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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the future of humanity.
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Apr 30, 2018...
We want to believe: “Ata,” a mummy found in Chile’s Atacama region, inspired theories and rumors.Credit: Bhattacharya, S. et al., 2018
It started the way s ... Read more
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Sep 21, 2009... The present can supply us with intriguing glimpses into the past. In geology, for example, long-term processes that continue to this day can shed light on those ... Read more
Sep 21, 2016... From a charred Hebrew scroll, researchers resurrected one of the earliest known versions of the Old Testament using a new digital reconstruction technique that ... Read more
Jan 11, 2012... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—January 11, 2012—When did modern humans arrive in Europe and Asia? At what rate have cultural changes spread from one region to another thro ... Read more
Oct 13, 2015... Charred 10,000 year-old fava beans. An amount like that would have been extremely difficult to gather from wild plants, indicating the legume had been domestica ... Read more
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Jul 10, 2013... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 10, 2013—When did people first begin to express their feelings with flowers? It turns out that in prehistoric times, Mount Carmel residents ... Read more
Dec 05, 2017...
Archaeologists working at the Shubayqa 1 site. Credit: University of Copenhagen
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN - FACULTY OF HUMANITIES—New research by a team of ... Read more
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Jun 16, 2017...
Recently uncovered remains of a massive stone tower built to guard Gihon Spring – a vital water supply just downhill from the ancient city of Jerusalem
Gih ... Read more
Aug 10, 2012...
An archaeological dig in Tel Tzafit, the hometown of biblical giant Goliath. Photo by Richard Whiskin
Gath, the capital city of the Bible's bad guys as wel ... Read more
Jan 28, 2014...
An arrow points to the Qesem Cave hearth, where hominins may have tended to fires as early as 300,000 years ago. WEIZMANN INSTITUTE
A newly discovered hear ... Read more
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