The charred remains of bees have been found within a honeycomb from the hives at Tel Rehov, Israel. Scientists say the bees had been imported from Turkey. “Local bees are notoriously difficult to handle,” states this article from Wired. More than 100 intact religious objects were uncovered in a rock hollow in northern Israel. The […]

Forensic testing of more than 80 Roman-era skeletons unearthed in York, England, indicates that that the athletic young men with well-developed right arms had been gladiators. Some of the bodies had been decapitated and had received hammer blows to the head. One of the bones also showed evidence of a bite from a large carnivore, […]