An Ottoman-era pipe, adorned with the phrase “Heart is language for the lover,” has been found in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter. “Pipes were also used as a piece of jewelry that could be worn on a garment, and smoking itself was popular amongst both men and women,” said Shahar Puni of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Customs […]

In Bulgaria, archaeologists say they have discovered the original East Gate of Apollonia Pontica  in the center of the modern Black Sea town of Sozopol. Here’s an update on the continuing excavation of a Sicán burial pit located next to the Huaca Las Ventanas pyramid in northern Peru. Bioarchaeologist Haagen Klaus of Utah Valley University thinks […]