Archaeology

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  2,000-year-old Iron Age 'death pit' helps understand ancient humans

  jpost.com - By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

  "People who lived here were also buried here and so we can understand their burial practices and their belief system," an Archaeologist said. At the …

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  Miners discover mummified woolly mammoth in Yukon

  jpost.com - By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

  Miners discovered the frozen remains while conducting excavations on the permafrost. Miners in the Klondike gold fields in Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin …

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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  5 days ago

  Fossils in South Africa may be a million years older than thought

  jpost.com - By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

  study used a new dating method to date when the rocks and the fossil were first buried underground. An international team of scientists says their …

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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  Lod Mosaic returns home to mosaic center in Lod after world tour

  jpost.com - By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

  Among the most beautiful mosaics discovered in Israel, the Lod Mosaic with its fantastical motifs of wild animals and marine scenes was first …

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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  Droughts may have created fertile ground for early Islam - study

  jpost.com - By SYDNEY MAUD

  Researcher found that the droughts during the 6th century may have led to the fall of the Himyar kingdom and the rise of Islam. Socioeconomic and …

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  The Jerusalem Post

  

  Rahat excavation reveals 1,200-year-old rural mosque, ancient estate

  jpost.com - By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY

  Findings sheds light on the beginnings of Islam in the southern Levant as it replaced the old Byzantine rulers and Christianity. An ancient luxurious …