A rare half-shekel silver coin from Year One of the First Jewish Revolt against the Romans, was discovered in the Judean Desert (Credit: Emil Aladjem, Israel Antiquities Authority)
JERUSALEM—Israel Antiquities Authority announced last week that it found a rare silver half-shekel coin from the time of the first Jewish revolt against the Romans over 2,000 years ago in the Judean desert.
The discovery electrified the Israeli media and the biblical and archeological communities due
The long-running mystery of a prehistoric grave has finally been solved after years of scientific debate.
New research led by Historic England has unveiled that a 2,000-year-old Iron Age burial site on the Isles of Scilly actually belonged to a warrior woman.
Since its discovery in 1999, archaeologists have mulled back-and-forth over the sex of the individual that possessed both a mirror and a sword.
But new evidence suggests this woman may have been a leading figure – perhaps among
The face of the world’s first pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy has been reconstructed by forensic scientists.
Known as ‘The Mysterious Lady’, the embalmed woman was analysed last year by a team of Polish researchers, who discovered evidence of a foetus inside her stomach.
They believe she died about 2,000 years ago while 28 weeks into her pregnancy, and was most likely aged between 20 and 30.
Now, experts have used her skull and other remains to produce two images showing
An Iron Age village in Northamptonshire developed into a wealthy Roman trading town, archaeologists working on the HS2 high-speed rail project have revealed.
Stunning discoveries made during a dig of the site near the village of Chipping Warden – known as Blackgrounds after the black soil found there – include cremation urns, gaming pieces, shackles, a snake-head brooch and more than 300 Roman coins.
Evidence suggests the settlement was established in about 400 BC when it was made up of
