Found in Jerusalem’s City of David: The Egyptian God Bes
Pottery fragment dated to Persian period found in Jerusalemite household garbage pit 2,500 years ago
Ruth Schuster
Ruth Schuster is Senior Editor at the Haaretz-TheMarker English Edition.
Schuster has worked in writing, editing and translation for English and Hebrew-language publications for more than two decades. She holds a BSc in biology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
She lives in Tel Aviv with her daughter and multiple pets and in her spare time, promotes animal rights.
Pilgrims Came From Afar to Worship at Moses' Last Stand
Mosaics and isotope analysis show that early Christians came from Europe, Turkey and the northern Levant to pray at Mount Nebo, from where Moses saw Canaan
A Lesser-known Problem of Galactic Conquest: Herpes in Space
The longer the trip, the worse it gets, NASA admits in a study that casts even more doubt on our future in the stars
Surprise! 'Bad' Sperm Get Damaged in Trip to Ejaculation
Startling study finds that the DNA in sperm from the testicles of infertile men is better quality than sperm from their ejaculate
Game Theory Explains Fertility Mystery in Nematodes: Why Are 9% Males?
In Mesorhabditis, the girl worm uses the boy worm for sex, to 'fertilize' her eggs, but the kids are clones of herself. New study explains how and why the males are still around
1,700-year-old Inscription Identifies Great City of Elusa - Now in an Israeli Firing Zone
Once a pagan village, the Negev metropolis arose on the crossroads of the Incense Road and road to Shur, and featured nine churches, at least one giant bathhouse, and an internationally renowned school of rhetoric
Bring Your Own Pig: Prehistoric People Converged for Feasts at Stonehenge From All Over Britain
Fresh findings shed light on who came to Stonehenge and why, but archaeologists are now baffled by a new mystery: How visitors from as far away as Scotland transported notoriously slow animals across hundreds of kilometers
An Effectively Invisible New Frog Found in India
Astrobatrachus kurichiyana is a previously unknown branch on the frog evolutionary tree of life – and it's a living fossil that split from its fellow frogs tens of millions of years ago, a new study has found
Wolves, Badgers and Deer, Oh My! Cameras Catch Rare Animals Crossing Israel's Roads
Several ecological overpasses were originally built under highways to help gazelles pass through tunnels but recent video footage shows other animals making use of the corridors
Horseshoe Crabs Are Aquatic Spiders, Ground-breaking Study Shows
And thus a massive genetic analysis ended 140 years of quarreling in the scientific community about what the 450 million-year-old horseshoe crab really is
Macho Males Smell Better, at Least to Female Mice
Male dominance isn’t just about beating the competition to a pulp: When a male house mouse conquers new territory, it releases come-hither pheromones
Deadly 2016 Quake in Italy Tied to Same 'Dormant' Fault That Cracked the Colosseum 1,600 Years Ago
Far from being a silent fault, the Apennines system also caused disaster in Rome in the year 443 C.E., damaging early Christian churches
Neanderthals and Early Humans Ate ‘Fast Food,’ Archaeologists Shocked to Discover
Rabbit habit in prehistoric southern Europe had not been expected, because catching one is a huge pain for a very small meal
Why Do We Need Sleep? Israeli Scientists Solve the Mystery
Groundbreaking research shows that when a zebrafish sleeps, so do its nerve cells – freeing them to focus on repairing their DNA
Watch and Purr Zoos Get Supersize Toys for Supersize Cats
Tigers get bored too and they can't whack you around for entertainment. Enter 4cats of Germany and its epiphany
Giant Spiders Will Hunt You at Night if They Think You're a Frog
Tired of the news cycle? Here are giant spiders of the Amazon enjoying baby possums and lizards too, courtesy of the University of Michigan
Semi-identical Twins Identified in Pregnancy for First Time
Brisbane boy and girl share mother’s DNA but have different genes from the father, in only the second case to be identified in history
Archaeologists Find Samaritan Lord’s Winepress in Central Israel
As the nearby mosaic says, in Greek: ‘Only God help the beautiful property of Master Adios, amen’
Prehistoric Siberians May Have Traveled 1,500 Kilometers by Dogsled
The discovery of obsidian tools on Zhokhov island indicates the existence of a vast trading network in prehistoric deep Arctic 9,000 years ago
Iron Dome, Meet the Z-300 Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? It’s Their Missile Defense System
Vampire horse flies have trouble getting their approach speed right when trying to land on a zebra for lunch: they either fly over the stripes or crash, says new theory
Israelis Invent Risk-free, High-resolution Test for Fetal Mutations in First Trimester
Current tests such as amniocentesis are less accurate and can only be done much later in the pregnancy ■ University working on commercialization
Was Stonehenge Built of Repurposed Stones?
Origin of the great standing bluestones has been found nearly 300 kilometers away in west Wales, split from volcanic outcrops 5,000 years ago – and Stonehenge may not have been their original destination
Hurricanes to Slam Mediterranean as Global Warming Ramps Up
Storms in the Mediterranean basin will be rarer but stronger as the effects of warming become more severe, a new study predicts
Neanderthals Were Alpha Predators, Study Shows
The Neanderthal predilection for meat had been strongly suspected; now molecular study shows similarities to wolves
Twitter Suspends Khamenei's Account for Reiterating Rushdie Fatwa
Twitter limits Iranian supreme leader's handle after tweet saying that 'verdict regarding Salman Rushdie is solid and irrevocable'
New Dwarf Frog Species Found on Top of Ethiopian Mountain
Dwarf puddle frog actually lives in trees, zoologists from NYU Abu Dhabi report from pond on the remote plateau
Israel Is Hundreds of Years Overdue for a Massive Earthquake
Swarms of tremors are more the norm in northern Israel, where towns have been toppling by earthquake since civilization began, but the Galilee isn’t the region causing Israel’s geologists to lose hair
2.1 Billion Years Ago, a Creature Was Moving on Earth
Fossil tunnels up to seven inches long found in Gabon attest to motile life 1.5 billion years earlier than thought
Vikings Were Fearless. Except When It Was Too Cold
Greenland was balmy when the Vikings invaded, a new study based on isotopes in flies has proven, and they left as the glaciers bore down
‘Fish Superheroes’ Six New Species of Tentacle-faced Fish Discovered in the Amazon
Truth be told, as tentacle-faced beings go, these catfish are ‘hideously adorable’ as their devoted discoverer suggests