Excavations in India uncover Harappan factory
The 4MSR site near Binjor in Rajasthan is now excavated and proves to be not a settlement but rather a production centre of the Early Harappan and Mature Harappan phases.
The Getty and Rothschild Foundation Announce Inaugural Getty Rothschild Fellowship
The Getty and the Rothschild Foundation announced the creation of the Getty Rothschild Fellowship, which will support innovative scholarship in the history of art, collecting, and conservation.
Ancient brain to be reconstructed by scientists
The imprints of the brain on a 17,000-year-old skull found in Italy has allowed scientists to produce a reconstruction of an ancient brain.
Obsidian tools used for tattooing in prehistoric Oceania
A new study says 3,000-year-old volcanic glass tools from the South Pacific were used for tattooing and will hopefully provide an insight into ancient tattooing practices.
Another 23 shipwrecks located at Fourni
The 2016 Fourni Underwater Survey: Traces of 23 shipwrecks have been located and registered, dating from the end of the Archaic period until the 19th century.
Testing ideas about the evolution of long-necked sauropod dinosaurs
How was the sauropod skeleton able to bear the tremendous loads of neck and tail without causing injury or compromising mobility?
Monkeys in Brazil have used stone tools for hundreds of years at least
New archaeological evidence suggests that Brazilian capuchins have been using stone tools to crack open cashew nuts for at least 700 years, and the new research paper asks whether human behaviour was influenced through watching the monkeys.
Cannabis in Eurasia
During a short time period at the end of the last Ice Age, between about 11,500 and 10,200 years ago, Stone Age humans in Europe and Asia independently began using cannabis.
The Philistine cemetery in Israel
The ancient philistine cemetery discovered in Israel could lead us see Goliath’s people in a completely new light.
Kaspersky Lab will fund a project at Akrotiri
Kaspersky Lab will fund a project with three major phases at the famous Akrotiri settlement in Santorini (Thera), Greece, in cooperation with the Archaeological Society at Athens (ASA).
“Refugees Heirlooms” at the Musée d’histoire de Nantes
The exhibition at the Musée d’histoire de Nantes, in partnership with the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, offers a chance to discover the exceptional objects from the Refugee Treasures exhibition presented in 2009 in Athens.
Rare discovery of Late Roman official buried in Leicester
The remains of a man wearing a type of belt typical for a Late Roman soldier were found at the Roman cemetery in Leicester.
Cannibalism among late Neandertals in northern Europe
Tübingen researchers in international team uncover grisly evidence that Neandertals butchered their own kind some 40,000 years ago.
New mosaics discovered in synagogue excavations in Galilee
Excavations in the Late Roman (fifth century) synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Lower Galilee have discovered ornate mosaics.
Scientists ‘look inside’ an ancient Greek amphora
Russian scientists have identified the components of the oldest bitumen sample to be found in an ancient vase and made an accurate estimate of its age.
Ancient Brazilians occupied the same homes for centuries
Ancient inhabitants of the southern Brazilian highlands were no strangers to the types of home improvements we enjoy today, academics from the University of Exeter have found.
No direct link between climate change and early human innovation
Cultural, technological changes not in sync with climate shifts at 2 Middle Stone Age sites.
Ostrich relative lived in North America 50 million years ago
Exceedingly well-preserved bird fossil specimens dating 50 million years represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of the modern-day ostrich.
Mammals diversified after dinosaur extinction
Humans’ early mammal relatives likely diversified 66 million years ago, after the extinction of dinosaurs opened up space for animals such as big cats, horses, elephants and eventually apes to evolve.
Ancient burial rituals revived through 12,000 year old funeral feast reconstruction
One of the earliest funeral banquets ever to be discovered reveals a preplanned, carefully constructed event that reflects social changes at the beginning of the transition to agriculture in the Natufian period.
Burials in Wales could be of St David’s contemporaries
The skeletons uncovered at a Pembrokeshire burial site, in Wales, UK, probably date to the time St David was a bishop.
The twin Kouroi to be presented to the public
On July 13, the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth will open its gates to present the twin Kouroi from ancient Tenea.
Archaeologists in Denmark seek police help to investigate fire
Archaeologists in Denmark have asked the police to help them clarify whether a fire that destroyed a castle 1,000 years ago was set on purpose.
6,000 year old telescope without a lens
Astronomers are exploring what might be described as the first astronomical observing tool, potentially used by prehistoric humans 6,000 years ago.