Israeli archaeologist Ehud Netzer has died after falling at Herodion. He was 76. Pressure flaking, a sophisticated technique used to make stone tools, was invented in southern Africa 75,000 years ago, according to researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder. It had been thought that pressure flaking was first employed 20,000 years ago in […]

Archaeologist Ehud Netzer, age 76, was critically injured in a fall at Herodion, where he has worked for 30 years. Three years ago, he uncovered King Herod’s grave. A tomb has been found in Kuelap fortress, built by the Chachapoyas culture in northern Peru. Inca-style ceramics that may have been imported from Cuzco were also […]