The Times of Israel reported on a tween discovering a 2500 year old fertility amulet while on a family hike. Part of the story reads: “’The figurine that Zvi discovered is rare and only one such example exists in the… Continue Reading
The New York Times was one of many outlets that ran a story on the return of a mosaic that belonged to the Roman Emperor Caligula, notorious as one of the more licentious and cruel rulers of the Roman Empire.… Continue Reading
Asharq Al Aswat (among many other outlets) ran a story about archaeological finds in Egypt pertaining to a Christian Monastic community in the 5th century. Just for context sake I’ll point out that this is the same century when the… Continue Reading
Plos.org recently published an article about a massacre that occurred in Croatia nearly 6,200 years ago. The introduction reads: “Violence on a massive scale has been present in human societies for at least 13,000 years as evidenced by numerous skeletons… Continue Reading
A recent academic paper by Idan Dershowitz makes a case for the manuscript fragments of passages from Deuteronomy written in paleo-Hebrew that were dismissed as fakes after their purchase in the 19th century by the British Museum actually being genuine.… Continue Reading
A goodly number of theorists hold that the tarot started as a deck of playing cards (I’ve got a friend in New Orleans who theorizes that the original cards and game referred to the activities of mediaeval ruling classes, gaining… Continue Reading
The New York Times Book Review ran a review of A World Beneath The Sands by Toby Wilkinson which recounts the “golden age of Egyptian archaeology” that occurred in the 19th century. This was a time, frankly of pillage, exploitation… Continue Reading
Late last year, the New York Times Book Review ran a review of Rebecca Wragg Skyes’ Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art. This is a synthesis of over 170 years worth of study of this highly intelligent hominid species… Continue Reading
Frontiers in Medecine recently published a piece by Zahi Hawass and Sahar Saleem regarding the finding of a recent tomographic investigation of the embalmed remains of Pharaoh Seqenenre-Taa-II, who was likely captured in battle, tortured and ritually executed by a… Continue Reading
England’s Daily Mail paraphrased an article in The Times about discoveries within the remains of the royal complex of the Roman Emperor Hadrian. I’m including the Daily Mail link coz The Times is behind a paywall. The article begins: “The… Continue Reading