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Neanderthals Seasonally Ate Snails on the Seashore of Spain 115,000 Years Ago

Top snails

Tel Yavneh. Wonderful views from the summit in every direction.

Israeli Day Trip: The Ancient Mound Where Philistines and Crusaders Cross Paths

Suddenly discovered in Jerusalem, a carved-out cave tunnel to nowhere we can understand yet

'We Know What It Wasn't': Strange Tunnel Exposed in Jerusalem Near Ramat Rahel

Neanderthal dentist tooth teeth

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

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, a member of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, seen in the Knesset, March.

Far-right Minister Picks 'Jewish Values' NGO Head to Lead Antiquities Authority

Ruth Schuster

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HOMO ERECTUS TEETH RESEARCH

Ancient Sex: Homo Erectus Interbred With Denisovans in China 400,000 Years Ago

An owl is shown on one side of the silver tetradrachm from the Persian period, minted in Ascalon over 2,500 years ago.

Stolen Rare Coin Showing Temple Artifacts Being Returned From New York to Israel

The Copper Scroll, never read by human eyes except the people who commissioned and made it of course

The Mysterious Copper Scroll and the End of Days

Iron blooms

Iron Masses Found on Israeli Seabed Change Understanding of Early Metalworking

כבשה כבשים

When Israel and Aram Went to War, How Did the Biblical Shepherds Feel About It?

Ariel David

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Pompei Reconstruction AI

Unusual Remains Found in Pompeii Reopen Questions About Vesuvius' Eruption

Inside the cistern used as a mass grave

Archaeologists Find 2,500-year-old Mass Grave of Infants in Israel

אלֶפַנְטִינֵה - אי הפילים אסואן

What Caused 'First Pogrom'? New Study Points to a Lurid Personal Rivalry

Artist's impression of what erectus looked like, Sangiran Museum, Indonesia

Discovery in Israel Rewrites the Story of Humanity's First Exodus From Africa

Shrewton Beaker Burial

Going Dutch: DNA Study Uncovers Origins of Prehistoric Culture That Changed Europe

Terry Madenholm

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אחנתן סרקופג

The Ghosting Protocols: Cancel Culture in Ancient Egypt and Rome

Ancient Rome had some competent rulers, and then there were these. Shown with image of Donald Trump

The Trumps Before Trump: The Unbalanced Rulers of Ancient Rome

Fellatio depicted on a kylix

To Give or Not to Give? Oral Sex in the Ancient World

Roman Forum with tents

At the Edge of Society: Homeless in Ancient Greece and Rome

Kiss kisses kissing

A Dirty Little Habit: Kissing in Ancient Rome

More Archaeology

A sketch of the giant octopus.

Meg Who? Top Predator in Cretaceous Sea Was Octopus, New Study Suggests

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The Sacred Landscape: Sakhnin, Where Homo Erectus Discovered Beauty

Aren Maeir buying a modern decorated axe used to cut brush

When a Warrior's Terrible Weapon to Deal Death Is Just a Tool

מגילת ישעיהו מגילות קומראן

Isaiah Scroll: Removed From View Due to War, When Israel Needs It More Than Ever

ארכיאולוגיה סוסיתא

Enigmatic Artifact Found in Hippos May Reveal Forgotten Stage in Baptism

Israel Stonehenge research

Satellite Images Reveal: Northern Israel Is Littered With Stone Circles

סוסיתא עתיקות אבני קלע

Lead Slingstone Bullet Inscribed With Sardonic Joke Discovered at Hippos

new crocodile

Lucy's PerilLucy's Peril

Extinct Giant Crocodile Living With Australopithecines Identified in Ethiopia

A Late Natufian 'butterfly' clay bead painted with red ochre, Eynan-Mallaha. You can see fingerprints on it

As Life Changed: Natufians Made Earliest Known Jewelry of Clay, 15,000 Years Ago

The two suspected antiquities thieves, their vehicle and cops at Khirbet Hermesh

Cops and Robbers Caught Red-handed Shelter Together During Iranian Attack

Huge Tyrannosaur Discovered in New Mexico

Israeli Police Officer Entered West Bank With IDF Troops to Seize Ancient Stone

Ravens Don't Just Fly With the Wolves, They Remember Kill Sites

Tiny Teeth Reveal Early Spread of Proto-monkeys in North America

When Did Mosquitoes Start Specializing in Human Blood? 1.8 Million Years Ago

How Did We Get Our Neanderthal Genes? New Study Reveals the Secret

Ancient Skulls in Yunxian Show Humanity Spread Faster or Earlier Than Thought

Ancient Factory for Stone 'Jewish' Kitchenware Discovered in J'lem While Capturing Looters

Fossil Vomit Reveals What a Proto-reptile Ate in Thuringia 300 Million Years Ago

A Dam Uncovered in Jeusalem Reveals an Ancient Climate Crisis and a Brilliant Solution

ICYMI

Protestors outside the New York Times headquarters on Thursday.

Hundreds Protest at New York Times HQ Over Column Alleging Abuse by Israelis

The entrance to the International Criminal Court's tribunal, The Hague, Netherlands, 2025.

ICC Prosecutor Seeks Warrants for Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Other Israeli Officials

Israeli guards who were filmed abusing Palestinian detainees at Megiddo Prison in northern Israel in 2024.

Everybody Loses in the Cynical Israeli-Palestinian Sexual Violence Competition

Israeli Jews celebrate the anniversary of East Jerusalem's capture by the IDF in 1967, at the Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa compound, on Thursday.

Welcome to the Most Shameful Day in the Jewish Calendar

Lucy the dog was beaten by settlers in the West Bank village of Atara.

Israeli Settler Filmed Abusing Palestinian-owned Dog in West Bank

Israeli youth in the Jerusalem Old City Muslim Quarter on Thursday.

Israeli Teens Storm Muslim Quarter in Old City, Haaretz Reporter Attacked