A rare snapshot of “fossil behavior” from Paranthropus boisei
Fossil footprints reveal body size and group dynamics of Paranthropus boisei, an ancient hominin group in northern Kenya.
West Bank’s Sebastia and Lebanon’s Mount Amel Castles added in UNESCO World Heritage List
The West Bank site of Sebastia and Lebanese Mount Amel castles are enlisted both as World Heritage and the List of World Heritage in Danger. Tyre also inscribed as a World Heritage in Danger.
A new study about cannibalism
Cannibalism did not disappear by accident. It became too costly for the societies that practiced it, a new study says.
Early Medieval palace discovered in Uzbekistan
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a palace belonging to local rulers at the Mingtepa archaeological site in the Jomboy district.
Climate and the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations
The findings published in Science Advances shed new light on the climate conditions surrounding the Late Bronze Age collapse.
Social inequalities were also cooked into 19th-century Brazil
Residues from 180 ceramic vessels have made it possible to reconstruct what different communities were cooking more than a century ago.
Silkworm cultivation predated the Silk Road
Silk production skills reached Central Asia as early as 4,000 years ago, long before start of Silk Road trading route, WashU research finds.
Study Shows Extent of Damage to Historic Sites in Syria
Dozens of archaeological sites were destroyed by looting during Syria’s civil war, which began in 2011 and lasted until 2024.
Fish on the Mountains
7,000-year-old fish traps in Norway reveal how Mesolithic hunter-gatherers transformed alpine ecosystems long before the advent of agriculture.
Rare Hellenistic Sanctuary Complex Unearthed at Gradište
Comparable kline ornaments have previously been found only in elite burials at Pella and the royal tombs of Aigai.
Americans’ Primary Diet Was Mammoths, Other Large Mammals
Early humans in North and South America relied heavily on hunting of large mammals, including mammoths and giant ground sloths.
Egyptian princesses led more active lifestyles than expected
More than 130 years after their discovery, the skeletons of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh and five princesses reveal remarkable new details.
Roman villa with intricate mosaic and bath house
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and intricate polychrome mosaic within the remains of a Roman villa sitting beneath Devon farmland.
A complex ancient water distribution system in Armenia
Archaeologists have identified more than 1,000 kilometres of ancient and modern water-management features near the city of Argishtikhinili.
Three New Kingdom elite tombs found at Saqqara’s Bubasteion
Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Bubasteion necropolis in Saqqara has uncovered three rock-cut tombs.
Did the Qumran Sect Really Use Its 364-Day Calendar?
A new Tel Aviv University study combines Hasmonean history with evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls to solve a decades-old mystery.
Large Precolonial Villages Practiced Maize-based Polyculture
New study helps resolve one of South American archaeology's longest-running debates: the role of maize in precolonial societies.
Unusual to share a grave with close relatives in the Middle Ages
The results of this new study show that close biological relatives were surprisingly rare among people buried in the same grave.
Study challenges view about Neolithic monument builders
People who built monumental tombs in Central Europe about 5,600 years ago did not cause widespread environmental destruction.
Tomb discovered at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Luxor
Inscriptions show that the tomb belonged to a person named Paser and based on the artistic style of the tomb's decoration, the monument dates to the Ramesside Period.
A common culture of cave dwellers
Tens of thousands of years ago, our own species, Homo sapiens, coexisted with Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis.
Major Archaeological Discovery at Marina El Alamein
Impressive subterranean ancient tombs, along with several surface burials, which contained sarcophagi and exceptional archaeological finds.
Family ties link Scythian elite burials across the Eurasian steppe
Ancient DNA reveals how political power and elite status may have been maintained among Iron Age nomadic societies.
Human activity has not always harmed biodiversity
For millennia, farming in Switzerland did not reduce plant diversity but helped increase it, University of Basel researchers have shown.