archeology

A new study published earlier this week identified breadfruit and other South American crops introduced to an early settlement on Easter Island.

The tool enabled users to calculate time and distances, plot the position of the stars, and even forecast the future by casting a horoscope.

The VIth Legion Roman legionary base is the only Roman military base of these dimensions that has been located and exposed in Israel.

The plant in question is Black henbane, whose seeds were found in a hollowed sheep or goat bone and was located in archeological sites throughout the Netherlands, according to the researchers.

Conducting their study on the crypt of 17th century Milanese hospital Ospedale Maggiore, researchers analyzed femoral bone samples from the remains of the hospital patients.

Lt. Col. (res.) Yair Amitsur, the commander of the civilian frontline in Division 143, and Major. (res.) Eliashiv Buhbut, discovered the tool made of basalt, which weighs more than 10 kg.

Named Sidersaura marae, a new species of long-necked herbivorous dinosaur was discovered in the province of Neuquén, Argentina.

The forces that drove Rome to become Christian did not immediately transform the empire into an entity that practiced modern Christianity. It was a process.

The researchers applied "ancIBD" to ancient genomes from across Eurasia and found hundreds of previously undetected pairs of relatives.

Ceramic tiles brought here at the time of the Greek Seleucid king Antiochus IV – of the Hanukkah story – have been discovered in the City of David.