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January-March 2010 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume II., Issue 1.
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General Authority for Monuments has been
getting international support and the United
States has offered a grant for the damage they
caused to Babylon.
Gulf Times (Feb. 28, 2010)
http://www.gulftimes.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=345659
&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16
IISRAEL
Archaeology The remains of a Minoan-style
wall painting, recognizable by a blue
background, the first of its kind to be found in
Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent
excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins
others of Aegean style that have been uncovered
during earlier seasons at the Canaanite palace in
Kabri.
ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2009)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/09110912111
9.htm
Archaeology The Israel Antiquities Authority
announced that it had found physical proof that
the Hasmoneans' rule, which lasted from the
middle of the second century BCE to the middle
of the first, extended deep into the Negev. "We
are talking about a revolutionary discovery that
will redraw the maps of the region which
describe that era," Dr. Tali Erickson-Gini, the
scientific editor of the excavation, said in a
statement.
The Jerusalem Post (Dec. 10, 2009)
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite%3Fcid%3D1260447411204
%26pagename%3DJPArticle%252FShowFull+%22Hasmone
an+rule+reached+the+Negev,+archeologists+declare&cd=5
&hl=ja&ct=clnk&gl=jp
Archaeology DNA taken from the shrouded
remains of a man discovered in a tomb next to
the Old City of Jerusalem shows him to be the
first human proven to have suffered from
leprosy, according to Hebrew University
researchers and North American and British
collaborators. They published their findings in
the December 16 issue of the PLoS One - the US
Public Library of Science journal.
The Jerusalem Post (Dec. 15, 2009)
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite%3Fcid%3D1260894117527
%26pagename%3DJPost%252FJPArticle%252FPrinter+%22
Remains+in+2,000-yearold+tomb+near+Old+City+show+first+known+case+of+lepr
osy&cd=1&hl=ja&ct=clnk&gl=jp
Archaeology Archaeologists have discovered
the first known burial shroud in Jerusalem from
the time of Christ's crucifixion - and say it casts
serious doubt on the claimed authenticity of the
Turin Shroud. Ancient shrouds from the period
have been found before in the Holy Land, but
never in Jerusalem. Researchers say the weave
and design of the shroud discovered in a burial
cave near Jerusalem's Old City are completely
different to the Turin Shroud.
Mail Online (Dec. 16, 2009)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-
1236161/First-burial-shroud-carbon-dated-time-Christscrucifixion-caves-near-Jerusalem.html
Archaeology In a stone-age version of "Iron
Chef," early humans were dividing their living
spaces into kitchens and work areas much
earlier than previously thought, a new study
found. Archaeologists discovered evidence of
this coordinated living at a hominid site at
Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov, Israel from about 800,000
years ago. Scientists aren't sure exactly who
lived there, but it predates the appearance of
modern humans, so it was likely a human
ancestor such as Homo erectus.
LiveScience (Dec. 17, 2009)
http://www.livescience.com/culture/091217-stone-agehomemakers.html
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