The Jordan Times on MSN12d
Tell Er-Rumeith: Strategic Iron Age Stronghold On King's Highway
Rumeith, or Tell er-Ramith1 is an Iron Age site located 15 km to the east of Irbid and 7 km south of Ramtha. The site was built on th ...
Archaeology3d
On the Origin of the Pork Taboo
By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...
The Jordan Times on MSN7d
Khirbet Aujah Foqa: Fortress at crossroads of ancient kingdoms
The multi-dimensional significance of the site of Aujah Foqa has already been noted: Its control over the nearby Aujah Spring, its regional location as a frontier site, and the more general ...
The Jordan Times on MSN9d
ACOR hosts lecture on Busayra’s past as Edom’s capital
Busayra, located 20 km south of Tafileh, was the ancient capital of the Edomite Kingdom. The first record about Busayra was documented by some European travellers in late 19th and early 20th centuries ...
The Charlotte Observer on MSN14d
Ancient amber beads found in Syria kept in museum for decades. They were ‘invaluable’
The beads were identified as amber, something that was not common in Syria during the Iron Age and originated from the Baltic ...
Mystery surrounds ‘very rare’ ancient cave pearls after incredible discovery
A ‘unique’ collection of ‘pearl caves’ containing archaeological artefacts has been found in an ancient tunnel. The pearls are a type of ‘speleothem’ – mineral deposits that are formed in caves by ...
Tri-City Herald14d
Ancient amber beads found in Syria kept in museum for decades. They were ‘invaluable’
During the initial excavations, researchers found Iron Age cremation graves with grave ... and further on in Anatolia, the Levant and Mesopotamia,” study author Mette Marie Hald, from the ...