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Are We Living in a Simulation? A Question 2,500 Years in the Making

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A Midbar Winery vineyard near Mitzpe Ramon. A distinctive terroir.

Ancient Negev Wine Was a Global Hit. Can Israeli Winemakers Bring It Back?

נורלרפטור Norellraptor

Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? It's a Newly Discovered Microraptorine Dinosaur

ancient Samaria pillared street ruins

The Strange Story of the Samaritans and the Jews: Who Split From Whom?

Carp in the Kinneret.

No Synagogues, but Signs of Fishing 20,000 Years Ago in Northern Israel

Ruth Schuster

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ירושלים ארכאולוגיה ארכיאולוגיה עתיקות

Monumental Ancient Ritual Baths Unearthed at Foot of Temple Mount in Jerusalem

The mikveh being lifted onto a truck.

Discovery of Mikveh Reveals Unknown Ancient Jewish Settlement in Southern Israel

homo erectus הומו ארקטוס

The Evolution of Choice and Arguing About It

This is a replica of the bone from which the entire Denisovan species was detected

Culture of Enigmatic Denisovan Human Species Revealed for First Time

A betel nut.

Hunting, Gathering, and Getting High: Earliest Drug Use Identified

Ariel David

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A vessel sold as a souvenir in Jerusalem

Earth's Magnetic Field Can Help Archaeologists Sniff Out Forged Antiquities

the stamp seal story

Archaeologists Uncover Rare Assyrian Artifact in Central Israel

The gateway into the jIron Age city of Ein Hatzeva, in Park Tamar

Who Built the Biblical-Era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?

Neanderthal dentist tooth teeth

The First Dentist: How a Single Tooth Changes What We Thought About Neanderthals

Pompei Reconstruction AI

Unusual Remains Found in Pompeii Reopen Questions About Vesuvius' Eruption

Terry Madenholm

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Loneliness in Ancient Rome

Loneliness Before Reddit: Ancient Rome Invented the Architecture of Alienation

Roman fresco showing revelers drinking at a banquet (detail)

The Original Ozempic Society of Ancient Rome

פומפיי | איטליה | אמנות

The Original Tradwives of Ancient Rome

ancietn public toilets

The Daily Dump: Social Life in Ancient Roman Latrines

The Temple of Saturn

The Art of the Unpaid Denarius: Tax Evasion in Ancient Rome

More Archaeology

A hand stencil in the Gargas caves. The site contains 231 hand stencils in various colors and sizes, most missing one or more fingers. Researchers suspect they represent some kind of code.

I Went Into France's Prehistoric Caves. The World Hasn't Looked the Same Since

פותחת

Ahead of the Election, Israel Speeds West Bank Land Seizures Through Archaeology

Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yochai

Who Wrote the Zohar?

חט ממותה ניב שן

Brouhaha in Academia: Did We Really Hunt Mammoths?

לוב קירנה

The Forgotten Jewish Revolt That Erased a Civilization

A glass lizard, which is legless and looks like a snake.

Snakes on a Plate: Could Reptile Consumption Have Freed Us to Settle Down?

Samson at the Gates of Gaza, from the exhibition "Secrets of Huqoq" – the only original find from the site currently on display to the public.

A 1,600-Year-Old Village, a Dazzling Mosaic and a New Story of Ancient Judaism

1,300-year-old complex discovered in Ramat Gan

Islamic-Era Industrial Complex in Central Israel Puzzles Archaeologists

אובסידיאן | ראש חץ | ארכיאולוגיה

Do Marks on Ancient Obsidian Arrowheads in Anatolia Have Meaning?

The central bimah of Vilnius' 17th century Great Synagogue.

'This Was Once the Heart of Jewish Life''This Was Once the Heart of Jewish Life'

Excavations Uncover Vilnius' Great Synagogue's Bimah, Destroyed in Holocaust

New Dinosaur in Zimbabwe: Mini-Sauropod That May Have Walked on Two Legs

Anomalous Footprints Made 1.43 Million Years Ago in Kenya Puzzle Archaeologists

First-Ever Find: Mold of a First Temple Figurine Is Discovered in Jerusalem

'Debased' Cypriot Coin From 2,500 Years Ago Found on Israeli Beach

Snake in Brazil 80 Million Years Ago Lived in Burrow, to Surprise of Science

Engraved Reed Found From Middle Bronze Age: Did It Have Meaning?

Archaeologists Reveal More Massive Beams From Babylonian Attack on Ancient J'lem

The Mysterious, Ancient Israeli Site Attracting Modern Pilgrims

Earliest Amber Found in China Changes Story of Plant Evolution

Did Breakoff Ancient Jews Really Use a 'Divine' 364-Day Calendar?

ICYMI

Johanna Steinmeyer. "She was promised it would be a short process lasting a few months," a friend says. "That turned out to be a false promise.

The Sexual Harassment Case That Rocked Hebrew University Ends in Tragedy

Israeli flags in the occupied West Bank, earlier this year.

A Decade Ago, These Jewish Scholars Broke With Zionism. Time Proved Them Right

Ketziot Prison in southern Israel.

Thousands Are Held in Israeli Torture Camps. This Is What Happens Inside

Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll.

A Nuclear Bomb Is Launched From Iran: Israeli Musical Faces the Apocalypse

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Doha, Qatar, October 13, 2023. Blinken and other "Biden bros" are on the #DroptheGenocide20 list of former officials that progressive groups are seeking to keep out of future government roles.

Efforts Grow to Hold 'Complicit' Biden Officials Accountable for Gaza

Burned car during Operation Guardian of the Walls in Gaza in 2021.

Israeli Professor Indicted for Plotting Mass-Casualty Terror Attacks on Arabs