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 Aztec Death Whistle.

Researchers find Aztec 'death whistles' do weird things to the listeners' brains

 An ancient marble tablet inscribed with an ancient Hebrew version of the biblical Ten Commandment.

The oldest known stone tablet of the Ten Commandments to be auctioned by Sotheby's

 Plaster cast of a Pompeii victim found in the ancient city

New DNA discovery changes assumptions about Pompeii victims

 Valencia flood.

Ancient Roman dam saves Spanish town from devastating floods

 Puget Sound arthropods.

450-million-year-old spider relative fossil found in fool's gold

 Zapotec ceramic large effigy urn with head of Bat God, Tomb 113, Monte Alban. Image by Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. is used under license CC0 1.0

Archaeologists uncover underground tunnels beneath Mexican city associated with the god of death

 Fresco depicting the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii, Naples.

Archaeologists uncover richly decorated House of Phaedra in Pompeii adorned with erotic frescoes

The Treasury room in Al Khazneh, Petra, Jordan, 24 March 2011.

Archeologists find 12 hidden tombs with intact skeletons beneath Petra treasury

 Artifacts found in an ancient astronomical observatory in Egypt

Archaeologists uncover 6th century astronomical observatory in Egypt

Illustration.

I’m a rabbi who wrote a fantasy novel drawing inspiration from Judaism's sacred past

By RABBI JILL HAMMER\JTA

Victims of Pompeii volcanic eruption found with jewelry

By REUTERS
 Denar found by metal detectors from the "Group of Explorers" in Księżpol, eastern Poland.

Ancient Roman coins, counterfeits discovered in new archeological site in eastern Poland

 Han Tomb Mural, Luoyang.

Archaeologists uncover mural of ‘Westerner’ blond trader in ancient Tang dynasty tomb in China

 The scene depicted on the surface of this black-figued amphora shows Heracles and his servant Ialous fighting the Lernean Hydra and the giant crab. Behind the hero the goddess Athena.

Newly discovered link between Hercules, Israel suggests cultural exchange in region

Mosaic of a Labyrinth with a depiction of Theseus fighting the Minoan Minotaur.

Discovery in Crete may be legendary Minotaur labyrinth

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