Researchers found that Natufian culture hunters on Mt. Carmel systematically hunted waterfowl in freshwater lakes during the Ice Age. The bird bones show a rich diet and ancient lifestyle. Long before ...

A recent study by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has revealed a fascinating discovery: tools known as spindle whorls, approximately 12,000 years old, found at the archaeological ...

Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus, Van Gogh’s poppies, and Britain’s red coat uniforms share something: they all derived their red color from the roots of the rubiaceae plant. A new addition to that list are ...

A roughly 12,000-year-old clay figurine unearthed in northern Israel has unveiled a surprisingly ancient turning point in storytelling and artistic techniques. This tiny item, which fits in the palm ...

A 12,000-year-old clay figurine unearthed in northern Israel, depicting a woman and a goose, is the earliest known human-animal interaction figurine. Found at the Late Natufian site of Nahal Ein Gev ...

AMMAN — Different teams of Australian archaeologists have been "very active" in northern and northwestern parts of Jordan. One of them has been led by Associate Professor from La Trobe University ...

The 15,000-year-old 'Natufian Culture' could live comfortably in the steppe zone of present-day eastern Jordan, new research by a team of scientists and archaeologists suggests. This was previously ...

AMMAN — According to Associate Professor Phillip Edwards from the La Trobe University, the major objective of the 2024 season in Jordan was to conserve and analyse human skeletal remains and artefacts ...

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—According to a report in Seeker, researchers led by Tobias Richter of the University of Copenhagen have excavated a Natufian site in Jordan known as Shubayqa 1, which was occupied ...

The effect for the people living in the so-called Fertile Crescent was catastrophic, not only had their hunting grounds been drowned by rising sea levels following the Ice Age melt, but now – thanks ...