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Frescos of a peacock, fruit discovered in Roman villa near Pomepii belonging to Emperor Nero's wife

The discovery's announcement follow the site’s partial opening to the public for the first time. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
A cat is seen during the excavation and restoration work underway on the exceptional frescoes in the Hall of the Mask and the Peacock, one of the most refined rooms of the Villa of Poppaea at Oplontis, Torre Annunziata, Italy on February 12, 2026.
A bifacial stone tool from ‘Ubeidiya, February 20, 2026.

New dating of Jordan Valley site rewrites timeline of human migration from Africa - study

Researchers used three different methods to date the site, challenging the preexisting notion of the site being between 1.2 and 1.6 million years old.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Archaeologist Achiya Cohen-Tavor holding bronze scale pan found in the ancient Jewish settlement of Sussiya, February 19, 2026.

Bronze scale pan found in ancient Sussiya reveals how biblical law shaped daily Jewish life

Neta, a second-grader at the regional school in Sussiya, and her father, Nachshon, discovered the pan inside a residential building near the town’s main street. 

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Red pigment drawings discovered by Egyptian archaeologists on the Umm Arak Plateau in the southern Sinai, February 17, 2026.

Egyptian researchers discover collection of ancient rock art spanning 10,000 years in Sinai desert

The engravings and drawings are divided into several groups, researchers learned in their initial study of the space, the oldest of which are done in red and dated to between 10,000 and 5,500 BCE.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

1,500-year-old Roman coffin found in East England during A47 highway works

The sarcophagus was recovered from a small Roman roadside cemetery, undisturbed since its burial in Roman times.

JANUARY 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
1,500-year-old Roman coffin found in East England during A47 highway works.

Is this the greatest archaeological finding of 2024?

In January 2023, archaeologists discovered lost Amazon cities, home to 10,000 farmers 2,000 years ago, revealing a pre-Columbian civilization in a previously sparsely inhabited area.

JANUARY 6, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An aerial view of the Amazon river?

Israeli researchers unearth unique Byzantine-era monastery near Kiryat Gat

"The mosaic discovered in Kiryat Gat is one of the most unique ever found in Israel," said Mark Avrahami, Head of Artistic Conservation at the Israel Antiquities Authority.

JANUARY 6, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Byzantine era monastery uncovered near Kiryat Gat

TAU researchers discover second-century BCE fortress at Ashdod-Yam

Excavations at Ashdod-Yam reveal a second-century BCE fortress destroyed in conflict, the Institute of Archeology at Tel Aviv University reported.

DECEMBER 10, 2024ByRAQUEL GUERTZENSTEIN FROHLICH
Remains of structures at the archeological site of Ashdod Sea, on the beach in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on September 2, 2019

Barbarian warriors carried miniature spoons to snort stimulants before battles, study suggests

Germanic communities could have had access to stimulant plants such as poppy, hops, hemp, henbane, belladonna, and various fungi.

DECEMBER 5, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Snorted stimulants. Barbaric warriors. Illustration.