The environmental pollution generated by ancient copper production was far less severe than previously thought.
Finds at the site provide evidence of a settlement from the Philistine era — lasting until the 6th century BCE — topped by a rural settlement from the time of King David, the early 10th ...
(credit: ISRAEL MUSEUM) The First Temple, believed to have been built by David’s son King Solomon in the 10th century BCE, was destroyed during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 586 CE.
A 2000-year-old 70-acre Roman Bath was completely restored in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Ephesus in Turkey.