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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

aerial archaeology

A site that researchers say is the remain of a temporary Roman camp in the Arabian desert. (APAAME)
April 30, 2023, 10:42 am
Newly identified Roman army camps indicate unknown ancient campaign in Arabia
Google Earth imagery shows outlines of three sites in Jordan that have classic design of temporary bases built by Rome; believed tied to conquest of Nabatean kingdom
By Stuart Winer
Twelve standing stones at the base of Mount Karkom, said by one expert to recall 'altar stones' described in the Bible. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 25, 2020, 1:45 pm
Ancient rock etchings on remote Negev plateau evoke the Bible, draw new interest
As Mount Karkom attracts increasing visitors, archaeologists try to protect a prehistoric art-filled site that a top researcher claims is Mount Sinai, complete with ‘burning bush’
By Sue Surkes
'Great Royal Visit,' March 8, 1929. L-to-r: P.L.O. Guy (above), A. Murray Dryer, David Rockefeller, Geoffrey Shpton, Mary 'Tod' Clarck, Edward DeLoach, Robert Lamon, Abby Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., James Henry Breasted, Harry Parker, unidentified fez-wearer. (courtesy Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago)
October 7, 2020, 4:58 pm
Digging at Armageddon: Tumultuous saga of doomed search for Solomon’s Lost City
LISTEN: Author Prof. Eric Cline excavates mounds of archives to paint colorful picture of cast of characters at 1920s-1930s Megiddo dig during field of archaeology’s infancy
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A massive, ancient stone structure in Saudi Arabia, with platforms at both ends and connecting walls in between. Two barely visible researchers standing at the far end provide a sense of scale. (courtesy/ Huw Groucutt/ The Holocene)
September 21, 2020, 8:29 pm
Mysterious, massive stone monuments in Arabia some of world’s oldest, study says
International team of researchers carries out 1st detailed study of ‘mustatils,’ hundreds of structures in northern Saudi Arabia, suggesting prehistoric ritual use 7,000 years ago
By Luke Tress
An excavator of the Northern Line of the Great Wall of China. (courtesy Hebrew University)
June 9, 2020, 2:11 am
China’s fabled ‘Genghis Khan Wall’ was not actually built to keep him out
737 km section of Great Wall in Mongolian Steppe predates ferocious ruler; was built to control movements of nomadic peoples, boost Khitan-Liao Empire, Israeli hi-tech study shows
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Aerial photograph of the Early Bronze Age excavation site near modern Harish. (Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 6, 2019, 11:32 am
‘Israel’s ancient NYC’: 5,000-year-old Canaanite megalopolis may rewrite history
Uncovered in northern Israel, Ein Esur, largest Early Bronze Age settlement ever excavated here, set to ‘change forever what we know about emergence of urbanization in entire area’
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Drone survey of the area at a Lachish military training ground revealed the presence of the structure (Michal Haber/Israel Antiquities Authority)
November 30, 2017, 8:01 am
Drone survey reveals ancient temple at Israeli military grounds
2,200-year-old Idumea structure built by descendants of biblical Edomites is one of only a handful discovered in Israel
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Google Earth images of "gates" visible only from the air that may be thousands of years old in the Saudi desert near Medina. (Google Earth)
October 25, 2017, 11:46 am
Mystery ancient stone structures spotted in Saudi desert
In the lava fields of an ancient volcano, visible only from the air, millennia-old ‘gates’ offer few clues as to their purpose
By AFP
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