The study relied on findings from an excavation at the Jaljulya site next to Highway 6 in central Israel, probably inhabited by humans of the homo erectus species, and evidence from a nearby cave.
The discovery may help researchers uncover how humans one hunted mammoths, despite the enormous size difference.
“This is an unusual and deeply moving find, not one found every day,” the IAA stated in their announcement.
"The young woman was found lying face down on top of a...rescent shaped arrangement of animal bone at the bottom of a pit, so it looks like she was killed as part of an offering,” said Dr. Smith
Since the beginning of the Pharaonic era, the Nile River has played a fundamental role in the rapid growth and expansion of Egyptian civilization.
According to local legend, conman Anthony Jaczewicz pretended to have healing powers to trick the people of Poland during a deadly plague.
Meir Elchassid, a volunteer from Rehovot, Israel, stumbled upon the ancient glazed bowl during a communal archaeological dig to uncover historical artifacts.
The dodecahedron is one of only 130 found globally and it is considered “one of archaeology’s great enigmas.”
The bodies were found beneath some pipes under the floorboards of Herman Goering's house in the Wolf's Lair, naked, without clothing or jewelry.
Despite the reams of writings about Jerusalem, studying its Iron Age has proven challenging in terms of absolute chronology.
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