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The Extant Highway Is Deadly but New Finds at Legio, the Roman Legion Base at Armageddon, Spur Archaeologists to Urge Government: Consider Other Ways to Save Drivers From Themselves ....
It Was a Year of Discovery for Archaeologists in Israel – From Tiny Little Flutes and a Roman Amphitheater for Troops to Ancient Herders at the Dead Sea and a Venerated Site in the Galilee ....
Jerusalem Was Destroyed Twice, in 586 B.C.E. and 70 C.E. New Archaeological Work at Mount Zion Reveals Evidence of Both Horrors, a New Theory for Nehemiah's Walls, Rare Weights From the First Temple Period – and a Magical Rib Bone ....
The Roman Legion Camp Next Door to Tell Megiddo Was Home to More Than 5,000 Soldiers. I'ts the Only One Known in the East of the Empire, and Now Israeli Archaeologists Unveil the Secrets of Legio, With the Help of Ground-penetrating Radar ....
Dating The Royal Seal With Geology And Patina The seal was subjected to a series of laboratory tests that showed it was sealed on a linen cloth, when its material was in a relatively dry state, and then baked at a temperature of about 750 degrees Celsius (1382 degrees Fahrenheit). Testing the bulla (medieval Latin for a round seal ; plural bullae), the team was able to ascertain that it had come from a place where “limestone rocks are exposed in the vicinity of basalt-containing olivine.” Goren said he and the other researchers studied “hundreds of securely identified bullae from legal excavations to get a reference point.” The geologists were able to successfully narrow down the possibilities to areas in the Lower Galilee, and the Jezreel and Beit She’an valleys. ....