The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

First burials: Neanderthal and Homo sapiens interactions in the Mid-Middle Palaeolithic Levant

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology, lifestyles, and burial...

Tue, Mar 11, 2025

Ancient engravings shed light on early human symbolic thought and complexity in the levantine middle palaeolithic

Wed, Feb 5, 2025

Forgery and fiscal fraud: a new papyrus from Israel reveals a spectacular criminal case from the Roman empire

Tue, Jan 28, 2025

A new chapter in Roman administration: Insights from a late Roman inscription

Mon, Jan 20, 2025

Multi-layered site in Tajikistan’s Zeravshan Valley uncovered, offering new insights into human expansion

A location along a Silk Road route was used by humans long before the Middle Ages as much as 150,00o0 years ago.

Mon, Nov 4, 2024

Unraveling the mysteries of the Mongolian Arc: exploring a monumental 405-kilometer wall system in Eastern Mongolia

New study sheds light on the previously overlooked Mongolian Arc—a monumental wall system in eastern Mongolia spanning 405 kilometers.

Wed, Jan 3, 2024

A Sabaean Inscription on a Large Clay Jar Deciphered and Discovered Less Than 300 Meters from the Site of the Jerusalem Temple

The Inscription Points to the Connection Between Israel Under the Reign of King Solomon and the Kingdom of Sheba

Mon, Apr 3, 2023

Rare Half-Shekel Coin from the Great Revolt Found in Jerusalem’s Ophel Excavations

Half-shekel coin, the third of its kind, found in Jerusalem.

Tue, Dec 13, 2022

First sentence ever written in Canaanite language discovered: Plea to eradicate beard lice

Hebrew University unearths ivory comb from 1700 BCE inscribed with plea to eradicate lice—"May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard”.

Wed, Nov 9, 2022