Unique Golden Vessels Unearthed in Scythian Tomb
Scythians, the steppe nomads that roamed the lands between Mongolia and Ukraine, were great warriors but also skilled craftsmen and connoisseurs of golden vessels, as revealed by a wealth of finds in a...
View ArticleOldest Murder Victim Discovered
A Neanderthal skull bearing marks of lethal trauma inflicted deliberately by another individual has been discovered in a cave in Spain. The fossil has been dated to 430,000 years ago, or the Middle...
View ArticleEurasians Probably Left Africa Through Egypt
A new genome study of modern-day Ethiopians and Egyptians has suggested that Egypt was the more likely route that the first modern humans took out of Africa. The study, from the Wellcome Trust Sanger...
View ArticleEpigenetics Provides Glimpse Into Ancient Lifestyles
An epigenetic study of 30 sets of ancient human remains has given rise to hopes that more can be learned about how our ancestors’ environment affected their lives. The study comes from the University...
View ArticleStudy Finds Evidence of Opening of the Mouth in Mummies
Two Swiss researchers from the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine have found what they claim is the first evidence of an actual physical opening of the mouth in Egyptian mummies. While science has long...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Smoking Linked to Parasite Prevention
Scientists from Washington State University have suggested that smoking cannabis may have a beneficial effect with regard to the avoidance of intestinal parasite infections, which could explain why the...
View ArticleFossils Support Human’s Levant Route into Europe
Thousands of fossils of edible molluscs unearthed at an archaeological site in Lebanon have provided support for the hypothesis that modern humans entered Eurasia via the Levant. The international...
View ArticleFirst Artefacts from Franklin’s Arctic Shipwreck Go on Display
Fifteen objects from the shipwreck of HMS Erebus, which sank in 1846, have been recovered to the surface. This is the second major discovery after the location of the ship itself, which only happened...
View ArticleCornwall Yielded 200 kg Gold in Bronze Age
The rivers in Cornwall and West Devon gave early Bronze Age craftsmen as much as 200 kilos of gold, a new study has suggested. The precious metal came as a by-product of tin extraction from the river...
View ArticleNorth and South Korea Resume Work at Koryo Palace Dig
Archaeologists from North and South Korea returned at the start of this month to Manwoldae, a tenth century imperial palace built by the first king of the Koryo dynasty, Taejo. The site, now in North...
View ArticleRenovation Works Reveal Medieval Hospital Remains in York
Renovations at the York Theatre Royal have brought to life remains from what is considered to have been the largest hospital in northern England in the Middle Ages. Researchers from the York...
View ArticleScientists Recreate Colosseum Lift for Animals
A team of archaeologists has recreated the lift and supporting structures that were used in the Roman Colosseum to raise wild animals to the arena where they fought with each other or with gladiators...
View Article700-Year-Old Casino Found in Utah
An abundance of objects such as dice, sticks, and darts found in a cave near the Great Salt Lake in Utah have led researchers studying the site to suggest the culture that occupied the cave, the...
View ArticleEuropean and Asian Cultures Born From Mass Migration
The first large-scale genomic study of Bronze Age Europeans and Asians has provided the first concrete evidence that the cause of the significant cultural changes in that period was not a gradual...
View ArticleRabbit-Hunting Helped Modern Humans Gain Upper Hand
In further evidence of the greater adaptability of modern humans compared to Neanderthals, a study of rabbit bones has suggested that hunting smaller prey such as rabbits contributed to modern humans’...
View ArticleDecentralisation Made Ancient Greece Economic Success
A classics professor from Stanford University has suggested that ancient Greece, unlike its contemporaries, was not only a cultural but also an economic success. Josiah Ober’s findings are detailed in...
View ArticleNew Paper Tackles Macedon Royal Tomb Mystery
A royal Macedon tomb discovered in 1977 has had scientists debating the identity of its main occupant for decades. Some say it is Philip II, Alexander the Great’s father, but others claim it is...
View ArticleCompassion Helped Fuel Human Evolution
A new study of early humans has challenged one of the main tenets of Darwin’s evolutionary theory, the idea of the survival of the fittest, by suggesting compassion and the ability to accommodate...
View Article3,000-Year-Old Inscription Found at Ancient Judean Dig
An inscription bearing the name of one Eshba’al Ben Bada, has been found inside a 3,000-year-old clay jug at a dig in Israel, suggesting writing was more common at the time in Judah than previously...
View ArticleEarliest Evidence of Manmade Pollution Found
Teeth from Paleolithic people found in an Israeli cave have been found to bear traces of pollution originating from indoor cooking. The evidence was found in the plaque of the remarkably well preserved...
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