November 16, 2025

Cosmic radiation from an unknown source. Illustration: depositphotos.com

After more than a century, scientists are finally getting closer to deciphering the sources of cosmic rays.

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Mud brick EA 32689 from the Temple of Ahmose at Abydos Mud brick EA 32689 (British Museum) from the Temple of Ahmose at Abydos, containing the Nebpehtire pharoah (kingdom name) ring of Pharaoh Ahmose. Its radiocarbon dates support a low chronology to the beginning of the 18th Dynasty. Credit: HJ Bruins, 2018 © The Trustees of the British Museum, London. Shared under Creative Commons ‏CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

New research finds that the New Kingdom in Egypt began later than previously thought

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First-of-its-kind radiocarbon dating of artifacts associated with Pharaoh Ahmose – sampled from the British Museum and the Petrie Museum – suggests that the Thera eruption occurred as early as the Second Intermediate Period, supporting a “low chronology” for the 18th Dynasty
The view from Nahal Mearot. Illustration: Daria Lokshin-Gandzilov

Research: About 15 years ago, coastal lakes rich in waterfowl stretched across the Carmel Caves

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Zooarchaeological analysis of the Stream Cave (El Wad) at the University of Haifa reveals systematic winter hunting of ducks and geese in lakes and marshes along the low coastal plain; 43 bird species, cut and burn marks, and bone beads were identified
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