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 A 32-hours nightmare: Minute-by-minute reconstruction of the eruption that turned people into glass.

A 32-hours nightmare: Minute-by-minute reconstruction of the eruption that turned people into glass

 Hierapolis. Ancient Greek city in southwestern Anatolia.

Deadly ancient 'Pluto's Gate' in Turkey still emits lethal gases in Turkey

 'The workers planned to drink it': 200-year-old 'witch bottle' filled with urine discovered in Cleethorpes.

Workers planned to drink it: 200-year-old 'witch bottle' with urine found in Cleethorpes

The ​​Cotofenesti helmet, 450 BCE, National History Museum of Romania.

Thieves use explosives to rob Dutch museum of ancient gold artifacts

  A gate is all that is left of the entrance to the Alliance school on Jaffa Road, built in 1882.  The original building was demolished after the Six Day War in 1967.

Behind the gate leading nowhere: The 'Alliance' as a monument to Napoleonic genius

 People hold banners as they take part in a rally calling for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza and for support from the U.S., outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel March 10, 2024.

The long term dangers of the hostage deal

 Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion.

On This Day: David Ben-Gurion won Israel's first election

  The Amazing Eleven: The Story of the Isaacs Siblings from Cincinnati.

'The Amazing Eleven': Tracing relationships through generations

 Italian news agency reports intensification of contacts for return of Parthenon sculptures to Greece.

Italian news agency reports intensified contacts for Parthenon sculptures' return to Greece

 PROTESTERS MARCH out of Kings College Circle after leaving an anti-Israel student encampment at the University of Toronto, following an Ontario judge order for the protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, in July.

American Historical Association Council vetoes resolution accusing Israel of 'scholasticide'

 Nawa Sugiyama, assistant professor with the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside, is co-director of Project Plaza of the Columns Complex at the UNESCO world heritage site of Teotihuacán. She recently published the book, “Animal Matter: Ritual, Place, and Sovereignty

Golden eagles, wolves, jaguars, and pumas were sacrificed in Teotihuacán Moon Pyramid rituals

 Aerial view of Abel Bet Maacah looking south-east (courtesy of the Tel Abel Beth Maacah excavations. Courtesy of the Tel Abel Beth Maacah excavations.

Archaeologists find 1,720-year-old Roman stone in Galilee, naming two lost villages

 European scientists spent 4 year drilling in remote site in Antarctica to get to Earth's oldest ice core.

European scientists spent 4 year drilling in remote site in Antarctica to get to Earth's oldest ice

 Archaeologists discover 2,000 fragmented bronze statues in ancient Metropolis 'junkyard'.

Archaeologists discover 2,000 fragmented bronze statues in ancient Metropolis 'junkyard'

 Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic Danes to offer sun stones, study reveals.

Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic Danes to offer sun stones, study reveals

 Inca ruins of Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru, South America.

Peru's best-kept secret: The Inca town captivating travelers

 Eilat Port, The Red Sea, 22.4.1958

We are building a port here: The exhibition reviving the history of Israel's ports

By WALLA! MONEY
 WALLENBERG MEMORIALIZED in Moscow.

This week in Jewish history: Disappearance of Raoul Wallenberg, Rambam's Yahrzeit

By Steven Drucker