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A view of a chariot, with its iron elements, bronze decorations and mineralized wooden remains, that was found in Civita Giuliana, north of Pompeii. (Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)
February 28, 2021, 1:37 am
Ancient Roman chariot unearthed ‘almost intact’ near buried ruins of Pompeii
Archaeologists say discovery of large, ceremonial vehicle has ‘no parallel’; looters digging through site narrowly missed the artifact
By Agencies
The Daily Briefing
February 25, 2021, 4:55 pm
PODCAST: Daily Briefing Feb. 25 — Death, archaeology and COVID in wild West Bank
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By TOI staff
Destruction to a low stone early Iron Age wall at the Mount Ebal archaeological site, January 31, 2021. (Courtesy, Shomrim Al Hanetzach)
February 22, 2021, 12:11 pm
Settlers take on West Bank archaeology as ancient ‘Joshua’ wall tumbles down
Destruction of barrier at Iron Age Israelite cultic site deep in PA-controlled Area B creates media maelstrom, as right-wing campaign claims Palestinians destroying heritage sites
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
The mummified remains of Egyptian pharaoh Seqenenre Tao II (Courtesy)
February 17, 2021, 10:41 pm
3,600 years later, Egypt’s autopsy indicates a pharaoh was ceremonially executed
Taken prisoner in battle, bound, killed: Researchers use CT scans to reexamine Seqenenre Tao II’s head wounds
By AFP
Coin with the Syrian god MEN (the moon god) surrounded by the legend 'of the people of Geva Phillipi' civic year 217 (158–159 CE) (Israel Antiquities Authority)
February 9, 2021, 12:00 pm
IDF soldier finds rare 1,800-year-old coin during training exercise in north
Expert says well-preserved find was minted the year that cities in the area were granted self-government under the Roman Empire
By TOI staff
Times Will Tell
February 5, 2021, 1:54 am
PODCAST: ‘Biblical’ royal purple cloth, and all about radiocarbon dating
It’s Archaeology 101 with two of Israel’s leading scholars: Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef on excavations at Timna; and Prof. Elisabetta Boaretto breaks down radiocarbon dating for dummies
By TOI staff
Ancient olive pits found off the coast of Haifa, believed to be some 6,600 years old (Courtesy University of Haifa)
February 3, 2021, 4:38 am
Rewriting history, evidence of olive consumption 6,600 years ago found off Haifa
Discovery of pits in ancient submerged structures predates previously known use of olives for food by 4,000 years
By TOI staff
A 2,000-year-old mummy with a gold tongue found near the city of Alexandria and revealed on January 29, 2021. (Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities)
February 3, 2021, 12:20 am
Archaeologists in Egypt unearth an eerie cache of golden-tongued mummies
Corpses dating back to Greek and Roman eras likely received gilded organs to better speak to Osiris, lord of the underworld
By Luke Tress
The Daily Briefing
February 1, 2021, 4:45 pm
PODCAST: Daily Briefing, Feb. 1 — The ‘fabled’ Palestinian elections
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By TOI staff
Dr. Katia Cytryn-Silverman, an archaeologist with The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, poses for a portrait at the site of the Al-Juma (Friday) Mosque, in Tiberias, northern Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
January 29, 2021, 4:32 pm
By Sea of Galilee, unprecedented excavation of mosque from Islam’s first decades
Tiberias mosque was built in 670 CE, soon after death of Prophet Mohammad; stood near synagogues and Byzantine church in ‘Golden Age’ of tolerance in newly Muslim-conquered city
By Ilan Ben Zion
Fragment of the rare purple fabric from 1,000 BCE excavated in the Timna Valley. (Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 28, 2021, 9:42 pm
Ancient cloth with Bible’s purple dye found in Israel, dated to King David’s era
3 scraps from 1,000 BCE, earliest such finds in region, point to Edomite kingdom described in Bible; vibrant and lasting ‘royal’ dye, mark of the elite, comes from murex sea snails
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Site of excavations that uncovered a 7th century mosque in the city of Tiberias. (Hebrew University)
January 24, 2021, 8:37 pm
One of the oldest mosques in the world uncovered in Tiberias
Foundations believed to date from 7th century found beneath another ancient mosque from the 8th century during the early Islamic period
By TOI staff
Flint chopping tools from the Revadim prehistoric site, east of Ashdod. (Courtesy Prof. Ran Barkai/Tel Aviv University)
January 21, 2021, 3:41 pm
Early humans used prehistoric tool to chop bones, eat the marrow: Israeli study
Tel Aviv University researchers solve mystery of sharp-edged devices, found in many areas and known to have been in use for over 2 million years
By Stuart Winer
A late 5th century CE Greek inscription, 'Christ born of Mary,' recently found in the village of et-Taiyiba (Taibe) in the Jezreel Valley. (Tzachi Lang/Israel Antiquities Authority)
January 20, 2021, 2:35 pm
‘Christ born of Mary’: 1st proof of early Christianity found in Galilee village
Greek inscription provides evidence of a hitherto-unknown 5th century Byzantine-era church; the find ‘closes a circle’ on Christian settlement in small Jezreel Valley village Taibe
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An adorned wooden sarcophagus is displayed during the official announcement of the discovery by an Egyptian archaeological mission of a new trove of treasures at Egypt's Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, on January 17, 2021. (Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
January 17, 2021, 4:30 pm
Queen’s temple, 50 coffins, Book of Dead: Ancient Egypt trove ‘remakes history’
Unveiling funerary temple found at vast necropolis near Cairo, archaeologists showcase 3,000-year-old sarcophagi, papyrus with spells for directing the dead through the underworld
By Agencies
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