Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought
Research pushes back the date for the oldest evidence of life on land to some 300 million years earlier than previously documented.
Exhibition: The State Hermitage Museum, Gateway to History
The exhibition has opened its gates in the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens.
Significant Bronze Age city discovered in Northern Iraq
Bassetki was only known to the general public in the past because of the “Bassetki statue,” which was discovered there by chance in 1975.
Patagonian fossil leaves reveal rapid recovery from dinosaur extinction event
Ancient feeding marks from hungry insects in South American leaf fossils are shedding new light on the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Grolier Codex ruled genuine
The Grolier contains astronomical Venus tables and day signs, but the later Dresden, Madrid and Paris codices are marked by more complex grammar, explanatory texts and denser imagery.
The rediscovery of Locri
The Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa and the CNR-IBAM are conducting a joint multidisciplinary research project for the study of the ancient Greek and Roman city of Locri.
Νew data about the first communities of the Old Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula
A researcher from the University of Granada (UGR) has shed new light on the lifestyle of the first communities in the Early Neolithic (7500-6800 years ago) in the Iberian Peninsula, from the study of stone bracelets.
Herbivorous mammals have bigger bellies
On average, herbivorous mammals have a body cavity that is twice as big as carnivores of a similar body size.
Warratyi Rock Shelter is the oldest evidence of Aboriginal occupation in Australia
La Trobe University led research has uncovered extraordinary evidence of the earliest human habitation of inland arid Australia.
How the chicken crossed the Red Sea
The discarded bone of a chicken leg provides some of the oldest known physical evidence for the introduction of domesticated chickens to the continent of Africa.
When corals met algae
The mutually beneficial relationship between algae and modern corals began more than 210 million years ago, according to a new study by an international team of scientists including researchers from Princeton University.
Today Cambridge Library opens its “ultimate cabinet of curiosities”
The Library celebrates its 600th anniversary year with an exhibition of curious items.
Middle Stone Age ochre processing tools reveal cultural and behavioural complexity
Range of ochre processing techniques produced powder of varying color and coarseness.
Arnd Hennemeyer: The Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Lecture of the "THE CIRCLE, Dialogues for Greek and Roman Architecture” by Dr.-Ing. Arnd Hennemeyer.
New underwater finds show Malta was part of the Phoenician trade
The Maltese islands were possibly part of the Phoenician trade, show new findings of maritime archaeologists at the shipwreck off the coast of Gozo.
Rome’s Jewish catacombs receive Italian government funding
The Italian government's Consiglio Nazionale dei Beni Culturali has assigned nearly 1.5 million euro to finance work in the Jewish catacombs of Rome.
Norcia’s basilica destroyed by earthquake
The 6.6 earthquake that struck central Italy on October 30, destroyed a number of churches and historic buildings. Among them was Norcia’s Basilica of San Benedetto.
Neanderthals on cold steppes also ate plants
Neanderthals in cold regions probably ate a lot more vegetable food than was previously thought.
Boat burial was found within richly decorated chamber
Mudbrick construction housing a boat is associated with Senwosret III's symbolic mortuary complex and is probably one of the latest examples of a custom dating back to the early Pharaohs.
Pictish carved stone with dragon motif discovered in Orkney Cliff
Archaeologists from the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) have uncovered a rare pictish carved stone from an eroding cliff face on the Orkney Islands.
Study finds climate helped guide early Pacific seafarers
The colonization of far-flung Remote Oceania some 3,400 years ago was one of the most ambitious and expansive population dispersals in human history.
Fossilised dinosaur brain tissue identified for the first time
Researchers have identified the first known example of fossilized brain tissue in a dinosaur from Sussex. The tissues resemble those seen in modern crocodiles and birds.
Study Sheds New Light on an Old Tale of Horror
A study co-authored by Dartmouth’s Nathaniel Dominy casts a new light on the story of Frankenstein’s monster, who lives on in the public imagination in stories, in movies, and of course, on Halloween.
Rare First Temple period document mentioning Jerusalem uncovered
The document is believed to represent extremely rare evidence of the existence of an organized administration in the Kingdom of Judah.