Significant discovery of cave paintings in northern Spain
Archaeologists in Spain have discovered a series of Palaeolithic era cave paintings in northern Spain, among the best found so far in the country.
‘Greeks’ exhibition to οpen June 1 at National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C.
The Greeks makes its final of two US stops, and its only East Coast appearance, at the National Geographic Museum, where it opens to the public on June 1.
Pyramid of Unas reopens to public
After two decades of conservation and renovation works, the Pyramid of Unas was opened again to the public last Friday.
Remains of rice and mung beans help solve a Madagascan mystery
The first archaeological evidence that settlers from South Asia are likely to have colonised the island over a thousand years ago.
Dodona: The oracle of sounds
The exhibition aims at providing wider knowledge about the oldest Greek oracle, tracing the way it functioned, its role and importance in the ancient world, and at the same time showcasing the human need to predict the future.
Remains of bizarre group of extinct snail-eating Australian marsupials discovered
Fossil remains of a previously unknown family of carnivorous Australian marsupials that lived 15 million years ago have been discovered at the Riversleigh World Heritage Fossil Site .
Florence’s Uffizi Gallery to digitize in 3-D its entire Greek and Roman sculpture collection
High-resolution 3-D digital models of the Uffizi Greek and Roman sculptures will be created and made freely available online by Indiana University’s bicentennial in 2020.
Megalithic burial monument unearthed in India
A megalithic burial monument discovered in Malabar, India, has yielded additional evidence of proto-historic habitation of the area.
Neanderthals were stocky from birth
Analysis of two well-preserved skeletons of Neandertal neonates shows that Neandertals’ wide bodies and robust bones were formed by birth.
Alpine rock art
Archaeologists at the University of York have undertaken pioneering scans of the highest prehistoric paintings of animals in Europe.
Migration back to Africa took place during the Paleolithic
A piece of international research led by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has retrieved the mitogenome of a fossil belonging to the first Homo sapiens population in Europe.
Taj Mahal is turning green due to insect secretion
The marble of Taj Mahal is turning green due to droppings of insects from a polluted river. The 17th century monument is full of green and black patches of waste on its walls, which need to be scrubbed and cleaned every day.
Ancient DNA study finds Phoenician from Carthage had European ancestry
A research team co-led by a scientist at New Zealand’s University of Otago has sequenced the first complete mitochondrial genome of a 2500-year-old Phoenician dubbed the “Young Man of Byrsa” or “Ariche”.
Women in southern Germany Corded Ware culture may have been highly mobile
Women in Corded Ware Culture may have been highly mobile and may have married outside their social group, according to a new study.
Oxyrhynchus papyri reveal magical spells
Two of the Oxyrhynchus papyri, a collection from ancient Egypt discovered about 100 years ago, have been deciphered, yielding magical words and spells used at the time.
New research maps the devastation of the Black Death on medieval England
An innovative new archaeological study has revealed in detail for the first time how individual towns, villages and hamlets across swathes of medieval England were decimated by the Black Death.
Rapid rise of the Mesozoic sea dragons
New research shows that marine reptiles such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs burst onto the scene, rather than expanding slowly into their ecosystems.
Crucial interaction between fire and mankind explored in new research
A pioneering team of international researchers have devised a "manifesto for fire science" to explore the pivotal relationship that exists between mankind and fire, on a global stage.
The discovery of a 12th dynasty mummy
The head of the ancient Egyptian Antiquities Section, Dr. Mahmoud Afifi, announces the discovery of the burial of the mother of two governors of Elephantine by a Spanish Mission from the University of Jaén during their excavation work in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa, West Aswan.
Lost Italian Renaissance statues from Berlin collection have been located
Sculptures missing from Berlin's collection since the Second World War have been identified by Art Historians at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
Painted Medieval church walls discovered in Northern Sudan
The largest group of paintings from the turn of the 8th-9th century has been discovered in Sudan.
Israeli MFA transfers ancient sarcophagi covers to ambassador of Egypt
Yesterday, May 22, 2016, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed over two ancient relics from Pharaonic times, which had reached Israel illegally, to the Ambassador of Egypt.
A shaggy dog story
A contagious form of cancer that can spread between dogs during mating has highlighted the extent to which dogs accompanied human travellers throughout our seafaring history.
Genes for nose shape found
Genes that drive the shape of human noses have been identified by a UCL-led study.