Tucked away in a quiet part of Sharjah lies evidence of the Gulf region’s own ancient history. The region’s Iron Age is now believed to have occurred in three phases or periods of occupation, between 1300 BC and 300 BC.

Cemeteries, public baths and archaeological discoveries were discovered in Daraa city (Southern Syria), all of which were documented in order to trace the actual era and the successive civilizations of this area.
Head of Bosra’s Antiquities Department, Wafa al-Audi said that an ancient tomb was unearthed in a house for a citizen in Daraa dating back to Byzantine Era where three copper bracelets, an iron one in addition to some shards.
Other four tombs with basaltic ground and a stone gate were also found at the same site.
Surveys made by a French …

Archaeologists in Egypt made a stunning discovery recently: two of the largest tombs ever found in Saqqara, the ancient burial ground near Memphis where the country once buried its rulers.
According to French news agency AFP, one of two tombs found consists of a vast chamber that branches off into many alcoves, one containing skeletons and pottery, another containing a 23-foot deep well.
“This is the largest tomb in Saqqara,” Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the head of the mission, told the AFP. “It took me two …

“A tidy house, a tidy mind.” Some of the more slovenly among us might bristle at this scolding old proverb, but to human evolution researchers it makes perfect sense. One of the hallmarks of modern behavior is the sophisticated way Homo sapiens organizes the spaces it lives in, with everything in its place. But new work at a nearly 800,000-year-old hominin site in Israel suggests that the roots of tidiness may lie deep in our evolutionary past.
Prehistoric humans did not start building permanent dwellings until about 15,000 years ago, but earlier …

Just four days ahead of Christmas, when billions of people the world-over will be celebrating the birth of Nazareth-resident Jesus Christ, Israeli archaeologists have announced their discovery of a Jesus-era house.
The Israeli Antiquities Authority said the find “sheds light on the way of life at the time of Jesus” in the Jewish settlement of Nazareth, where Christians believe Jesus grew up.
The find marks the first time researchers have uncovered the remains of a home in Nazareth from that time period, the Israeli Antiquities Authority said in a statement.
“The building that …

In a stone-age version of “Iron Chef,” early humans were dividing their living spaces into kitchens and work areas much earlier than previously thought, a new study found.
So rather than cooking and eating in the same area where they snoozed, early humans demarcated such living quarters.
Archaeologists discovered evidence of this coordinated living at a hominid site at Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov, Israel from about 800,000 years ago. Scientists aren’t sure exactly who lived there, but it predates the appearance of modern humans, so it was likely a human ancestor such as Homo erectus.
Yet …

The Syrian National Excavation Expedition working at Tal al-Kasara archaeological site in Deir Ezzor Province (Northeastern Syria) discovered a 44-meter long mosaic painting.
The painting was found in the cool hall of a bathhouse at the site .It is the first of its kind that was discovered in the Middle Euphrates Region and it represents geometric shapes and fishes with opposite heads.
The site was discovered by the British expedition for the first time in 1849 and a survey was conducted during the French mandate. In 2006, the National Expedition started its …

Tel Kabri is the only site in Israel where wall paintings similar in style to those found in the Aegean 3,600 years ago have been found; researchers say this was a conscious decision made by the city rulers to lean toward Mediterranean culture.
The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others of Aegean style that have been uncovered during earlier …

Cats featured in the religious and domestic life of ancient Egyptians. The biggest and most renowned cat is undoubtedly the statue of the great sphinx at Giza with its 73 meter long body of a lion. The age of the sphinx is the subject of controversy; but although some consider the statue to be much older, conventional wisdom dates the sculpture to about 2,500BC. It was supposedly sculpted under the direction of king Khafra whose own face was carved on the human head. …

The Syrian national archaeological team unearthed an important and unique archaeological cemetery dating back to the Romanian era at the village of Ma’rin al-Jabal, southeast of the city of Hama (central Syria).
Chairman of Hama Antiquities Department Jamal Ramadan said in a statement on Wednesday that the excavation works led to the discovery of an old burial site built of calcium stones, including six tombs and 45 ceramic lamps.
He indicated that the studies on the archaeological findings proved that the cemetery dated back to the Romanian era and were re-used in …