The origin of the world's oldest existing crown, from the Copper Age remains unknown. Found in the Nahal Mishmar Hoard, it hints to the power and intriguing rituals of a forgotten time.
The oldest known crown in the world, which was famously discovered in 1961 as part of the Nahal Mishmar Hoard, along with numerous other treasured artifacts, was publicly revealed in 2020 in New York
X-rays of Amedeo Modigliani’s 1908 painting “Nude with a Hat” yielded a surprise for curators at the Hecht Museum in Haifa: three unfinished sketches by the celebrated Jewish Italian artist were hiding beneath the surface. “Nude with a Hat” was already a known oddity because on the reverse side of the canvas, upside-down, there’s a slightly earlier…
X-rays of "Nude with a Hat" reveal unfinished portraits by the famed Jewish Italian artist. He likely reused canvases because he couldn’t afford new ones.