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טורף-העל Invictibellatrix amberina בעל הטפרים הארוכים

‘More dangerous than T-rex’: Tiger-sized dinosaur discovered in 100-year-old fossil

A skull fragment stored at London's Natural History Museum since 1924 has revealed a previously unknown predator with claws up to 20 centimeters long; the discovery provides the first evidence of megaraptorans in Europe and helps explain how they spread across the prehistoric world

Yogev Israeli | 10.15.26

עיטור צבעוני ומפורט ביותר בקפלה של האל אמון-רע במקדש סתי הראשון שבעיר אבידוס, המציג דמויות שונות המגישות מנחות ונערכות לחיים שלאחר המוות

Before the pyramids: 5,000-year-old skulls suggest Egypt's kings may have sacrificed servants

A forensic study of 46 skulls from royal tombs at Abydos found signs of head trauma in 18, supporting a century-old theory that courtiers and artisans were killed to serve Egypt's earliest kings in the afterlife; how the others died remains unknown

Yogev Israeli | 10.14.26

Israel returns 22 ancient Greek artifacts seized in police raids near Tel Aviv

Dating from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, the pottery features scenes from Greek mythology and ancient burial customs; the objects were handed over in Athens after Israeli legal proceedings, marking the first such repatriation from Israel to Greece

ynet | 10.14.26

רגע הגילוי שבו נמצאה הטבעת מתחת למים, בתוך שרידיו של ארמון עתיק

Bronze ring depicting Lighthouse of Alexandria discovered in submerged palace off Egypt's coast

Experts believe the signet ring may be the first of its kind, with a worn image that could show smoke rising from the ancient wonder's summit; its discovery on Antirhodos Island may offer clues about royal administration and the vanished landmark

Yogev Israeli | 10.12.26

עצמות בעלי חיים ושרידי כלי חרס שהתגלו על קרקעית אגם איסיק-קול

Central Asia’s ‘Atlantis’: Archaeologists search for a Silk Road city lost for 800 years

Russian-Kyrgyz expedition explores a medieval city submerged in Lake Issyk-Kul around 800 years ago, uncovering pottery, animal bones and buildings that may illuminate a largely lost civilization; researchers suspect a seismic disaster caused it to disappear

Yogev Israeli, AFP | 10.06.26

1,000-year-old Peruvian mummies may rewrite story of Wari Empire

Four preserved bodies found beneath a Wari temple may show the empire expanded through cooperation with the Nazca rather than violent conquest; CT scans, DNA and isotope tests could reveal migration, kinship and diet

Yogev Israeli | 10.04.26

מתחם הטהרה המונומנטלי שהתגלה למרגלות הר הבית

Rare Second Temple purification complex uncovered at foot of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

Complex likely served Jewish pilgrims before they entered the Temple and includes three large ritual baths, a monumental plastered pool, paved courtyard and extensive water system

Yogev Israeli | 09.28.26

Israel moves 2,000-year-old mikveh intact in complex 25-ton operation

The Second Temple-era ritual bath, uncovered in Kiryat Gat, was reinforced with steel, lifted by a 300-ton crane and placed in temporary storage before its planned return to the neighborhood

Yaron Drukman | 09.17.26

פרטים חנוטים מהנקרופוליס של תבאי, המציגים שונות בכיוון הגוף ובתנוחת הזרועות

Mummified dog found atop human remains in ancient Egyptian tomb

Study of a burial chamber in the Theban Necropolis traces centuries of changing funerary practices and suggests a dog buried with human mummies may have served as a symbolic guide to the afterlife

Yogev Israeli | 08.23.26

הוריו של דב גולדשטיין-אלמוג ז"ל ליד המכשיר

Ben-Gurion University inaugurates XRF device in memory of Oct. 7 victim Nadav Goldstein-Almog

Ben-Gurion University inaugurated a portable XRF device in memory of Nadav Goldstein-Almog and his daughter Yam, murdered by terrorists in their Kfar Aza home on Oct. 7; it will serve researchers and students in the field, reflecting Nadav's spirit of innovation

Ilana Curiel | 08.10.26

UNESCO adds ancient Tyre in Lebanon to endangered heritage list after wartime damage

The 4,700-year-old Lebanese city, home to Roman ruins and a UNESCO site since 1984, placed on the World Heritage in Danger list after reported damage and continuing security threats linked to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah

Lior Ben Ari | 07.23.26

פסל הספינקס שהתגלה בחפירות שנערכו באתר הארכאולוגי מרינה אל-עלמיין במצרים

Gold in the mouths of the dead: Egypt’s discoveries stir new hope

A lost Byzantine city in the Sahara and ancient tombs near Alexandria are shedding new light on daily life, worship and trade in Byzantine Egypt, as the country looks to archaeology to help revive tourism

Yogev Israeli, AP | 07.06.26

11-year-old finds 1.8 million-year-old elephant tooth on UK beach

Charlie Orchard-Lisle was walking with his family along England’s Suffolk coast when he noticed an unusual object near the waves; experts later identified it as a fossilized molar from an extinct elephant relative

ynet | 06.30.26

הפסלים הרומיים כנראה עמדו בראש עמודים שעיטרו מבנה

1,700-year-old bust found in Israel may depict legendary founder of Sparta

The rare marble statues were found face down in a Roman-Byzantine winepress near Binyamina during railway works; archaeologists say they may have decorated an elite villa linked to ancient Caesarea

Yaron Drukman | 06.15.26

Huckabee secretly visits ancient Shiloh: ‘They tried to break the Jews, and God is putting them back together’

The US Ambassador secretly tours the biblical site in Binyamin amid Iran tensions and strikes in Dahieh, joins excavation work days after ancient jars were uncovered; regional council head calls visit ‘a resounding strategic statement’

Itamar Eichner | 06.14.26

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