News tagged with ancient hebrew

Ancient handle with Hebrew text found in Jerusalem

(AP) -- Archaeologists digging on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives have discovered a nearly 3,000-year-old jar handle bearing ancient Hebrew script, a find significantly older than most inscribed artifacts unearthed ...

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created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0




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Myths and shame keep many from seeking bankruptcy protection

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two interesting facts that may counter modern ideas about bankruptcy: The overwhelming majority of U.S. filings belong to individuals rather than corporations or entities, and most of these ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created 6 hours ago | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Experts stumped by ancient Jerusalem markings

Mysterious stone carvings made thousands of years ago and recently uncovered in an excavation underneath Jerusalem have archaeologists stumped.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (23) | comments 88

The riddle of the Syriac double dot: The world's earliest question mark

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge University manuscript specialist, Dr. Chip Coakley has identified what may be the world’s earliest example of a question mark. The symbol in question is two dots, one above ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Cave researchers explore stream-filled cavern at entrance to Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have conducted an initial survey of what appears to be an important, ancient water source in a cave that was been discovered during excavation work for a new train ...

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created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Drilling for insights under the salty dead sea

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are drilling deep into the bed of the fast-shrinking Dead Sea, searching for clues to past climate changes and other events that may have affected human history even earlier than ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Ancient Bible fragments reveal a forgotten history

New research has uncovered a forgotten chapter in the history of the Bible, offering a rare glimpse of Byzantine Jewish life and culture.

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created Dec 28, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (41) | comments 394 | with audio podcast

As the Dead Sea dries, drilling shows it's not the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first project of its kind, scientists are drilling deep into the bed of the fast-shrinking Dead Sea, searching for clues to past climate changes and other events that may have affected ...

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created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Scientists drill beneath Dead Sea in search of priceless data

If you thought you couldn't get any lower than the Dead Sea, think again. You can go under it.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Ehud Netzer, noted Israeli archaeologist, dies

(AP) -- Ehud Netzer, an Israeli archaeologist best known for excavating King Herod's winter palace and discovering the monarch's tomb there, has died after falling at the site this week. He was 76.

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created Oct 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google to bring Dead Sea Scrolls online

The Dead Sea Scrolls, among the world's most important, mysterious and tightly restricted archaeological treasures, are about to get Googled.

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created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 2


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