Advanced imaging discovers super-accuracy in Greek-era mystery "computer"
The Antikythera mechanism, discovered in a shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera in 1901, is considered the world's oldest ...
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Rare Great Revolt-era coin found in desert
The words "Holy Jerusalem" are inscribed in ancient Hebrew script on one side. One hypothesis is that the coin fell ...
Rare collection of knuckle bones for gambling discovered in Israel
The 'Hellenistic city of Maresha was one of the period’s melting-pots' in the region
Jordan announces death sentence for Palestinian who wounded 8 in stabbing attack
The 2019 attack at the Jerash antiquities site cast a pall over Jordan's tourism industry in the year leading up ...
Watch: Israel's Ofek 16 spy satellite shows us Syria
Satellite transmits images of World Heritage Site Palmyra, which was largely destroyed by the Islamic State.
Yeroham residents help give 2,000-year-old archaeological site a makeover
A small fort, which served as a way station for travelers on ancient trade roads, was already damaged and neglected ...
Egypt's 'history of humanity' monuments face climate change threat
Egyptologist Zahi Hawass: Open-air archeological sites in danger from stronger winds and humidity, higher temperatures and bigger floods. "I believe ...
Rising seas threaten Egypt's fabled port city of Alexandria
2,000-year-old city, which has survived invasion, fires, and floods, now at risk from climate change.