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Archaeology news: Ancient Greek warrior's bronze helmet recovered from Israeli | Science | News express.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from express.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
| UPDATED: 17:40, Thu, Jan 21, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Archaeologists led by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a real-life buried treasure on the country s Mediterranean coast. Excavations and conservation work in the port city of Caesarea have revealed a cache of rare coins and a 900-year-old gold earring. Among the hoard of coins are examples of currency never seen before in Israel. ....
| UPDATED: 07:30, Thu, Jan 14, 2021 Link copied Sign up for FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. About 140 ancient coins minted from gold and silver were uncovered during excavations in the city Kiryat Gat, central Israel. The Roman-era coins were part of a treasure trove unceremoniously covered in linen and buried in a pit. According to Emil Aladjem, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the treasure may have been hidden during a Jewish revolt in the Roman province of Judea around 132 AD. ....
Follow The year 2020 may have been annus horribilis for the living, but it was a banner year for archaeology. Some discoveries enlightened and enriched us and others evoked howls, such as the “face of Yahweh” figurine discovered in Khirbet Qeiyafa, nails that some theorize may be related to Jesus’ crucifixion, or where the town of Bethsaida really was. Others shed fascinating new light on our history, such as the true character of the reviled King Manasseh, and the discovery that hominins predating modern human evolution determined the outcome of the Battle of Hattin in the year 1187. Archaeologists also found an extraordinary Canaanite fort and an Assyrian siege rap at Azekah, and meanwhile, a village continued to excavate itself and unearthed a Byzantine church. And why exactly did the ancient Hebrews make figurines of naked women? Inquiring minds can find out all that and much more in the best archaeology stories of Haaretz in 2020. ....
Dating The Royal Seal With Geology And Patina The seal was subjected to a series of laboratory tests that showed it was sealed on a linen cloth, when its material was in a relatively dry state, and then baked at a temperature of about 750 degrees Celsius (1382 degrees Fahrenheit). Testing the bulla (medieval Latin for a round seal ; plural bullae), the team was able to ascertain that it had come from a place where “limestone rocks are exposed in the vicinity of basalt-containing olivine.” Goren said he and the other researchers studied “hundreds of securely identified bullae from legal excavations to get a reference point.” The geologists were able to successfully narrow down the possibilities to areas in the Lower Galilee, and the Jezreel and Beit She’an valleys. ....