Analysis of 3,000-year-old smelting droplets shows copper from Timna and Feinan was alloyed with tin at a mountain site in Samaria, revealing a budding regional trade and technology network.
A cross symbol on the blade hints at a possible connection to the order of the templars, experts say.
East Carolina University researchers say uniquely preserved timber from spanish colonial trees and an eighteenth century cannon recovered nearby support identification as La Fortuna.
Researchers found at least 11 local victims - children and adults - whose skinned, dismembered, and cooked remains show cut marks, fractures, and human bite traces, indicating systematic cannibalism.
Some of the 14 bodies were found face down with their hands tied behind their backs near a Cupisnique ritual temple.
The intricately crafted club heads are believed to have held ceremonial significance, hinting at ritual practices of a society whose cultural footprint remains largely unexplored.
Dr. Scott Stripling says the east-west oriented building with a two-to-one inner ratio aligns precisely with the description in Exodus.
State conservator Rauhut says the 4m-deep, 22,000m² excavation is one of Germany’s largest urban digs. It will continue until 2027, after which a new residential quarter will be built.
Researchers recovered three adult skeletons, five egg clutches and well-preserved bones from Wuding County’s Lower Jurassic strata.
Archaeologists say the untouched burial connects to a neighboring tomb found last year, indicating a late Hellenistic cemetery for Thracian elites.
The age of the artifacts was confirmed through paleomagnetic analysis of the sandstone and direct dating of a pig fossil, Celebochoerus Heekereni, found in the same stratum.
