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 Gal Gadot poses on the pink carpet for the world premiere of the film "Barbie" in Los Angeles, California, U.S., July 9, 2023.

Israeli actress Gal Gadot to play Egyptian Queen Cleopatra in new film

  Mother bat holding baby bat

What do bats, priests, and rabbis have in common? - study

Painting from the tomb of Nebamun show the New Kingdom period accountant Nebamun hunting birds in the marshes of Egypt.

Ancient Egyptians altered their artwork - study

 NURIT GOSHEN, curator of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age archaeology at the Israel Museum and curator of The Feast exhibit poses with a set of formal Israeli Foreign Ministry dinnerware displayed at the exhibit.

The glory of ancient feasts is being revived at the Israel Museum

 NEAPOLITAN PIZZA at the Pizzeria Dea Bendata.

Newly discovered Pompeii fresco depicts a possible ancestor of pizza

 Ancient Greek altar unearthed at Sicily's archaeological site of Segesta.

Ancient Greek altar unearthed at archaeological site in Sicily

By REUTERS
 How did the modern horse evolve? (illustrative)

Look ma, no toes! How the modern horse evolved to have hooves

A general view of The Nile River, houses and agricultural land from the window of an airplane in Luxor, Egypt October 9, 2019

Ancient Egyptian hydraulic engineering shown in walls along Nile - study

 The golden death mask of the Tutankhamun at The Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

New 3D computer generated a facial approximation of Tutankhamun - study

 The ancient city of Megalopolis

Did this archaeological discovery expand the Greek empire's history?

 The Codex Sassoon, the earliest and most complete Hebrew Bible ever discovered which is estimated to sell for between $30 million and $50 million, is displayed at Sotheby's in New York City, New York US, February 15, 2023.

Codex Sassoon purchaser sees it up close for the first time

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 Illustrative image of a Roman-era head sculpture.

Archaeologists discover sculpted Roman-era heads in England

 General view of Korcula, Croatia, June 23, 2021. Picture taken with a drone on June 23, 2021.

7,000 year-old road found under the Mediterranean Sea in Croatia

 This undated illustration shows the Permian Period tiger-sized saber-toothed protomammal Inostrancevia atop its dicynodont prey, scaring off the much smaller species Cyonosaurus

South African fossils reveal ancient beast's epic journey to oblivion

By REUTERS
 An Ancient Egyptian coffin lid undergoes a CT scan at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, May 21, 2023.

Ancient Egypt coffins undergo CT scan at Shaare Zedek Medical Center