The archaeological excavations at the royal palace in the ancient city of Qatna, north east of the Syrian city of Homs, have once again unfolded a remarkable archaeological discovery. The summer excavations, due to end September 25, located a rock tomb-cellar underneath the palace containing hundreds of artifacts as well as human bones from the [...]

Archeologists have discovered ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the biblical Joseph, Cairo’s Al Ahram newspaper recently reported. Excerpts provided by MEMRI show that the coins were discovered among a multitude of unsorted artifacts stored at the Museum of Egypt.
According to the report, the significance of the find is that archeologists have [...]

Distinguished citizens in antiquity occupied the most privileged place even after death, based on findings unearthed during this year’s archaeological digs at the ancient necropolis of Archontiko, in northern Pella prefecture, northwest of the port city of Thessaloniki.
The excavations, conducted by the 17th ephorate of prehistoric and classical antiquities, focused on 50 tombs in the [...]

Une section d’une rue dallée remontant à l’époque du second temple juif de Jérusalem, il y a 2.000 ans, a été exhumée dans la partie orientale annexée de la Ville sainte, a annoncé lundi le département israélien des Antiquités dans un communiqué.
Cette rue — longue d’une quarantaine de mètres et d’une largeur variant de un [...]

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the floor and timber beams of a 2,000-year-old roundhouse in the heart of a Moray farm, it emerged yesterday.
Experts believe the structure unearthed at Dykeside Farm, Birnie, was once the multistorey-power centre of an Iron Age settlement.
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In what was slated to be the site of a new 122-room hotel, archaeologists say they have discovered one of the world’s oldest synagogues in Northern Israel.
The site, which was unearthed as preparations were being made for construction of the hotel near the Sea of Galilee, is believed to date back some 2000 years from [...]

AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL dig in North Wales has unearthed Iron Age remains thought to be about 3,000 years old. The excavation, by Bangor University’s School of History and Denbighshire and Flintshire’s Heather and Hillforts Project, was carried out on Moel y Gaer hillfort on the Clwydian Range. Investigators discovered that parts of the site, which contain [...]

That İstanbul is a real treasure chest for history, art and architecture freaks is no secret. Its colorful mosaic of historical city structures — mosques, churches, synagogues, palaces, castles and towers — reflects the many, many social and cultural influences of a number of foreign communities that have left their indelible footprints across the city [...]

A British-based academic has uncovered a fragment of the world’s oldest Bible hiding underneath the binding of an 18th-century book. Nikolas Sarris spotted a previously unseen section of the Codex Sinaiticus, which dates from about AD350, as he was trawling through photographs of manuscripts in the library of St Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt. The Codex, [...]

Découverte importante autour de Jérusalem. Un mur épais et haut de huit mètres ayant servi à défendre la ville du temps des Cananéens, il y a près de 4000 ans, a été mis au jour par des archéologues israéliens.
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