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Underground cave dating from the year 1 A.D. exposed in Jordan Valley

Jun 22, 2009 | 4.1 / 5 (7) | 0

An artificial underground cave, the largest in Israel, has been exposed in the Jordan Valley in the course of a survey carried out by the University of Haifa's Department of Archaeology.

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Keeping Traditions in a Modern-Day Bedouin Village

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 03, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 0

University of Arkansas researchers have used modern digital-mapping technology to uncover an ancient tradition still practiced by a Bedouin tribe that once roamed Jordan but now has settled into a modern village. ...

Ancient Parasites Show that Cleanliness May Have Been Next to Sickliness

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Nov 13, 2006 | 4.3 / 5 (20) | 0

Recent bioarchaeological findings at the ancient Dead Sea settlement of Qumran confirm the existence of a strange communal latrine --located at a remote distance, conforming with extreme hygiene practices described in ancient ...

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