Traces of large-scale human-produced air pollution in Peruvian ice cap
Scientists have found the first detailed record of widespread human-produced air pollution in South America from before the industrial revolution...
Late Ottoman period shipwreck reveals its treasures
Part of the hull, wooden rigging-elements, pistol bullets, ceramics, glass tableware, bricks and an iron cannon were found by underwater archaeologists.
The child in the sand
Last Tuesday, on February 3rd, tour guide Carrie Brown was walking along the beach of Sanday island when she spotted part of a rib-cage in the sand.
Rapid end of the Green Sahara 8,000 years ago
9,000 years ago most of the Sahara was covered by large lakes and savannah that were populated by herds of wild game...
Amber fossil links earliest grasses, dinosaurs and fungus used to produce LSD
A perfectly preserved amber fossil from Myanmar has been found that provides evidence of the earliest grass specimen ever discovered and even then it was topped by a fungus similar to ergot, which for eons has been intertwined with animals and humans.
Prehistoric twins discovered in Russian cemetery
Archaeologists in Siberia discovered the oldest confirmed evidence of twins, when they unearthed a 7,700-year-old skeleton of a woman bearing twins, all of whom probably died at birth
Marble bust of Hadrian unearthed
A marble bust of Hadrian was excavated at the archaeological site of Los Torrejones, in Murcia, Spain.
Expedition reveals new Batavia burial site
Australian archaeologists are back at Beacon Island examining archaeological sites related to one of WA's most famous shipwrecks, the Batavia.
Menkaure Pyramid open to public
The pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three at the Giza Necropolis, is now open to the public after renovation works were completed.
Neanderthals extinct from Iberian Peninsula earlier than thought
Findings at the El Salt site in Spain, show that Neanderthals disappeared from the Iberian Peninsula earlier than it was believed until now.
Nok Culture study enters its third round
Excavations in Nigeria currently not possible. Frankfurt archaeologists do not want to take any security risks. Now the existing data will first be evaluated at home.
Polish student reconstructed houses of the first Egyptians
Jacek Karmowski prepared virtual 3D models of ancient Egyptian houses, based on the results of the Tell el-Farcha excavations in the Nile Delta.
In a crisis, the bigger your social network, the better
The more you know your neighbors, the better off you may be when disaster strikes, a new study from the University of Arizona suggests.
15-million-year-old mollusk protein “beautifully preserved”
A find which gives us a window back around 15 million years, which is about the same time the first mammoths appeared.
International Museum Day 2015
This internationally popular event is an occasion to raise awareness on how important museums are in the development of society.
By the Rivers of Babylon
On display for the first time are original artifacts dating to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian Exile, including clay tablets from the Al-Yahudu archive.
Upright body plan may have evolved multiple times
The fossilized, about 6 inches long hipbone of an ape called Sivapithecus is raising a host of new questions about whether the upright body plan of apes may have evolved multiple times.
Olympus: The Greco-Roman Collections of Berlin
Exhibition featuring over 160 works, including marble statues and reliefs, bronze statuettes, terracotta vases, and jewelry from the Berlin State Museum’s classical antiquities collection, drawn from the Altes Museum and the Pergamonmuseum.
Methodologies in Ancient Material Culture
The Conference on Methodologies in Ancient Material Culture will be hosted at the University of Winnipeg, in Canada, on October 2-4, 2015.
Lepanto: The Naval Battle
The exhibition “Alkis Pierrakos. Lepanto: The Naval Battle” opens its doors today (February 5, 2015), at the at the Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika Gallery of Athens.
Hunter-gatherers’ dental “harmony” disrupted by diet shift
Hunter gatherer populations had an almost "perfect harmony" between their lower jaws and teeth. This harmony began to fade with the transition to agriculture.
Fishy cooking habits of North American hunter-gatherers
Archaeologists have discovered the first use of pottery in north-eastern North America was largely due to the cooking, storage and social feasting of fish by hunter-gatherers.
Tonal languages require humidity
Languages with a wide range of tone pitches have primarily developed in regions with high levels of humidity.
The giant pacarana used its teeth as tusks
Josephoartigasia monesi may have used its incisors for activities other than biting, such as digging in the ground for food, or defending itself from predators.