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Israel’s rich biblical history can be found in the country’s archaeology. The Jerusalem Post shares the latest on archaeological excavations at significant biblical and historical sites in Israel and the region.

 The disparity of the Northern and Southern hemisphere’s evolution of terrestrial Cretaceous faunas after the Cretaceous Thermal Maximum

Did T. rex's 'grandparents' migrate over the Bering Land Bridge?

 The Philae Temple: A temple of Isis at the heart of the Nile.

The Philae Temple: A temple of Isis at the heart of the Nile

 Danish burial mound destroyed and passage grave defaced with graffiti.

Danish burial mound destroyed and passage grave defaced with graffiti

 New study reveals Cornish tin fueled Bronze Age Mediterranean civilizations.

New study reveals Cornish tin fueled Bronze Age Mediterranean civilizations

 Illegal excavators find 2000-year-old Roman mosaic featuring female figure.

Illegal excavators find 2000-year-old Roman mosaic featuring female figure

 The Piprahwa Jewels.

Sotheby’s postpones auction after India’s Culture Ministry demands return of Piprahwa relics

 Sculpture of finless porpoises and child on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Nanjing.

700 Chinese poems reveals 1,400-year-old decline of Yangtze's finless porpoise

 Found in a shipwreck. Illustration.

Earliest known domestic cat remains in America found in 466-year-old Spanish shipwreck near Florida

 Archaeologists discover 2,300-year-old celtic swords adorned swastika symbols in France.

Archaeologists discover 2,300-year-old celtic swords adorned swastika symbols in France

 Archaeologists uncover well-preserved Roman lime kiln in Gloucester.

Archaeologists uncover well-preserved Roman lime kiln in Gloucester

 Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman horse cemetery with over 100 horses in Stuttgart.

Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman horse cemetery with over 100 horses in Stuttgart

 'Not just visions': Hidden chamber reveals uses of psychoactives in ancient Peruvian culture.

'Not just visions': Hidden chamber reveals uses of psychoactives in ancient Peruvian culture

 Vesuvius challenge: AI unlocks text of burned philosophical treatise papyrus.

Vesuvius challenge: AI unlocks text of burned philosophical treatise papyrus

 Archaeologists discover over 900 Bronze Age metal artifacts on Somló Hill, Hungary.

Archaeologists discover over 900 Bronze Age metal artifacts on Somló Hill, Hungary

 Petra.

Jordanian authorities evacuate 1,800 tourists from Petra due to flash floods

 The February 2023 earthquake in Turkey.

Restorers puzzle together ancient relics shattered by Turkey’s 2023 earthquake

The findings of an alleged slave ship off the coast of Costa Rica.

Centuries-old Danish slave shipwrecks discovered off Costa Rica’s coast

 Mass grave from Greek Civil War discovered in Thessaloniki.

Mass grave from Greek Civil War discovered in Thessaloniki

 Cerro El Cono: Sacred mountain or ancient pyramid in the Amazon?

Cerro El Cono: Sacred mountain or ancient pyramid in the Amazon?

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

Yellow Peugeot 208 linked to audacious Drents Museum robbery

 Fortress discovered in Northern Sinai, including Roman-era soldiers' dwellings.

Fortress discovered in Northern Sinai, including Roman-era soldiers' dwellings

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