15,000-Year-Old Shell Beads Found Kebara Cave Are The Oldest Known Use Of Organic Red Pigments
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Located on Mount Carmel in northern Israel, the prehistoric Kebara Cave is a tremendous paleoanthropological and archaeological site. Evidence shows that the cave was occupied by humans and animals as far back as 200,000 years ago. Experimental replica of shell beads with Natufian red organic colorant made of roots of […]
Four Rare And Incredibly Well-Preserved 1,900-Year-Old Roman Swords Found In Judean Desert
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists report having discovered four incredibly well-preserved Roman swords in the Judean Desert. This very rare find was made in a small hidden cave located in an area of isolated and inaccessible cliffs north of ‘En Gedi, in the Judean Desert Nature Reserve, under the jurisdiction of the National Parks […]
Mysterious Mᴀssive 3,800-Year-Old Structure And Pᴀssageway Found In The Jezreel Valley, Israel
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It does not often happen that archaeologists can discover mᴀssive ancient structures and huge, intact, vaulted pᴀssageways you can just walk through. Once in a while, scientists come across prehistoric buildings and monuments that make them speechless. The recent discovery reported by archaeologists in Israel is quite a mystery. Aerial […]
1,500-Year-Old ‘Magical Mirror’ To Protect Against Evil Eye Discovered By A Teenager In Israel
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Many ancient cultures used so-called ‘magical mirrors’ to ward off evil forces. The belief in the power of the Evil Eye goes thousands of years back in time. As previously discussed on Ancient Pages, the curse of the Evil Eye is an ancient, supersтιтious, and almost universal belief that certain […]
Oil Lamps, Spearheads And Skulls: Was The Te’omim Cave Used By Pracтιтioners Of Necromancy?
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A large, complex karst cave known as the Te’omim Cave located in the Jerusalem Hills has been excavated since 2009 by a team of archaeologists from Bar-Ilan University and the Cave Research Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Finds from L. 3036: Three oil lamps (left) were found underneath […]
Roman Shipwreck Carrying Enormous, Rare Cargo Of 1,800-Year-Old Marble Artifacts Found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – An enormous, rare cargo of 1,800-year-old marble artifacts, borne in a merchant ship that was shipwrecked in a storm, was uncovered in the coastal waters of Moshav Beit Yanai, north of Netanya. This is the oldest sea cargo of its kind known in the Eastern Mediterranean, composed of Corinthian capitals […]
Has An Unknown Ancient ‘Israel Silk Road’ Been Discovered?
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists say they have uncovered the first evidence of an unknown ancient ‘Silk Road’ in Israel. Scientists say they have discovered an unknown ancient Silk Road in Israel. Credit: Adobe Stock – Barbara The evidence is based on the discovery of remains of fabrics from the Far East dating to […]
3,000-Year-Old Stone Scarab Seal Depicting A Pharaoh Discovered In Israel
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A well-preserved 3,000-year-old scarab seal was accidentally discovered during a school trip in Israel. The ancient Egyptian stone amulet depicts the bestowal of legitimacy to a ruler. The ancient amulet and impression seal was discovered during a school field trip to Azor, about seven kilometers southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel. A […]
8,000-Year-Old Yarmukian ‘Mother Goddess’ Figurine Discovered In Israel
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists have unearthed an 8,000-year-old Yarmukian ‘Mother Goddess’ figurine at Sha’ar HaGolan in Israel. The 20-centimeter figurine was discovered broken in two pieces next to the wall of a home, said excavation co-director Anna Eirikh-Rose, Israeli Antiquity Authority Judea district archaeologist, who is doing her doctoral research at the Hebrew […]
Exceptional 1,700-Year-Old Roman Mosaics Have Returned Home To Israel
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A set of exceptional 1,700-year-old Roman mosaics have returned home to Israel, where the collection went on public display for the first time Monday after more than a decade of touring the world’s top museums. A worker cleans a restored Roman-era mosaic ahead of its display in its hometown ahead […]