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Neanderthal communities in prehistoric Europe. How were they linked? (Illustrative)

130,000-year-old clues from Israel’s Tinshemet Cave point to shared Homo behaviors

By JOANIE MARGULIES

A stone from the western wall is rolled through Ben-Guiron Airport.

Western Wall Rabbi urges stone be returned from airport display

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Who were the Sogdians, the enigmatic silk road merchants?

Who were the Sogdians, the enigmatic Silk Road merchants?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Drawing of Burial by Kathryn Killacky and schematic showing missing elements (dark gray), disturbed elements (light gray), and the location of mascaras (crescents) and pendants (squares).

Ancient remains of pregnant teen suggest rare ritual sacrifice

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Grave of Tziporah Eliash in Kfar Etzion cemetery.

Grave of Kfar Etzion pioneer rediscovered 80 years after her death

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A stone anvil (left) and hammerstone (right) used for processing plants

Ancient tools reveal 780,000-year-old plant-based diets

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Researchers unearthed 160 coins belonging to the second king of the Hasmonean dynasty from a Hanukkah-era excavation

Not just gelt! Coins belonging to second king of the Hasmonean dynasty in miraculous discovery

By Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich

Cross medallion inset with glass and tiny precious stones.

Ten-year-old boy finds 100-year-old golden cross medallion in Jerusalem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

'Exquisite' 1,700-year-old lamp bearing Temple symbols discovered in Jerusalem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The east-west-oriented Roman road in Sussita, in the Golan Heights.

Preserved Roman road in Golan found to be constructed in the late second century CE

By Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich

Archaeology excavation.

Archaeologists uncover 500-year-old firearm near the US-Mexico border

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ancient Jewish quarter of Phanagoria uncovered in Russia's Taman peninsula

Ancient Jewish quarter of Phanagoria discovered in Black Sea area of Russia

By Mathilda Heller

The scorpionis also the symbol of the Egyptian goddess Serket.

Girl finds 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab amulet during family trip in Hod Hasharon

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Temple of Hera II at Paestum (sometimes called the Temple of Neptune)

Ancient artifacts found during Greek subway construction

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Artwork showing gladiators riding on elephants and horses in a a Roman amphitheatre. A print by Professor Wagner.

Anatolia's gladiators: Ancient stelae offer new insights into their complex lives

By Raquel Guertzenstein Frohlich

Plaster cast of a Pompeii victim found in the ancient city

New DNA discovery changes assumptions about Pompeii victims

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Cuneiform writing.

Study reveals earliest point in writing related to trading symbols

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Mount of Temptation, Jericho.

With more than 11,000 years of history, Jericho is the oldest inhabited city in the world

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF