Archaeology

Significant discoveries made at the Claterna Archaeological Site in northern Italy

The archaeological investigations at the ancient Roman city of Claterna, covering only...

Radiocarbon dating meets Egyptology and Biblical accounts in the city of Gezer

New dates provide detailed insights into the timing of events in the...

The complex origins of viticulture in the Western Mediterranean

A study of grape seeds from the Middle Bronze Age, conducted by...

Byzantine swords unearthed at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem

During urban redevelopment work west of the Jaffa Gate, one of the seven main entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem, archaeologists stumbled upon an...

New discovery in San Casciano: A marble Apollo emerges from the water

Following the awe-inspiring bronze findings, a monumental statue standing almost two meters tall, a marble copy of the Greek Praxiteles' original bronze, is the latest...

Well-preserved mosaic featuring lions discovered in the ancient city of Prusias ad Hypium

Archaeologists have uncovered a mosaic with lion motifs during excavations in the ancient city of Prusias ad Hypium. Excavations continue in the ancient city of "Prusias...

Anthropology

New research exposes early humans’ ecological versatility

The origins of human genus have long been associated with savannah and grassland environments of Africa.  Due to...

Cultural artifacts serve as ‘cognitive fossils,’ helping uncover the psychology of the past

No two societies in history think exactly alike. In fact, the mindset of a given society throughout history...

Humans already used controlled fires 11,000 years ago

Hunter-gatherer human communities were already carrying out controlled fires 11,000 years ago to open up clearings and grazing...

Fossils tell tale of last primate to inhabit North America before humans

The story of Ekgmowechashala, the final primate to inhabit North America before Homo sapiens or Clovis people, reads...

The genetic heritage of the Denisovans may have left its mark on our mental health

A research team led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) has identified...

New study challenges the narrative that only men were hunters

It’s a familiar story to many of us: In prehistoric times, men were hunters and women were gatherers....

The encounter between Neanderthals and Sapiens as told by their genomes

About 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years in the western part...

Extinct ape gets a facelift, 12 million years later

A new study led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn College, and the Catalan...

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Magnetic fields to be used to explore submerged civilisations

Magnetic fields could provide the key to understanding submerged...

Mesolithic child buried with bird feathers, plant fibres and fur unearthed in eastern Finland

The exceptional excavation of a Stone Age burial site...

Excavations at Ovriokastron on Greek island of Lesvos yield new finds

Important new elements that shed light on aspects of habitation...

Gut microbes and humans on a joint evolutionary journey

The human gut microbiome is composed of thousands of...

Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history

Italian authorities on Tuesday announced the extraordinary discovery of...

Neanderthal extinction may have been caused by sex, not fighting

A new paper proposes that Homo sapiens may have...

Intact burial cave from time of Rameses II discovered on Israeli coast

Israeli archaeologists on Sunday announced the "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery of...

Gold from Troy, Poliochni and Ur all had same origin

The gold in objects from Troy, Poliochni – a...

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Palestinians spark a holy skirmish

An official Palestinian report claiming that a key Jewish holy site — Jerusalem's Western Wall — has no religious significance to Jews has evoked an angry response from Israelis, threatening to further inflame tensions over the disputed city. Decades of archaeology have shown...

Peru's archaeological heritage homeward bound

A CENTURY ago Hiram Bingham, an American explorer backed by Yale University, hacked his way across jungle-clad mountains and came across the ruins of the fabled Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, hitherto known only to local farmers. He later returned to excavate the site....

Protecting Middle Earth

Surrounded by rice paddies on the Indonesian island of Flores, a limestone cave holds the only evidence of the 'hobbit' – a strange human that lived until 17,000 years ago. It's a truly fantastic tale: more than a million years ago, ape-like humans walked...

Dinosaur die-off cleared way for gigantic mammals

They just needed some leg room: New research shows the great dinosaur die-off made way for mammals to explode in size — some more massive than several elephants put together. The largest land mammal ever: A rhinoceros-like creature, minus the horn, that stood...

17th century shipwreck found in Sweden

The wreck of a ship apparently dating from before 1700 has been discovered in central Stockholm, the Maritime Museum in the Swedish capital said Thursday. The discovery was made by labourers close to the royal place and in front of Stockholm's Grand Hotel...

Tombs dating back to 5th millennium BC unearthed in Syria

Several dolmen tombs dating back to the 5th Millennium BC or the Stone–Copper Age (the Eneolithic Age) have been unearthed in several sites in southern Syria such as Ein Zakkar, Tsil, al-Bakkar and Jibilieh to the west of Daraa, in addition to al-Maysara, southeast...

Remains of large buildings found at Nara ruins thought to be 4th century ritual site

The remains of four large buildings have been discovered at the Akitsu ruins here, part of what is believed to have been a ritual site built in the first half of the 4th century and used by powerful figures at the time, the Archaeological...

North Wales hill test on communication in the Iron Age

An experiment hopes to identify how Iron Age people communicated from their hilltop homes 2,500 years ago. Volunteers are being sought to stand on the summit of 10 hill forts, and use flares and torchlight to signal to each other. The aim is...

Underground tunnel discovered by archaeologists at Lincoln Castle

A PREVIOUSLY unknown underground tunnel has been discovered at Lincoln Castle. Archaeologists uncovered the medieval structure during exploratory work at ground level prior to the installation of a lift that would take people on to the castle walls. The tunnel, which is linked...

Distant galaxies confirm existence of dark energy and flat universe

In the late 1990s, two teams of astronomers stunned the scientific community with the finding that the universe is accelerating in its expansion, somehow overpowering the constant pull of gravity that should be slowing it down. The culprit pressing the cosmic accelerator goes by...

Most wanted list of climate change culprits rewritten

China is the new number one cause of global warming, yes? It just got ahead of the US, right? Maybe not. It all depends how you look at the numbers, says a new analysis that finds new heroes and villains in the story of...

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