Red blood cells have been recovered from Ötzi the Iceman, the 5,300-year-old frozen mummy discovered in the Alps along the Austrian-Italian border in 1991. The intact blood cells were found in a tissue sample taken from an arrow wound in his shoulder, and identified with an atomic force microscope. “They have the typical form, this kind […]

In Jerusalem, archaeologists have found a 2,700-year-old seal while sifting through soil taken from the remains of a First Temple period building located near the Western Wall of the Temple Mount.  Bearing the name “Matanyahu,” the seal, which was carved from a semi-precious stone, would have been set in a signet ring and used for […]