Archaeology
MyHeritage's Scribe AI decodes world's oldest love letter, reveals 15th century familial tensions
Brews’ letter is part of the “Paston Letters” collection of correspondence between the Paston noble family and others iduring the 15th century, including state papers and other important documents.
Early humans may have begun eating elephants, large animals 1.8 million years ago - study
Over 20 sarcophagi belonging to ‘Chanters of Amun’ discovered during excavations near Luxor
DNA analysis reveals ancestry of man buried in ancient Spanish tomb, shows mixed heritage - study
Hunting for stolen history: Inside Israel’s fight to recover its looted past
Israel’s antiquities watchdog is battling black-market theft, forgery, and a global trade that strips history of its story
From dust to data: How technology is transforming Israeli archaeology
Israel’s archaeologists are harnessing artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and cutting-edge science to transform how the past is uncovered – and understood
Beneath Jerusalem: The Pilgrimage Road reopens an ancient path
A newly unveiled 1st-century route from the Pool of Siloam to the Western Wall offers a powerful encounter with history – and sparks modern-day tensions in Jerusalem
'Heritage as a weapon': How West Bank digs became a tool of dispossession - opinion
How archaeology in the West Bank has become a battleground over sovereignty, heritage, and international law
Israel abandoned its heritage under Oslo - now it's paying the price - opinion
UNESCO battles, abandoned sites, and a renewed national plan force Israel to confront its responsibility to Jewish heritage
Palestinian Authority accelerates heritage campaign as West Bank tensions rise
From museum reopenings to bids for UNESCO recognition, the Palestinian Authority is prioritizing archaeology and identity
Ancient sites, modern stakes: The fight to own the West Bank's past - from the editor
As fighting rages, another battle unfolds in the West Bank – over history, heritage, and identity, where competing claims to the past are shaping the future
60,000-year-old ostrich eggshells reveal humanity’s first brush with geometry
Archaeologist Silvia Ferrara described the organization of lines by recurring principles—parallelisms, grids, rotations, and systematic repetitions—as an embryonic visual grammar.
Palestinian doctor arrested for smuggling Second Temple-period coins from West Bank to Jerusalem
Trading in antiquities and bringing antiquities from the West Bank into Israel without a permit as well as searching for antiquities without a license using a metal detector are criminal offenses.
Ancient graffiti in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings proves presence of Indian tourists 2,000 years ago
According to the researchers, the inscriptions’ discovery is not new. Early Egyptologists noticed them, but did not know what language they’d been written in and were unable to translate.
