Eastern Mediterranean

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 study focuses on the consequences of powerful lightning strikes for infrastructure in contact with the sea. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Lightning Hazard: The Growing Threat to Infrastructure in the Eastern Mediterranean

New study reveals increase in lightning intensity in the Eastern Mediterranean region due to climate crisis and dangers to marine infrastructure and gas rigs
Invisible dust storm. Photo courtesy of the Tel Aviv University spokeswoman

50% of the dust storms in Israel are not recognized and this may endanger the public

In the eastern Mediterranean area there is desert dust in the air almost all year round, and not only in spring or autumn as is commonly thought. Why is this important?
The University of Haifa and the GEOMAR Institute are studying the effects of climate change. Photo: Haifa University Spokesperson

Maritime cooperation: The University of Haifa and the GEOMAR Institute study the effects of climate change

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The uniqueness of the Eastern Mediterranean comes from being one of the marine areas that reacts the fastest to climate change and human impacts, making it an early warning system for the future state of the oceans
Excavations 2023 at Tel Shekmona. Photo by Prof. Golan Shloy.

The Scarlet Factory in Shekmona shows the flourishing of the Kingdom of Israel in the middle of the 8th-9th century BCE

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Tel Shekmona was the largest crimson factory in the area during the Iron Age, under the control of the Kingdom of Israel and the one that apparently supplied the prestigious crimson color to the Temple in the neighboring Kingdom of Judah
The eastern Mediterranean, west of Cyprus and east of Crete (the shaded figure on the map), preserves remnants of an ancient ocean.

The floor of the eastern Mediterranean preserves an ancient ocean

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