3:05 p.m. April 20, 2025: An earlier version of this article misidentified Nick Cave as Nick Cage. Every archaeologist remembers the first time they came to a layer of blackened dirt while excavating.
As Taylor Swift might say, these cakes are as pretty as a “picture to burn.” There’s always a new food trend cooking on TikTok, and the latest to take over the feeds is the burn-away celebration cake.
Every archaeologist remembers the first time they came to a layer of blackened dirt while excavating. For me it was at Tel Halif, in southern Israel. I was crouching in a hole; the dig’s director ...