appear to have developed resistance to malaria following the appearance of agriculture in the region around five thousand years ago
Plant seed and fruit analysis from Tell es-Safi/Gath, the biblical home of Goliath, sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices
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
Necklace from child’s grave reveals complex ancient culture at the Neolithic village of Ba’ja in Jordan; the study is published in PLoS ONE
