by shirish borkar all historians and archaeologists have trained their eyes on the habitational mound locally known as ‘sasu-suneche ukhade’ (the drum of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law) and ‘ba
ICON OF THE WEEK: One of the city’s most unique landmarks, the horse statue in central Jerusalem – complete with what some would describe as a rather interestingly shaped head – certainly stands out
Unearthed in a Dutch Roman settlement, henbane seeds stored in a bone suggest ancient awareness of its medicinal value as far back as the first-century AD.