Fragments of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China are 20,000 years old, according to a team of archaeologists led by Ofer Bar-Yosef of Harvard University. The pot was probably used to cook food in water or even brew alcohol. “Hunter-gatherers were under pressure to get enough food. If the invention is a good […]

In Beirut, protesters are demanding the resignation of Lebanon’s current Culture Minister, Gaby Layyoun, who allowed an archaeological site to be destroyed so that a skyscraper could be built. Under the previous culture minister, the site was said to be a Phoenician port and received the protection offered by law. “There is a conviction that there […]