A specialized sheep-hunting camp in prehistoric Lebanon
Anthropologists at the University of Toronto (U of T) have confirmed the existence more than 10,000 years ago of a hunting camp in what is now northeastern Lebanon.
First ancient DNA from Africa illuminates deep human past
An international team led by Harvard Medical School scientists has produced the first genome-wide ancient human DNA sequences from west and central Africa.
2019 excavations of the Pafos Agora Project completed
Excavations focused on three trial trenchest. It was possible to reveal either the street surfaces themselvesor the infrastructure associated with them.
Late Neolithic Italy was home to complex networks of metal exchange
Research revealed that, while some of the copper was sourced from the rich ore deposits of Tuscany, as was expected, some is from further afield.
Neutron source enables a look inside dino eggs
Did Oviraptoridchicks hatch at the same time? Researchers at the University of Bonn and the TU Munich provide presumptive evidence.
Genetic changes among indigenous Mexican populations
The genomic study, the largest of its kind for indigenous populations from the Americas, appeared recently in the advanced online edition of Molecular Biology and Evolution.
The boom and bust economy of the Greenland Norse walrus ivory trade
New research show that the settlers hunted walrus and traded tusks and ivory across Europe during the Middle Ages, but the hunt became so intense that it may have led to the collapse of Norse Greenland.
A stolen Klimt painting was accidentally discovered after 20 years
“Portrait of a lady” measuring 55×65 cm was painted in 1916-1917 by Gustav Klimt.
The drawbacks of the modern face of ‘Homo Antecessor’
Study reveals that the species Homo antecessor already endured the drawbacks of having insufficient space for the third molar or wisdom tooth to erupt.
Four Danish warriors found by archaeologists in Poland
The skeletal remains of four Scandinavian warriors many hundreds of miles from their homeland were found by Polish archaeologists.
Self-Portrait (1889) in the Nasjonalmuseet Oslo really is a Van Gogh
The work’s authenticity had been questioned for some time, but the Van Gogh Museum has now confirmed the attribution after extensive technical and stylistic examination.
No major changes to landscape prior to European colonization
Contrary to long-held beliefs, humans did not make major changes to the landscape prior to European colonization, according to new research conducted in New England.
Μarble panel from Pantanassa monastery has conserved and exhibited
It was uncovered by professor and academician Panagiotis Vokotopoulos in the 1990s while excavating the floor of the narthex of the Pantanassa church.
Green in tooth and claw
Hard plant foods may have made up a larger part of early human ancestors’ diet than currently presumed, according to a new experimental study
Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion
Scientists studying fossils collected 35 years ago have identified them as the oldest-known scorpion species, a prehistoric animal from about 437 million years ago.
Peru: Arrests for damaging the Temple of the Sun
Six foreign tourists were arrested in Peru charged with secretly entering restricted zones of the Machu Picchu archaeological site.
Missing link in Palaeognath Evolution
Flinders researchers have studied the giant cassowary's eating, breathing and vocal structures and found a surprising missing link between two vastly different birds.
Alecos Levidis’ “The Myth-historic”
A series of twenty four paintings of autobiographical character, which have been created during the last four decades (1980-2019).
Italian and Kurdish archaeologists on the trail of the Assyrian Empire
Exciting discoveries from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: ten new rock reliefs showing the Assyrian king and the gods of Assyria sculpted along a large rock-cut irrigation canal.
Masterpieces from Paris museums are free online
One hundred thousand digital reproductions of masterpieces of art are now free online. Free and without limitations. This was announced last Tuesday by Paris Musées that oversees 14 municipal museums in Paris among which are the Musée d’Art Moderne de
2nd-century Roman-era water aqueduct unearthed in Artashat, Armenia
Archaeologists have discovered a 2nd century aqueduct during excavations in Artashat, a town in the province of Ararat 30 km southeast of Yerevan.
The colors of the Pachacamac idol, an Inca god, finally revealed
An international research team has been able to conduct never-before-seen analysis — non-invasive and non-destructive analysis — of the idol's polychromy.
Neandertals went underwater for their tools
In a recent study, researchers explored artifacts from the Neandertal archaeological cave site of Grotta dei Moscerini in Italy.
Unease about the Ethnological Museum of Cyprus becoming Ecclesiastical
The Hadjigeorgakis-Kornesios Mansion that houses the Ethnological Museums, is one of the most significant examples of urban architecture from the period of Ottoman rule.