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Ram-shaped teapot from ancient Canaanite cult discovered near ancient city of Armageddon

While excavating near the ancient city of Armageddon in Israel, archaeologists unearthed a 3,300-year-old Canaanite "tea set," a dollhouse-sized temple, and one of the...

‘I screamed out of excitement’: 2,700-year-old cuneiform text found near Temple Mount — and it reveals the Kingdom of Judah had a late payment...

A 2,700-year-old pottery sherd discovered near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the first known correspondence between the Assyrian Kingdom to the Kingdom of...

‘He is so very expressive’: Viking Age game piece from Harald Bluetooth’s time may depict a mustached Viking king

The 1,000-year-old "king" piece from a Viking board game is one of the few depictions of a ruler from the Viking era, according to...

1.8 million-year-old jawbone may be earliest evidence of Homo erectus outside Africa

A roughly 1.8 million-year-old Homo erectus jawbone discovered in the Republic of Georgia may be evidence of one of the earliest human groups to...