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Index of news related to Middle East

6 January 2022: Evidence of social beer consumption found in 7,000-year-old town
6 December 2021: Early humans in prehistoric Israel were picky eaters
23 January 2021: Earliest evidence for stone grinding tool
26 December 2020: King David era fortified complex discovered on Golan Heights
: Traces of a massive tsunami at an archeological site in Israel
12 February 2020: Prehistoric sheep-hunting camp in the Levant
30 January 2020: Ancient metalworking in Dubai
25 January 2020: 10,000-year-old cave paintings discovered in Sinai
20 December 2019: Prehistoric humans built a wall to keep out the sea - But it failed
15 December 2019: Teeth analysis shows how humans migrated to the Levant 40,000 years ago
1 September 2019: Ancient bricklayers used sophisticated techniques
28 January 2019: Early dogs helped humans hunt
18 December 2018: 9,000-year-old stone mask excavated in Israel
14 October 2018: 13,000-year-old brewery discovered in Israel
23 September 2018: Early Neolithic miniature masks
10 September 2018: Blue-eyed immigrants transformed ancient Israel 6,500 Years Ago
11 February 2018: Paleolithic finds in Arabian Gulf lead to massive investigation
14 January 2018: New evidence of dispersal of early modern humans out of Africa
12 January 2018: Omani links with Pakistan date back over 4000 years
7 January 2018: Hundreds of knapped flint hand-axes discovered in Israel
1 January 2018: 4,000-year-old military network found in northern Syria
21 December 2017: Prehistoric dogs on leashes depicted on Saudi Arabian rock art
20 December 2017: 5,000-year-old artefacts show rise of ancient Jericho
13 December 2017: Uncovering varied pathways to agriculture
5 December 2017: Bronze Age elite forged iron weapons and jewelry from meteorites
: Neolithic link between Cyprus and Lebanon
2 December 2017: Bronze Age site in Palestine under serious threat
: Evidence grows that Neanderthals lived in a caring society
4 November 2017: 400 ancient stone structures discovered in Saudi Arabia
11 August 2017: Hundreds of stone tombs discovered in Jordan
5 August 2017: Evidence of a skull cult found at Neolithic site in Turkey
15 June 2017: Bones in Israel rewrite Neanderthal history
6 June 2017: Tool sharpens focus on network in ancient Middle East
28 February 2017: Flint sickles prove grain cultivation in Galilee 23,000 years ago
10 February 2017: Rare Stone Age house found in Abu Dhabi
20 December 2016: Look into the eyes of a Neolithic man
15 December 2016: Origins of cereal production traced back to Neolithic Syria
13 December 2016: Paleo diet was a veggie feast
: Bronze Age 'Thinker' figurine discovered in Israel
6 December 2016: First polluted river from before Bronze Age
26 November 2016: 4,500-year-old Canaanite citadel's final hours
28 August 2016: 250,000-year-old butchering tools found in Jordan
17 July 2016: Genomes reveal double invention of farming in Middle East
2 March 2016: Tortoises in the diet of early humans
12 February 2016: The Stone Age prehistory of Saudi Arabia
24 January 2016: 9,000-year-old Jordanian skeletons with a strange history
14 January 2016: Sharjah excavations unearth objects dated as early as 8,000 BCE
28 November 2015: Prehistoric monument in Golan Heights fuels mystery
23 September 2015: The ceremonial mortars of ancient Natufians
7 July 2015: Evidence of man-made pollution in ancient times
28 May 2015: The earliest depiction of a music scene
17 May 2015: More evidence found for Neanderthal adaptability
29 April 2015: Ancient Sharjahan site found
30 March 2015: Prehistoric stone tools bear 500,000-year-old animal residue
19 February 2015: Stones discovered in Israel suggest ancient fertility cult
10 February 2015: 55,000-year-old skull may link us with Neanderthals
19 January 2015: Mysterious stone construction investigated in Israel
13 January 2015: 8,000 year old remains of olive oil found in Israel
22 December 2014: Underwater excavation reveals lost Levantine village
17 December 2014: Submerged Neolithic village found in the Mediterranean
13 December 2014: Earliest known systematic use of fire for cooking
10 November 2014: Huge Jordanian stone circles baffle archaeologists
2 November 2014: Palaeolithic settlements discovered in the Nefud Desert
13 October 2014: Early humans in Saudi Arabia were a diverse lot, says study
26 September 2014: Massive 5,000-year-old stone monument discovered in Israel
5 September 2014: Archaeologists discover Bronze Age wine cellar in Israel
27 August 2014: Oldest metal object found to date in Middle East
21 July 2014: Prehistoric 'bookkeeping' continued long after invention of writing
30 June 2014: Scientists find 6,200-year-old parasite egg in ancient skeleton
10 June 2014: DNA of first Near Eastern farmers sequenced
27 April 2014: Excavations explore 6,000-year-old settlement in Israel
15 April 2014: Bronze Age chronology revised by ancient weather report
17 February 2014: Plants used in Middle Eastern prehistoric rituals
15 February 2014: 300,000-year-old hearth found in Israel
6 February 2014: Connections with Europe found in ancient Jordanian settlement
19 January 2014: Neanderthals could speak like modern humans
6 December 2013: 10,000-year-old house and temple uncovered near Jerusalem
14 November 2013: Study solves a 3,000-year-old mystery with pollen
28 October 2013: Excavations at the capital of a Bronze Age Canaanite kingdom
21 October 2013: Bronze Age obsidian sources in Syria
14 October 2013: Peering inside prehistoric clay balls
28 August 2013: 3,000-year-old spice trade in Israel
7 July 2013: Prehistoric pair buried with flowers
: Stone Age arrowheads and blades found in Israel
7 June 2013: Bahrain preserves its heritage
26 May 2013: Submerged structure in Sea of Galilee stumps archaeologists
11 May 2013: Ancient burial chamber found in Oman
16 April 2013: Ancient structure discovered beneath sea of Galilee
5 April 2013: Holy Land farming began 5,000 years earlier than thought
24 March 2013: Donkeys were a Bronze Age status symbol
22 February 2013: Did overhunting lead to domestication?
30 December 2012: Iron Age temple discovered near Jerusalem
27 December 2012: Crisis in Syria has Mesopotamian precedent
19 December 2012: Israeli archaeologists unearth 'elite' Stone Age society
16 November 2012: Ancient Temple Found in Israel
15 November 2012: An 8,500-year-old murder mystery
22 October 2012: Neanderthals - Just like us?
13 October 2012: Prehistoric artefacts excavated in Israel
6 October 2012: New insight into ancient Mesopotamian trade routes
2 September 2012: Stone Age skull-smashers spark cultural mystery
16 August 2012: Neolithic man: the first lumberjack?
13 August 2012: Earliest 'matches' identified?
27 July 2012: Ancient burnt wheat discovered in Israel
25 July 2012: Syrian Stonehenge?
14 July 2012: Early humans settled in Arabia
11 May 2012: Neolithic burial discovered in Qatar
28 February 2012: Paleolithic settlement discovered in Jordan
21 January 2012: Ancient Sumerian fermented cereal beverage
31 December 2011: Syria: Early Bronze Age tomb discovered
16 December 2011: The enigmatic standing stones of Al-Rajajil
14 December 2011: 'Out of Africa' theory pushed back over 40,000 years
13 December 2011: 5,000-year-old burial sites discovered in Oman
12 December 2011: A dry Dead Sea before biblical times
: Experts stumped by ancient Jerusalem markings
20 November 2011: Israelis mapping Mount of Olives necropolis
11 November 2011: Qatar's earliest human settlement found
9 November 2011: Was Holy Land prehistoric site used for 'sky burials'?
24 October 2011: Sophisticated blades produced earlier than previously thought
8 October 2011: Evidence of earliest mass production found in Israel
1 October 2011: Israel returns Bronze Age pottery to Jordan
30 September 2011: Secrets of the Jordanian wetlands exposed
17 September 2011: Mysterious Mideast geoglyphs number in the thousands
1 September 2011: Evidence of early horse domestication in Arabia
12 August 2011: Syrian city survived civilisation collapse
5 August 2011: Chambered tomb unearthed in Terqa, Syria
26 July 2011: Major Bronze Age city-state unearthed in Jordan
10 July 2011: Excavations in Lebanon yield 5,000-year-old antiquities
9 June 2011: Are these the real King Solomon's Mines?
8 May 2011: 7,000-year-old village unearthed in Kurdistan
27 March 2011: 11,000-year-old settlement unearthed in Syria
19 February 2011: Climate change in Jordan, circa 2,200 BCE
11 February 2011: The earliest cemetery in the Middle East?
31 January 2011: Tools suggest earlier human migration from Africa
: Did early humans domesticate the fox?
31 December 2010: 400,000-year-old remains may be earliest Homo sapiens
24 December 2010: Jordanian dolmens saved from destruction
16 December 2010: Iron Age settlements unearthed in Oman
13 December 2010: Persian Gulf sites hint at prehistoric people
5 December 2010: 4,000-year-old buildings and other findings unearthed in Syria
25 November 2010: Dead Sea drilling to reveal wealth of data
17 November 2010: Neolithic findings in Syria
: Community dig of a Bronze Age Canaanite settlement
6 September 2010: Moabite temple unearthed in Jordan
: Remains of funeral feast found in Israel
: Israel researchers find ancient disposable cutlery
2 September 2010: Discoveries in Syria reveal ancient trade routes to Nile
23 August 2010: Many prehistoric sites uncovered in Syria
12 August 2010: 3,500-year-old bronze bracelet found in Israel
2 August 2010: Worshipper figurine found in Lebanon
26 July 2010: Great deal of prehistoric findings unearthed in Syria
: Ancient stone knives unearthed in Israel
23 July 2010: Ancient Bedouin statue found in Jordan
19 July 2010: Life in Bronze Age Lebanon is rediscovered
15 June 2010: Ancient bees found in Israel hailed from Turkey
31 May 2010: Jordan Valley - cradle of civilisations?
: 1200 prehistoric flint stones discovered in Syria
16 May 2010: Bat: a 5,000-year-old cemetery in Oman
: Burial mounds saved from bulldozers in Bahrain
10 May 2010: Bronze Age cemeteries discovered in Syria
4 May 2010: Farming sites in Syria date to the 10th millennium BCE
24 April 2010: Mysterious desert lines were ancient animal traps
17 April 2010: Large Neolithic settlement unearthed in Syria
16 April 2010: Excavations in Syria shed light on Ubaid Period
16 March 2010: Neolithic stone circles and alignments discovered in Syria
1 February 2010: Great deal of Bronze Age findings in Syria
24 January 2010: Stable climate and plant domestication linked
: 8,000-year-old building discovered in Israel
10 January 2010: Archaeologists claim discovery of oldest Hebrew writing
29 December 2009: Modern behavior of early humans found earlier than thought
8 December 2009: 4,000-year-old grave unearthed in Iraq
3 December 2009: Bronze Age temple unearthed in Syria
23 November 2009: Valley in Jordan irrigated for 13,000 years
7 November 2009: Additional details on 'dugong' prehistoric ritual site
27 October 2009: Oldest known granaries predate agriculture
17 October 2009: A 200,000-year-old cut of meat
11 October 2009: World Monuments Fund's list of threatened sites
26 September 2009: Prehistoric dugong worship site discovered in UAE
5 September 2009: 3,700-year-old fortification uncovered in Israel
30 August 2009: Ancient burial mounds to be razed in Bahrain
8 August 2009: 13 ancient burial sites, temples unearthed in Lebanon
26 July 2009: Excavation in Lebanon aims to uncover ancient ruins
19 July 2009: New findings on ancient snake cult in UAE
29 June 2009: Intact ancient tomb uncovered in Bethlehem
: Food storage began well before farming
14 June 2009: Neolithic discoveries in Abu Dhabi
1 June 2009: Middle East oldest village unearthed in Iran
5 May 2009: 85,000-year-old villages found in UAE
: Neanderthals babies didn't do the twist
8 April 2009: The first cocktail arose in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago
: Huge 'foot-shaped' enclosures discovered in Jordan valley
21 March 2009: 4,000-year-old 'Abraham's Gate' reopened to public
10 March 2009: Ancient hunting techniques revealed
: Bronze Age seal discovered in Abu Dhabi
22 February 2009: Discoveries at ancient site in Saudi Arabia
31 January 2009: Ancient burial cave found in Yemen
20 December 2008: Ancient Syrian necropolis unearthed
: Tools with handles even more ancient
14 December 2008: Submerged Neolithic villages may have inspired the flood of Noah
16 November 2008: 2,900 year old Phoenician remains unearthed in Lebanon
8 November 2008: 12,000 year old grave may have belonged to shaman
2 November 2008: Earliest example of Hebrew writing found on a shard
19 October 2008: Cremation site unearthed in Syria
: Earliest known cases of tuberculosis found in Israel
14 September 2008: Ancient figs may be first cultivated crops
7 September 2008: Archaeologists shed light on ancient Canaanite burial rituals
: Prehistoric graves with phallic figurines found in Israel
31 August 2008: 3,000-year-old apiary discovered in Israel
17 August 2008: Three Neolithic skulls found in Galilee
19 July 2008: Syrian settlement dates back to 5,000 BCE
: Early irrigation farming traced in ancient Yemen
23 March 2008: Archaeologists unearth ancient temple in Yemen
: 7,000-year-old UAE skeletal remains give glimpse of the past
: Neolithic arrowhead discovered near Abu Dhabi oilfield
10 February 2008: Royal goddesses of a Syrian Bronze Age state
19 January 2008: Newly discovered ancient coffin destroyed in Yemen
15 December 2007: Prehistoric toolkit unearthed in Jordan
2 December 2007: Sick rams used as ancient bioweapons
28 October 2007: Artefacts from the Neoltihic uncovered in Syria
17 October 2007: World's oldest wall painting unearthed in Syria
4 September 2007: Origins of urbanization challenged by new research
19 August 2007: Ancient UAE was an active trading hub
12 August 2007: Neolithic cemetery found in Syria
7 August 2007: Beyond Mesopotamia: a new view of human civilization
1 July 2007: Why the cat was 'tamed'
16 April 2007: Ancient copper artefacts unearthed in UAE
18 March 2007: Philistines, but less and less Philistine
10 March 2007: Kuwaiti archaeologists unearth Bronze Age finds
4 March 2007: 111 prehistoric artifacts unearthed in Bahrain
27 February 2007: Unearthing UAE's hidden past
19 February 2007: Excavations on burial mounds in Kuwait
6 January 2007: Traces of 'humanity's first war' found in Syria
22 December 2006: Stone Age Exhibition in Dubai
27 November 2006: Bronze Age Jerusalem
12 November 2006: 4,000-year-old cemetery uncovered in Jerusalem
: Ancient anchorage found in Israel
1 October 2006: Neolithic temple discovered in northern Syria
26 September 2006: 9,500-year-old decorated skulls uncovered in Syria
25 August 2006: Ancient waterworks found in Israel
6 August 2006: Spy pics reveal ancient settlements in Syria
24 June 2006: Study reveals 'oldest jewellery'
18 June 2006: Grain shakes up beliefs on beginnings of agriculture
4 June 2006: Ancient fig clue to first farming
30 May 2006: Saudis hope stones mystery will appeal to tourists
1 May 2006: 6,500 year old settlement uncovered in Israel
6 April 2006: The secrets of ancient Syrian settlements
26 February 2006: Archaeologists in Jordan discover Bronze and Iron Age remains
19 February 2006: Archeologists discover 6000-year-old burial ground in Israel
27 January 2006: Largest ever ancient temple discovered in Yemen
7 January 2006: Geoscience rediscovers Phoenicia's buried harbors
: Hopes to recreate ancient trade route still float
29 December 2005: Ancient tomb restored in Abu Dhabi
11 December 2005: 4000-year-old remains unearthed in Iran
4 December 2005: Wine may have been produced as far back as the Neolithic
13 November 2005: Earliest known rendering of the Hebrew alphabet found
2 November 2005: 3000-year-old warrior still fighting at Gohar-Tappeh
4 October 2005: Scientists say Armenian ancient sites are being destroyed
1 October 2005: New study of 3,000-year-old Yemeni inscriptions
: Ancient findings unearthed in Israel
17 September 2005: Turkish military bulldozes 8,000-year-old site
21 August 2005: Ancient artefacts abound in Dubai
21 July 2005: Ancient Irrigation System Discovered In UAE
25 June 2005: Carved stone found in Israel
13 June 2005: Evidence of ancient trading links unearthed in Bahrain
5 June 2005: Cuneiform tablets and royal stamp unearthed in Syria
24 April 2005: 3,000-year-old finds in Temple Mount trash heap
9 April 2005: Earliest evidence of domestic herding in the Negev
6 April 2005: Ancient Iranian cemetery looted
24 March 2005: Evidence of settlements found in Arabian desert
10 March 2005: Acorn bread was made by ancient Iranians
: Iron Age site investigated in Iran
: Iranian artist's tomb excavated
12 February 2005: UAE's oldest Neolithic settlement unearthed
5 February 2005: Findings in Oman date back to 2000 BCE
3 February 2005: Huge pottery find made in Iran
30 January 2005: Archeologist unearths biblical controversy
21 January 2005: Archaeologists begin excavation of 3400 year old wall
8 January 2005: Prehistoric potteries discovered in Syria
22 December 2004: Remains of 7,500-year-old man found in UAE
13 December 2004: Clay lamps in antiquity
8 December 2004: Ancient jewellery discovered in Iran
18 November 2004: Early village life revealed in rubbish
: Evidence of Mesopatamia-like civilisation found in Iran
9 November 2004: Commemorating the dead, Neolithic style
4 November 2004: Archaeologist hopes 3000-year-old wood is from ancient ship
30 October 2004: New archeological excavations in Syria
7 October 2004: Ancient pottery found in Iran
1 October 2004: Researchers find signs of grain milling, baking 23,000 years ago
28 August 2004: Early Bronze Age city found in Israel
20 August 2004: Prehistoric cave linked to John the Baptist
14 August 2004: Site reveals the Middle East's Iron Age secrets
: Excavation at Shamal tomb to resume in November
7 August 2004: Bronze Age temple discovered in Jordan
: Hiker discovers ancient tomb in the UAE
5 August 2004: Evidence of earliest bread found in Israel
17 July 2004: Iron Age Arab castle to be renovated
25 June 2004: The seeds of farming
18 June 2004: Ancient cemetery found in Syria
5 June 2004: New research may uncover Byblos' Bronze Age port
22 May 2004: Ancient fort provides insight into history of weaving
7 May 2004: Oldest Evidence of Bedding Found
17 April 2004: Humans took 1000 years to tame wild plants
10 April 2004: Major conference on UAE's Prehistory
27 March 2004: First Temple relic may be forged
9 March 2004: Ancient Iraqi carving goes on tour of UK museums
: Discovery of Dilmun civilisation to be celebrated
11 December 2003: 3,000-year-old dam found in Dubai
21 November 2003: 5,000 year-old dolmen unearthed in Jordan