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Archaeologists working in Jordan now claim to have found the remains of several granaries possibly used to store wild barley, the oldest known, and dated nearly 1000 years before the first domesticated cereals.. At the site of Gilgal 1, for example, near ...

Archaeologists race to save old Buddhist artifacts threatened by Chinese mine in AfghanistanIt was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and laborers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery. A Chinese woman in slacks, carrying ...

The idea that aliens visited this planet thousands of years ago is not new. The pyramids at Giza are the first that come to mind. So, why did ancient civilizations create these objects? The series includes interviews with historians and scientists as ...

DESCRIPTIONJordan offers visitors a dazzling diversity in ancient sites and great natural beauty, as well as a tradition of warmth and hospitality. This new adventure begins in Amman, where you'll enjoy a guided tour of the city's bustling streets and savor lunch ...

Most of the towns that are known in historic times came into existence during the Early Bronze Age. The growth of these towns can be approximately correlated chronologically with the development of the Old Kingdom in Egypt, Early Bronze I corresponding to ...

(Measuring and Weighing in the Land of Israel in Ancient Times. ) The denominations of money, most frequently mentioned in the Bible, the 'SHEKEL', was probably speaking, not a unit of currency but a unit Israel silver was used as the main ...

Dr. Lambert-Karlovsky started digging at Tepe Yahya in 1965, spurred on by his interest in the works of previous archaeologists such as Sir Aurel Stein who dug near there in the 1920's. So he went to Tepe Yahya, which is down in ...

The Prehistory of Southern Jordan and Relationships with the Levant Excavations in Jordan as revealed more than 81 pre-historic sites, suggesting that the prehistoric inhabitants of southern Jordan interacted more with populations of the northern Levant rather than with adjacent southern Levantine ...

(Dr. Leore Grosman heading a team of archeologists of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem excavating a small cave near Carmiel in the Galilee had discovered the skeleton of a woman shaman, who lived some 12,000 years ago in the Natufian of Middle ...

As a travel professional (who specializes in travel to the Middle East), I write this article in hopes that one day, people from all nations may be able to visit these wonderful and culturally rich places in the Middle East. There is ...

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Topic: Middle East

Ancient Waves of (Wild) Grain

Chinese mine in Afghanistan threatens ancient find

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Antiquities of Jordan

The Bronze Age

Weights and measures in biblical times

The history of Tepe Yahya

The prehistory of Southern Jordan and relationships with the Levant

A look at the discovery of a 12,000 year old Natufian priestess

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