Archaeology

"Adam's Ancestors"- A Mary Leakey Interview That Almost Didn't Happen!

SB: Richard Leakey, your son, was scheduled to speak at Yale in 2003 on "Wildlife Wars." The announcement mentioned that he and his team, The Hominid Gang, had found more than 200 fossils since Richard took part in his first expedition in 1967. ...

Article - Hatice Cullingford - Oct 31 2009 - 6:07pm

Oldest Biblical Inscription Deciphered, Archaeologists Say

Archaeologists from the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa say they've  deciphered the earliest known Hebrew writing in existence, an inscription dating from the 10th century BCE (the period of King David's reign). The disc ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:00pm

Neanderthal Art News

I'm fascinated by the effort to reconstruct the Neanderthal life- how they ate, where they lived, their physiology, their cognitive workings, their use of symbols. They were more like us than any other species (or sub-species) out there, and yet also ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Jan 8 2010 - 12:15pm

Solomon Woz Here?

A few days ago, I read Oldest Biblical Inscription Deciphered, Archaeologists Say by our News Staff, and found it fascinating.  It takes one back to Solomon, who, according to the Bible, had a thousand wives (that’s includin’ concubines, I have to tell ya ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jan 14 2010 - 11:42am

Ancient Jerusalem City Wall Discovered

Archaeological excavations conducted by researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem have revealed a section of an ancient city wall of Jerusalem possibly built by King Solomon during the tenth century B.C.E. The section of the city wall revealed is 70 me ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:03pm

Archaeologists Revise History Of China's First Emperor

Archaeologists have integrated textual evidence with archaeological research in order to further understand the impact of China's first emperor Qin Shihauangdi, responsible for initiating construction of the Great Wall. The result of their work, they ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 2 2010 - 2:45pm

Town In Biblical Book Of Chronicles Identified, Say Historians

Historians from the University of Haifa claim that Khirbet Qeiyafa, a provincial town in Israel's Elah Valley region, is 'Neta'im',  an adminstrative center mentioned in the biblical book of Chronicles. Archaeological excavations carrie ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2010 - 11:53am

Archaeologists Investigate Proto-Urban Settlement In Syria

Archaeologists have begun excavating a proto-urban settlement situated where the Balikh River joins the Euphrates River in Northern Syria. The location was at the crossroads of major trade routes across ancient Mesopotamia that followed the course of the E ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2010 - 11:54am

Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Assyrian Political Treaty

Archaeologists have unearthed a cache of cuneiform tablets found to contain a largely intact Assyrian treaty from the early 7th century BCE. The 43 by 28 centimeter tablet — known as the Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon — contains about 650 lines and is in a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2010 - 1:11pm

Melting Ice Yields Ancient Hunting Tools

If you thought that rapid and potentially catastrophic climate change was all bad, think again. High in the Mackenzie Mountains in Canada, a treasure trove of ancient hunting tools is being revealed as warming temperatures melt patches of ice that have bee ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2010 - 11:57am