
Ariel David
@arieldavid1980
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Rome born, adopted Telavivi. Reporting @haaretzcom and others on archaeology, history, Mideast and EU politics. Lover of sci-fi, all things past and future.
Joined February 2013
Monumental animal art reveals people in "uninhabitable" Arabia 12,000 years ago | @arieldavid1980
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Northern Arabia in the early Neolithic was thought to be too arid to host human life, but someone was around to carve huge images of camels and other animals into the desert rocks. My latest @haaretzcom
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A controversial dig in a contested East Jerusalem neighborhood uncovers a dam built 2,800 ago by biblical kings, possibly to deal with a period of drought and flash floods. My latest @haaretzcom
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DNA from 7th-century cemeteries shows early medieval England may have been a more cosmopolitan place than we thought. My latest @haaretzcom https://t.co/z8uaccQWGb.
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Ancient DNA studies find black Africans in England in the Early Middle Ages | @arieldavid1980
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Archaeologists find evidence that ancient Romans resettled Pompeii after the eruption of 79 CE. People lived among the ruins for centuries but the city remained a shadow of its former self. My latest @haaretzcom https://t.co/2dwTBnw3Bu.
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New study suggests this enigmatic custom grew out of Egyptian colonization in Canaan more than 3,000 years ago, and persisted well after the pharaohs left. My latest @haaretzcom
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Mega-study of prehistoric Northern Eurasians connects waves of ancient Siberians to Hungarians, Finns and even many Native American cultures | Ariel David
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Languages and people spanning from Hungary and Finland to Alaska and Arizona are all linked to prehistoric migrations from Siberia, new DNA study finds. My latest @haaretzcom
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Thus spake 'Enoch' - a new AI program designed to study the Dead Sea Scrolls thinks some of the manuscripts may be up to a century older than previously thought. My latest @haaretzcom
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Who wrote the Bible? Researchers create an algorithm that can distinguish between the many different sources that make up the Hebrew Bible. My latest @haaretzcom
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Here you can find a very nice article about all this and a little more by @arieldavid1980 from https://t.co/3x8gmTXPQ9
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Carthage and its empire were established by Phoenicians, but new research finds that the archenemies of Rome had little genetic link to their Levantine founders / @arieldavid1980
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Who were the Carthaginians? Ancient DNA study reveals a stunning answer / @arieldavid1980
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DNA analysis suggests that Carthage was the first biologically cosmopolitan civilization. My latest @haaretzcom https://t.co/jWlYuF3aDu.
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DNA study identifies large pocket of hunter-gatherer 'resistance' to Neolithic farming in modern-day Algeria and Tunisia. My latest #archaeology piece @haaretzcom
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Discovery of one of the oldest burial grounds in the world points to long and close coexistence of Sapiens and Neanderthals in modern-day Israel. My latest @haaretzcom #archaeology
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Archaeologists excavating a prehistoric cave in central Israel have uncovered some of the oldest burial grounds in the world, with remains that date back to around 100,000 years ago / @arieldavid1980
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Ariel David in Haaretz on Egyptians and Josiah at Megiddo https://t.co/SkkfwhnTSU
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Ariel David, the great archaeology reporter from Haaretz, has written a very nice article about the just published studies (here and here) by the Megiddo team on apparent exciting evidence of the E…
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Archaeologists unearth first evidence linked to the obscure biblical story that sparked the myth of Armageddon and apocalyptic traditions in Judaism and Christianity. My latest #Archaeology piece @haaretzcom
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