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Fast-footed fossil with outsized toes rewrites small-dino story

Originally misidentified as Nanosaurus, the metre-long teen fossil is the most complete early small dinosaur skeleton ever discovered, researchers say.

  The Cyrus Cylinder in Room 52 of the British Museum in London.

The Cyrus Cylinder: Archaeological treasure that connects Ancient Persia and the Jewish people

The Cyrus Cylinder is often considered the first charter of human rights, inscribed with the words of King Cyrus the Great, the founder of the Achaemenid Empire.

Israel liberating Iran from tyranny as the Persians once did for Jews

Once, the Iranians did the same for the Jews, in the time of Cyrus the Great. You and I are brothers, each other's guardians in an eternal bond forged by Cyrus the Great.

By AFSHIN ELLIAN
22/06/2025

Jerusalem highlights: June 13-19

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 THE WAZE app came out in 2013 (hence, the older-model smartphone pictured)

This week in Jewish history: Haganah formed in Israel, Google acquires Waze

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

By STEVEN DRUCKER
19/06/2025

A Jewish bridge builder’s burial, 15 years late: The strange afterlife of Lawrence Rubin

“We knew he had a place. There’s a marker there with his name and date of birth on it,” Karl Crawford, superintendent of the Greenwood Cemetery, told the JTA. “But he was not there."

By ANDREW LAPIN
13/06/2025

Make the Holocaust Memorial Council great again: Making changes to fight antisemitism

In its current form, is the museum really fulfilling that important role? As a proud member of the US Holocaust Memorial Council, I shudder to say that the answer is, unfortunately, no.

Dive team discovers SS Nantes wreck after 140 years

The SS Nantes sank in 1888 after colliding with the German ship Theodor Ruger, with only three survivors.

Prehistoric humans may have used fire to smoke meat one million years ago, study suggests

Over time, as the availability of large game declined, humans had to adapt to hunting smaller animals and using fire more consistently.

Fisherman discovers century-old J.C. Ames tugboat wreck in Lake Michigan

Thuss, whose step-grandmother is 'Shipwreck Suzze', reported the find to the Wisconsin Historical Society.

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