The fertile crescent

Excavations at Toda Cave, 2019. Credit: Robert Spengler

9,200-year-old find challenges theories about the origins of agriculture

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One of three clay tablets found at the Kurd Qaburstan site in northeastern Iraq. The tablet was discovered in a debris-filled corridor in the Lower City Palace. Initial interpretations point to dramatic events and perhaps even an ancient war. Credit: Courtesy of Tiffany Early-Spadoni.

Lost civilization uncovered in northeastern Iraq, likely the lost city of Kabra

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Seasoned with animal fat experimentally baked in a recycled peel tray inside a dome oven. Credit: Sergio Taranto.

9,000-year-old focaccia: new discoveries reveal the secrets of ancient cooking

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Archaeological research on the Syrian-Turkish border reveals a complex Neolithic culinary tradition, including baking breads and spiced dishes in special trays, in the Fertile Crescent region
The High Priest, from the Second Temple period. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Ancient Jews Music 32: Above and beyond - the high priest was engaged in proofreading in the Temple

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This chapter actually concludes most of the research, except for a chapter on dance that will follow. Several reasons combined to push this issue to the margins of the present study
A view of the foothills of the Zagros Mountains in Iran. Photo: shutterstock

Agriculture began simultaneously in several places in the Fertile Crescent

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