Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Iron Age Sites in Jerusalem, IsraelDuring the past five years, the Israel Antiquities Authority has initiated many salvage excavations at sites dated partially or completely to the Iron Age (c. 1200â586 B.C.E.). Some of these sites showed no ...
In each case Dever explores by means of recent discoveries what archaeology, couples with textual study, can contribute to the illumination of the life and times of ancient Israel. Given the flood of new information that has come from recent archaeological discoveries, Dever has chosen to draw ...
Israel Exploration Society archaeological research covering all periods, from prehistoric times to the Ottoman period. It coordinates much of the multi-institutional archaeological research carried out by both Israeli and foreign archaeological expeditio
A lost Maya city. A submerged temple in Italy. Remarkably well-preserved swords in a cave by the Dead Sea. These finds changed our perspective on history.
But the archaeological discoveries go far beyond this; in opening up new areas to archaeological investigation the book provokes lively and enlightening discussion. This web site, which features a rich iconography of over 200 illustrations, also helps to clarify a major question: to what extent may...
products of archaeological excavations (including regular and clandestine) or of archaeological discoveries on land or underwater; régészeti ásatások leletei, (beleértve az engedélyezett és titkos ásatásokat egyaránt) vagy szárazföldi vagy víz alatti régészeti felfedezésekből sz...
The Sea of Galilee, in northern modern Israel (Fig. 1), is situated in a morphological depression along the Dead Sea Fault. It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth (Lake surface at -210 m msl (mean sea level) in average). The area is characterized by a typical Mediterranean climate,...
As with the earliest evidence for domestication, there are many claims of early discoveries of domesticated chickens in various regions of Eurasia. In most cases, these early dates cannot be refuted without further investigation. As one example, Meadow69suggested that chicken bones were present at ...
The book is most likely a treatise on nature, written in a Near Eastern or Asian language, according to Bax. The Hobbits (Image credit: Professor Peter Brown, University of New England) Some scientific discoveries are truly stranger than fiction. Case in point: the 2003 discovery of hobbits ...