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Podcast: Proof that Nabateans’ trade empire collapsed due to ancient epidemic
By TOI staff
In an in-depth interview with expert archaeologist Tali Erickson-Gini, we hear that he who controls the spice (or garum and wine) controls the ancient world
Tourists visiting Al-Khazneh 'the Treasury' in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, November 11, 2016. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 7, 2021, 7:05 am
Podcast: Proof that Nabateans’ trade empire collapsed due to ancient epidemic
In an in-depth interview with expert archaeologist Tali Erickson-Gini, we hear that he who controls the spice (or garum and wine) controls the ancient world
By TOI staff
The pregnant Egyptian mummy is prepared for X-ray scans at a medical centre in Otwock near Warsaw, Poland in December 2015. (Warsaw Mummy Project)
April 30, 2021, 11:28 pm
Polish scientists find 1st ever pregnant Egyptian mummy
University of Warsaw professor says ‘a little foot’ was seen in the embalmed women’s belly: ‘That is why this mummy is truly unique’
By AFP
The Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa. (Michael Chazan at the University of Toronto)
April 26, 2021, 8:19 pm
Hebrew U team proves earliest evidence of cave dwelling, 1.8 million years ago
Archaeologists examining Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa find more indications humans were active there nearly a million years before accepted estimates
By Stuart Winer
1,600-year-old mosaic uncovered during archaeological excavations in Yavne (Assaf Peretz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
April 26, 2021, 9:49 am
1,600-year-old multicolored mosaic with geometric motifs uncovered in Yavne
Whitish patina covering the flooring initially led archaeologists to think it was plain tiling; experts say it may have been part of a ‘splendid residential building’
By TOI staff
Resting from the climb after reaching the top of Tel Tzafit. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
April 24, 2021, 10:24 am
Stunning views from Goliath’s hometown show its ancient strategic importance
The rocky ascent to Tel Tzafit, thought to be the biblical city of Gath, is dotted with colorful foliage leading to a panoramic lookout over the length and breadth of the Holy Land
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Early alphabetic inscription on a White Slip II rim sherd (Antiquity Publications Ltd//J. Dye, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
April 15, 2021, 2:46 pm
‘Missing link’ in alphabet’s history said unearthed in Israel on Canaanite sherd
Researchers say pottery fragment from Tel Lachish is the oldest artifact of its kind found in region, could explain how writing system reached Levant from Egypt
By TOI staff
A picture taken on April 10, 2021, shows a worker carrying a pot at the archaeological site of a 3,000 year old city, dubbed The Rise of Aten, dating to the reign of Amenhotep III, uncovered by the Egyptian mission near Luxor (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
April 10, 2021, 5:43 pm
Egypt shows off finds from 3,000-year-old ‘lost’ city near Luxor
Archaeologists put results of excavation up on display from what they say is the largest ancient city ever uncovered in Egypt
By Emmanuel Parisse
The newly discovered 'lost city' near Luxor in Egypt (Courtesy/ Zahi Hawass Center For Egyptology)
April 9, 2021, 1:05 am
Egypt says it has uncovered a vast, untouched, 3,000 year-old ‘lost golden city’
Archeologists hail unearthing near Luxor of ‘largest ancient city,’ call it the most important discovery since tomb of Tutankhamun and a window into the ancient world
By AFP
Human brain development and eating habits (Dr. Miki Ben-Dor)
April 4, 2021, 5:20 pm
For 2 million years, humans ate meat and little else — study
Tel Aviv University researchers says Stone Age humans were apex predators, only moved to more plant-based diet 85,000 years ago
By TOI staff
A 17th century Arabian silver coin that research shows was struck in 1693 in Yemen, rests against a piece of 17th century broken pottery featuring a likeness of Queen Mary, on a table in Warwick, Rhode Island, March 11, 2021 (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
April 2, 2021, 9:17 am
US discovery of 17th-century Arabian coins may solve murderous pirate mystery
Money could explain how Capt. Henry Every, then the world’s most-wanted criminal for plundering ships carrying Muslim pilgrims back to India from Mecca in 1695, eluded capture
By WILLIAM J. KOLE
Part of an item seized by Turkish police on March 26, 2021. (Turkish police)
March 31, 2021, 6:29 pm
Police in Turkey claim to find, seize 2,000-year-old Torah scroll
Ancient text was reportedly taken Friday, when police stopped two cars for an inspection in Samsun; 5 people detained
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Sieving finds at the entrance to Muraba‘at Cave. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 16, 2021, 5:26 pm
Dead Sea scroll discovery brings tantalizing prospect of more yet to be found
With another 20 promising caves to be excavated — and 25% more of the Judean Desert still to be surveyed — stunning finds in Cave of Horror unlikely to be the last
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The Daily Briefing
March 16, 2021, 4:08 pm
Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 16 – The daring mission to save Dead Sea Scrolls
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By TOI staff
Archaeologists Hagay Hamer and Oriah Amichai sieving finds at the entrance to the Cave of Horror. (Eitan Klein, Israel Antiquities Authority)
March 16, 2021, 9:00 am
Bible scroll fragments among dazzling artifacts found in Dead Sea Cave of Horror
Parts of books of Nahum and Zechariah, world’s oldest woven basket, 6,000-year-old mummified child, Bar Kochba Revolt coins among stunning finds from daring Judean Desert rescue op
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz site in the Bahariya Oasis. (Courtesy: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)
March 13, 2021, 10:22 pm
Ancient Christian settlement discovered in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis
French-Norwegian archaeological team uncovers 19 structures and a church decorated with religious inscriptions and biblical passages
By AFP
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