The eruption of the powerful volcano Vesuvius, which destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, remains one of history’s most well-known and well-remembered natural disasters. But what many don’t realize is that Pompeii was actually destroyed by two natural disasters,...
Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient textile dyed with the Kermes vermilio insect, from the Cave of Skulls in Israel. This significant find dates back to the Middle Bronze Age (1954–1767 BC) and provides one of the earliest known instances of...
13-year-old Yair Whitson from Haifa made a significant archaeological discovery during a recreational walk with his father. The boy somehow happened upon an approximately 1,800-year-old bronze ring engraved with the image of Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of war and...
