
In 2002, the Unesco Education, Science and Cultural Organization recognized the Minaret Tower in Jam of Afghanistan as a World Cultural Heritage.

On July 20, the Israeli Archaeological Agency (IAA) said advanced digital technology helped scientists first read a 1,500-year-old bible book.

Expert Gershon Galil of Haifa University successfully deciphered the 3,000-year-old manuscript discovered 18 months ago.

Researchers at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, have discovered a way in which bacteria can communicate with each other through nanotubes.