5,000-Year-Old Jade ‘Dragon’ Discovery Sheds Light on Neolithic Rituals
Image courtesy of Xinhua Gideon Shelach-Lavi, a past fellow of the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies and a member of the “Animals and Human Society in the Sinitic World” research group, recently commented on a remarkable archaeological find in China—a 5,000-year-old jade artifact in the shape of a “dragon,” discovered in a tomb belonging to […]
Ancient Beta Israel Texts to be Digitized and Made Public
Chief Kes Berko Tegegne reads from the Orit, written in the Ge’ez language. (photo credit: Michael Zekri and the Jerusalem Post) Dr. Dalit Rom-Shiloni, a past fellow of the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies and a member of the research group “Convergence and Divergence in Pentateuchal Theory: Bridging the Academic Cultures of Israel, North America, and […]