Most ancient centers flexed their power with grand walls or temples. Tel Shiqmona did it with a stink. Perched on a rocky ...

Researchers believe that the purple dye produced at Shikmona was transferred to neighboring countries and may have been used ...

Dating from about 1200 to 600 BCE, they stand up to four metres tall and are set directly in the ground as single standing stones or in groups, and are almost always located in complexes that include ...

Born about 600 BCE in what is now southwestern Iran, Cyrus “the Great” is considered the founder of the Persian Achaemenid empire. He is remembered as “the Great” to distinguish him from his ...

Dating from about 1200 to 600 BCE, they stand up to four metres tall and are set directly in the ground as single standing stones or in groups, and are almost always located in complexes that include ...