A hoard of gold coins was discovered in a seventh-century building in Jerusalem. “Since no pottery vessel was discovered adjacent to the hoard, we can assume it was concealed inside a hidden niche in one of the walls of the building,” said Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Two-million-year-old tools found […]

The story of the discovery of a prehistoric American Indian cremation pit on Ossabaw Island, Georgia, has been picked up by the Associated Press, which has provided more information about the significance of the find. “Burials from the Woodland Period tend to be shallow, bowl-shaped pits with bodies flexed in an almost fetal position on […]