30 May 2022 Qesem Cave People And The Genesis of Innovation By Andrew Collins Archaeology & Science 0 In 2000, during the construction of a highway in Israel, controlled explosives revealed a Paleolithic cave site by a large rocky outcrop just beneath the Arab-Israeli city of Kafr Qasim. What makes this site so remarkable is that the people of the... Read More
27 May 2022 Harran, City of Sin, Crusaders And Caliphs By micki pistorius Archaeology & Science 1 Dusty winds blow around the desolate ruins on the arid plain of Harran, and the mirage of the heat conjures up images of what was once the site of a medieval hub of science. Har means ‘fire’ in Arabic, perhaps referring to the parched land, but... Read More
09 May 2022 Excavating Azekah: Defensive Bastion Of The Kingdom Of Judeah By Rebecca Batley Archaeology & Science 0 Describing the fortress of Azekah 2,700 years ago the mighty Assyrian King Sennacherib wrote that “its walls were strong and rivalled the highest mountains…by means of beaten earth ramos, battering rams…I captured, I carried off its spoil, I... Read More
29 Apr 2022 From Urfa To Edessa To Şanlıurfa: Spanning 10,000 Years Of History By micki pistorius Archaeology & Science 0 During the Hellenistic Period from 312 BC to 63 BC, the Seleucid Empire was a major superpower and at its apex encompassed Anatolia, Persia, the Levant, (now modern Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and parts of Turkmenistan) yet one would... Read More
27 Apr 2022 Babelse Verwarring: The Confusion Around The Tower Of Babel Finally Solved By Willem McLoud Archaeology & Science 1 The Tower of Babel is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. Many proposals as to the historical or literary origins of this narrative have been made over the years. A remarkably good case could be put forward that historically it dates... Read More