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Already 3,200 years ago: The pottery from Kora became a "brand" that went as far as Timna

Already 3,200 years ago: Pottery from northern Arabia became a "brand" that exported as far as Timna

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A multidisciplinary study of painted pottery from the Quraya oasis in the northwestern Arabian Peninsula has found a combination of recognizable design, consistent raw materials, centralized production, imitations, and long-distance trade. The researchers argue that
The floor of Wonderwerk Cave during excavations. Credit: Wonderwerk Cave Project

New evidence: Human ancestors used fire in caves as early as 1.79 million years ago

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An international study with the participation of the Hebrew University has found signs of burning in tiny bones from Wonderwork Cave in South Africa. The findings do not prove that early humans knew how to make fire, but they do indicate that they introduced natural fire
Bnei Zammano shepherds at Tel Hazor. Credit: Ben Siegel, courtesy of Ohio University and the Lower City of Hazor Excavations.

Research at Tel Hazor: The borders of Israel and Syria did not stop shepherds in the Iron Age

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Researchers at the University of Haifa found that even in the tenth to eighth centuries BC, at the height of the conflicts between the Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Aram, shepherds continued to move their flocks between open grazing areas, including
Ghost Wheel in the Golan Heights. Orthophoto of Khirbet Bteha. Created by A. Kleiner. Credit: PLOS One (2026). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0339952

No longer a single site: Satellites reveal that Rujum al-Hiri is part of a network of ancient stone circles in the Golan

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Israeli researchers have identified at least 28 additional large stone circles around the site known as "Israel's Stonehenge," and suggest that it may be part of a broader cultural, agricultural, and social landscape from the proto-historic period.
A quarry on Easter Island with statues in various stages of construction. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Shocking new findings show that the moai statues of Easter Island were carved in dozens of different, competing workshops

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An asteroid explodes on Earth. Illustration: depositphotos.com

What really killed the mammoths? New evidence points to a comet explosion 13 years ago

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Shock-shocked quartz from three classic Clovis sites in North America supports the "Younger Dryas" hypothesis that an exploding comet caused widespread fires, a "vulnerable winter," and the extinction of megafauna and Clovis culture
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
Midlife crisis? Now it's early. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Midlife crisis? Try age 20

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Since 2008, a U-shaped trend in subjective well-being has been documented in developed and developing countries across the lifespan. Well-being declined from childhood to around age 50, then recovered in old age. Data also showed a parallel increase in “sickness” or unhappiness.
Figure 2 - Stone tools and hand stones from site MW2, all made of volcanic raw materials. Photo credit - Arela Hubers.

The adaptability and thinking of early hominins in Ethiopia 1.6–1 million years ago was developed

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The study examines how ancient humans chose and used different types of rocks to create tools, focusing on the archaeological site of Malacca and Kena in the Ethiopian highlands, one of the oldest high altitude settlement sites in the world
2,000-year-old tefillin in the Israel Antiquities Authority laboratories. Photo: Emil Aljam, Israel Antiquities Authority

A new study states: 2,000 years ago, Tefillin were not dyed black

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Researchers from Ariel University, the Antiquities Authority, the University of Exeter in England, and the Weizmann Institute conducted a series of scientific tests on ancient tefillin houses from the Judean Desert, and discovered that - contrary to the accepted law, according to which the houses must be painted
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