Archaeology

Bayeux Tapestry headed back to Britain, a first in nearly a 1,000 years

In return, artefacts from the Sutton Hoo burial and the Lewis Chessmen will travel to Normandy as part of an unprecedented cross-Channel cultural exchange.

 Bayeux Tapestry headed back to Britain, a first in nearly a 1,000 years.

DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

 Excavation near Jerusalem.

Ancient proteins found in fossils up to 24 million years old

 A paleontologist cleaning a skeleton during an archaeology dig; illustrative.

Sirius Rising: The mystery of Canary Island churches pointing to the Dog Star

 Sirius Rising: Why some Canary Island churches point to the Dog Star.

Roman-era 50-square-meter mosaic found almost untouched in Dara, Turkey

Archaeologist Devrim Hasan Menteşe says a coin from emperor Justinian I dates the floor to AD 525-575 and confirms Dara's status as a key Mesopotamian trade and pilgrimage center.

 Dara Antique City.

AI cracks Hammurabi’s ancient script with near-perfect accuracy

Computers now read cuneiform tablets almost flawlessly.

 AI cracks Hammurabi’s ancient script with near-perfect accuracy.

Where did date palms come from? Earliest secure evidence points to the Gulf, c. 5000 BCE

‘DateBack’ logs 154 archaeobotanical records and tracks the moment cultivation overtook mere consumption across West and South Asia.

 Where did date palms come from? Earliest secure evidence points to the Gulf, c. 5000 BCE.

Oldest known 15th-Century Orit Books of Ethiopian Jewry uncovered by TAU researchers

These sacred texts, written in Ge'ez, a language known only to the Kessim (Ethiopian Jewish priests), hold significant cultural and historical importance.

 The 15th-century sacred books of Ethiopian Jewry from the Faitlovitch Collection at the Sourasky Central Library, TAU.

Sonar survey confirms mastodon carving at 9,000-year-old Lake Michigan’s ‘Underwater Stonehenge’

High-resolution imaging shows a human-made mile-long boulder array 12 m under Grand Traverse Bay, predating Stonehenge by 4,000 years.

 Sonar survey confirms mastodon carving at 9,000-year-old Lake Michigan’s ‘Underwater Stonehenge’.

High-precision radiocarbon tests shift Huqoq’s mosaic synagogue to the late 4th century CE

Radiocarbon dating and micromorphology show the Galilee landmark was built about two centuries later than earlier style-based estimates.

 High-precision radiocarbon tests shift Huqoq’s mosaic synagogue to the late 4th century CE.

AI identifies 20 key points per fresco piece, boosting mural restoration accuracy by 86%

Software rebuilds damaged wall-paintings from piles of shards in minutes instead of months.

 Roman Pompeian fresco representing mythological figures in Naples, Italy.

Ancient wooden tools uncovered in China shed new light on early human diet, cognitive abilities

The tools include digging sticks made of pine and hardwood, hooks for cutting roots, and small, pointed implements for extracting edible plants from the ground.

 Ancient wooden tools uncovered in China shed new light on early human diet, cognitive abilities.

‘This is from Moses’: Newly imaged Sinai inscriptions revive Exodus-era alphabet debate

High-resolution photography at the turquoise mines of Serabit el-Khadem in Egypt’s south-central Sinai Peninsula highlighted faint letters that one epigrapher reads as “This is from Moses.”

 Cylinders found at Tel Um el-Marra, Syria.

New sonar scans reignite legend of ‘Krishna’s sunken kingdom’ off Dwarka

Seabed scans found harbour-like masonry and Harappan anchors. India’s Archaeological Survey plans a winter 2025 dig and trains diver-archaeologists to see if myth meets submerged stone.

 Rukmini temple. Dwarka Gujarat India.