Archaeology Weekly Roundup!

BU’s Professor Saturno has announced spectacular new finds from the Maya site of Xultun, including the oldest-known Mayan astronomical tables,  pre-dating other Mayan calendars by centuries. Click here to see high res pictures of one of the murals.

Hebrew University archaeologist finds the first evidence of a cult in Judah at the time of King David. ASOR member, Prof. Yosef Garfinkel, announced the discovery of objects from the archaeological excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa, that for the first time shed light on how a cult was organized in Judah at the time of King David.

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