At Home in the 17th Century
The Rijksmuseum presents 'At Home in the 17th Century', offering an up-close experience of daily life 400 years ago.
Two unsuspected pathogens struck Napoleon’s army
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have genetically analyzed the remains of former soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812.
Why did ancient people build Poverty Point?
Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point.
Stone tools trace Paleolithic Pacific migration
Ancient people from the Pacific Rim traveled a coastal route from East Asia during the last ice age to become North America’s First Peoples.
The Bremenium Fort archaeological dig
The fifth consecutive year of archaeological excavations at Bremenium Fort has delivered its most remarkable season yet.
Dimitris Pikionis: An aesthetic topography
The exhibition focuses on the landscape treatment of the entrances to the Acropolis of Athens, full of pictorial references in the pavements.
Michaelina Wautier: A (still) unfinished Story
This comprehensive exhibition offers for the first time an opportunity to discover the nearly complete Œuvre of this extraordinary painter.
Did lead limit brain and language development in ancient hominids
Ancient human relatives were exposed to lead up to two million years ago, but a gene mutation may have protected modern human brains.
National Museums of Scotland: The Peebles Hoard
Dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BCE), it contains several hundred elements from a complex set of objects.
Human-like dexterity and gorilla-like gripping strength
Stony Brook-led study on new hand and foot fossils of Paranthropus extend the understanding of the evolution of tool use and bipedality.
Archaeologists uncover 5,500-year-old ceremonial site in Jordan
A research team led by the University of Copenhagen has uncovered a remarkable Early Bronze Age ritual landscape at Murayghat in Jordan.
Training AI to identify ancient artists
Griffith researchers built and tested a digital archaeology framework to learn more about one of the oldest rock art forms, finger fluting.
Why Classic Maya cities rose and fell
UC Santa Barbara archaeologist Douglas Kennett, who has conducted extensive research into urbanization in Classic Maya cities.
Mizzou archaeologists unearth ancient Roman water basin
An example of Roman monumental architecture, designed not only to function but also demonstrate power, identity and influence.
British Museum to save the ‘Tudor Heart’ for the nation
The British Museum has launched a major campaign to save the spectacular gold pendant linked to Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon.
A tale from 400,000 years ago
An important paleontological and archaeological discovery, published in the scientific journal Plos One, reveals interactions between Homo sapiens and elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) in the Casal Lumbroso area of Rome.
150 years of German excavations in Olympia
The 150th anniversary of the start of the German excavations in Olympia was commemorated with a festive ceremony on site.
Silver treasure found in Borsum
A Roman hoard containing 450 silver coins, several silver bars, a gold ring, and a gold ring has been discovered near Borsum in Hildesheim.
Roman and early medieval palisades discovered in Grado
A new multidisciplinary research has uncovered three Roman and early medieval palisades in Grado (Friuli Venezia Giulia).
Satellite images reveal ancient hunting traps
An ancient system of elaborate mega traps likely built by hunters and pastoralists to catch prey in the high altitudes of northern Chile.
Pharaonic Fortress Excavated in Tell el-Haruba, Sinai
The fortress adds to our knowledge about the organization of New Kingdom Egypt's primary line of defense along its Eastern buffer zone.
The Passage of Commodus Opens To the Public at the Colosseum
It is richly decorated with mythological scenes from the myth of Dionysus and Ariadne, as well as scenes related to the arena shows.
Earliest Neolithic communities were open to newcomers
An international study with the involvement of the UAB, published in Nature Scientific Reports, reveals new findings based on the teeth found at five archaeological sites in Syria.
Were early humans hunters — or hunted?
Rice University anthropologist among first to use AI to uncover new clues that early humans were prey, not predators.