Articles in "archaeology"
Ancient Menorah Pendant Challenges Assumptions About Jewish Life in Byzantine Jerusalem
A remarkably rare 1,300-year-old lead pendant bearing a seven-branched menorah has been uncovered in Jerusalem, shedding new light on ...
First Material Evidence of Judah Maccabee’s Battlefield Discovered Near Jerusalem
New archaeological finds in the hills south of Jerusalem may offer the first material evidence from one of Judah Maccabee’s battles, The ...
One of Jerusalem’s Longest Hasmonean-Era Walls Found Under Tower of David
Jerusalem’s Tower of David complex has yielded one of the most impressive archaeological discoveries of recent years: an exceptionally ...
Israeli Archaeologists Uncover Remains of Dramatic Mountaintop Royal Palace
A team of Israeli archaeologists has uncovered a new piece of the puzzle at the ancient Alexandrium fortress, the dramatic mountaintop site ...
Bulgaria’s Heraclea Sintica Yields Trove of Roman and Hellenistic Artifacts
Petrich, Southwest Bulgaria (BTA) - Archaeologists discovered more than 1,500 artifacts during this season’s excavations at the ancient ...
Israel Expropriating Land to Protect Remains of Ancient Biblical Capital
Israel has begun expropriating land near the ancient Biblical capital of Sebastia for the "preservation and development" of the ...
15,000-Year-Old Bird Bones Reveal Natufian Hunting in Israel’s Carmel Caves
When the prehistoric residents of the Carmel Caves looked west some 15,000 years ago, they would not have seen the Mediterranean Sea but a ...
UNESCO Recognizes Bulgaria’s Centre for Underwater Archaeology as Regional Hub
Sofia (BTA) = The Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Sozopol has officially been designated as UNESCO Category 2 Centre (C2C), Bulgaria's ...
Roadwork Excavation Reveals 5,000-Year-Old Wine Production Site in Israel
Archaeologists in northern Israel have uncovered extraordinary evidence of ancient wine production and Canaanite folk worship near Tel ...
New Discoveries Reveal Secrets of Bulgaria’s 7,000-Year-Old Salt City
Provadia (BTA) - During excavation work at the prehistoric Solnitsata Complex near the town of Provadia, Northeastern Bulgaria, ...
