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The clay token found in the sifting of dirt from the Temple Mount bearing the Greek Inscription ΔΟΥ-ΛΟ[Υ] (DOULOU)

Temple Mount earth-filtering project discovers ancient clay tokens

 1800-year-old head of ancient god Apollo.

Archaeologists discover lost 1,800-year-old head of ancient Greek god Apollo

 The archaeological site of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii is seen, 2020.

Dining hall with Trojan War decorations uncovered in Pompeii

By REUTERS
Slab of marble with Hebrew inscription found in Kursi

Beersheba researchers use AI to read illegible words in ancient Hebrew, Aramaic

A man waits for tourists to rent his camels in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza last month.

Ancient tomb with rare inscriptions discovered in Egypt

 Excavators unearth 7,000 year old boats near Rome.

Neolithic boats that traversed the Mediterranean 7,000 years ago excavated near Rome

  A ghost wheel in the Golan Heights and its connection to the Nephilim

Docuseries on the Nephilim to be released: Giants from the Bible, proof in Golan Heights?

By Walla!
 The rare coin. A date palm is engraved, with the inscription “Eleazar the Priest” inscribed in ancient Hebrew script.

Rare coin from the Bar Kochba Revolt discovered in Judean Desert

A Roman head of the God Mercury has been found at Smallhythe in Kent

Ancient Roman god head stumbled upon by English archaeologists

 A new study conducted in the ancient Roman ruins of Houten-Castellum in the Netherlands claims Ancient Romans used poisonous nightshade as a hallucinogenic drug. (Illustrative)

Ancient Romans used hallucinogenic drugs, new study shows

 Erez Abrahamov with his find.

IDF reservist finds ancient Assyrian seal amulet while hiking in Israel

 The rare coin, providing evidence for the development of commerce.

Rare 2,550-year-old silver coin from Persian era uncovered in Jerusalem area

 Statue found at the site of Artemis's temple.

Archaeologists excavate ancient temple of Artemis in Greece

 One of the studied burnt mudbricks.

Israeli research uses Earth's magnetic field to verify event in Bible's Book of Kings

 The gold jewelry found buried with a girl.

Ancient accessorized skeletons discovered in building works in Rome

 Chinese archaeologists work at the newly-discovered pits of chariots and horses in the ruins of Yin, in Anyang city of central China's Henan province, May 26, 2005.

4,000 year old palace discovered in central China

 The flags, from left to right, of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania at a ceremony in Riga, Latvia, in 2012.

Latvia, Lithuania pay Holocaust survivors and heirs for their stolen property

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA
View of the Interamna Lirenas excavation from above and from the North. Photograph taken in September 2023. The remains of the theatre can be seen in the centre, with the remains of the basilica behind it.

Obsessed with the Roman Empire? Archaeologists just made a major discovery