‘DNA time capsule’ reveals birthplace of modern humans
A landmark study led by Sydney researchers pinpoints the birthplace of modern humans in southern Africa and suggests how climate change may have driven the first migrations.
Did an extraterrestrial impact trigger the extinction of ice-age animals?
UofSC archaeologist finds evidence in South Carolina to support controversial theory.
New study on early human fire acquisition squelches debate
A team of University of Connecticut researchers, working with colleagues from Armenia, the UK, and Spain, has found compelling evidence that early humans such as Neanderthals not only controlled fire, but also mastered the ability to generate it.
New finds from Ancient Tenea
Part of a Roman public bath complex was excavated, as well as a section of a public building of worship from Archaic times.
Science reveals improvements in Roman building techniques
A variety of scientific techniques combined to highlight improvements in the technologies employed by the Romans in successive modifications to the Atrium Vestae in Rome.
Massive fangs and a death crush
The habits of a needle-toothed tetrapod which lived more than 370 million years ago have filled in a piece of the evolutionary puzzle thanks to new research.
Church of the “Glorious Martyr”
Greek inscription in large Byzantine church commemorates unknown martyr.
Strong winter dust storms may have caused the collapse of the Akkadian Empire
Fossil coral records provide new evidence that frequent winter shamals, or dust storms, and a prolonged cold winter season contributed to the collapse of the ancient Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia.
The world’s oldest known natural pearl discovered on Marawah Island
The discovery is proof that pearls and oysters were used in the United Arab Emirates nearly 8,000 years ago.
Training the next generation of Monuments Men and Women
The new personnel will continue the legacy of the World War II Monuments Men and Women—a group of curators, architects and other cultural heritage specialists who served in the Army Civil Affairs Division to save many of Europe’s cultural treasures.
The original location of the Bayeux Tapestry finally solved
New evidence, published in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association, has confirmed that the Bayeux Tapestry was designed specifically to fit a specific area of Bayeux's cathedral.
Early Celts may have drunk Mediterranean wine in local ceramics
Early Celts from the Heuneburg settlement may have enjoyed Mediterranean wine well before they began importing Mediterranean drinking vessels.
Larissa’s Covered Market to be restored and revived
The covered market built by the Ottomans was for several centuries the most important part of the market, trading in textiles (bez) and precious merchandise.
“Vitruvian Man” to be exhibited at the Louvre
The Venice District Court has rejected the appeal by the Italia Nostra cultural organization against the loan.
Restoring ancient text using deep learning
A research team of Deep Mind, headed by Greek scientist Yannis Assael, has created PYTHIA, an “intelligent” system which seems to manage even better than humans in reading damaged inscriptions.
Over 20 graves discovered in Neolithic cemetery
"This may be the largest cemetery of the Globular Amphora culture discovered in Poland," says archaeologist Wojciech Pasterkiewicz.
The largest ever Bronze Age hoard in London
A total of 453 bronze objects dating between c.900 and c.800 BC have been uncovered during a planned archaeological investigation.
New finds from research on the Antikythera shipwreck
In this present research, the half finished mapping of the shipwreck site was completed with the method of photogrammetry.
A 3,000-year-old cachette unearthed in Al-Asasif necropolis
In a press conference held on Luxor’s West Bank, Minister of Antiquities Dr. Khaled El-Enany announced the discovery of Al-Asasif Cachette, consisting of 30 intact, sealed and painted coffins of a 22nd Dynasty priests and priestesses of Luxor’s deities Amun and Khonsu.
Lifestyle is a threat to gut bacteria: Ötzi proves it
A study that was published today in Cell Host & Microbe explored for the first time the variation and evolution of Prevotella copri, a common human gut microbe; a research study conducted jointly by the University of Trento and Eurac Research in Bolzano.
Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old street in Jerusalem built by Pontius Pilate
An ancient walkway most likely used by pilgrims as they made their way to worship at the Temple Mount has been uncovered in the "City of David" in the Jerusalem Walls National Park.
The Greek Revolution in Playmobil dioramas
They depict key events of the 1821 Revolution such as the oath taken by the members of the secret society Filiki Eteria, the Exodus of Mesolongi, the siege of Tripolitsa as well as images of daily life.