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‘Healing through restoration’: How Israel’s hidden dig site builds community out of archaeology
“Our job is to tell the story of these people, because we are here and we can learn a lot from them," Dagan told The Jerusalem Post.
Egypt unearths Mamluk-era pilgrim’s inn belonging to lost city along historic Sinai trade route
Archaeologists find Ramesses II inscription in Sinai pointing to Egypt’s lost city of Mesn
Egypt unearths three previously unknown tombs from different eras at Bahariya Oasis cemetery
Seven ancient Parthian tombs unearthed in Iraq’s Kurdistan region amid survey of 6,500 sites
"One of the [tombs] contained a clay coffin with a small headless figurine of a pregnant woman," Muhammad Lashkri, director of antiquities and heritage affairs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, said.
Border Police discover Second Temple-period burial cave during operations in eastern Jerusalem
The discovery came as part of police’s ongoing investigations into the violent clash between two feuding families in Silwan that occurred over the weekend and led to the deaths of three people.
Snake snacks? Hunter-gatherer diets in northern Israel included reptiles, new study suggests
Using careful examination methods, researchers were able to identify for the first time cut marks made by flint knives in consistent locations on the bones of large snakes found at the site.
Partially restored ancient fresco depicting marriage of Dionysus, Ariadne displayed in Pompeii
Though only fragments of the panel portraying Dionysus and Ariadne have survived, its reconstruction was possible through comparison with other ancient works.
Roman 'cold plunge' pool, floor mosaic discovered in ancient Turkish gymnasium complex
Cekilmez explained to Andalou Agency that the Hamam Gymnasium complex is thought to have been an important educational institution where children were able to learn from an early age.
Layers of history: Egypt unearths 6,000-year cemetery spanning Predynastic to Ptolemaic eras
The finds confirm that the area had been settled during the Hyksos’ reign during the 15th Dynasty given its proximity to Avaris, which had served as the capital city at the time.
WATCH: Archaeologists unearth 1,300-year-old ‘shopping hub’ beneath stadium in central Israel
However, IAA researchers have proposed two main theories about what the site served as: either a major trade and industrial station or part of a currently undiscovered nearby settlement.
Deity-inscribed tombstones, sarcophagi unearthed at ancient Egyptian burial site
The appearance of the two dieties on the tombstones points to joint Greek and Roman influence on ancient Egyptian heritage and funerary practices.
Egypt uncovers first complete bath complex, ancient hydraulic system north of Suez Canal
Leithy added that the layer is marked by remnants of ancient Cypriot pottery and Greek amphorae, confirming that settlement of the site began before the construction of the bathing complex.
Nahariya's Byzantine church hit by Hezbollah rocket reopens to public after four months
At the time, the IAA had shared with The Jerusalem Post that only the site's modern, protective structure had been damaged in the strike.
