Research transforms understanding of the history of cats in Europe
An international team of researchers has found new archaeological and genetic evidence which transforms our understanding of the history of cats in Europe.
Long-distance weaponry identified at Masières-Canal
The hunter-gatherers who settled on the banks of the Haine, a river in southern Belgium, 31,000 years ago were already using spearthrowers to hunt their game.
New discoveries in the Roman fort in Gonio-Apsaros
The fieldwork of the team headed by Dr. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski and Prof. Shota Mamuladze has delivered several interesting discoveries.
Lady from Ampato
A reconstruction of the face of the woman called Juanita is presented as part of the exhibition at the Andean Sanctuaries Museum in Peru.
Humans already used controlled fires 11,000 years ago
A study led by the University of Barcelona shows that humans began to transform the landscape through fire earlier than previously thought.
A building with seven rooms came to light in Salamina
Results of the underwater research on the eastern coast of Salamis conducted in July 2022.
The Natufian culture: A brighter shade of red
Dating back approximately 15,000 years, these non-mineral dyes were found on beads and jewellery from the Kebara Cave.
Did Nature Have a Hand in the Formation of the Great Sphinx?
Researchers turn to erosion in exploring the role natural elements had in building an architectural wonder.
Were early societies dependent on climate?
Climate fluctuations and demographic changes were closely linked during the first farming and metal-producing societies in Central Europe.
Project looks for lost civilisations beneath Baltic and North Sea
The University of Bradford’s Submerged Landscapes Research Centre, led by Professor Vince Gaffney, is about to embark on an ambitious project to map the seabed in the Baltic and North Seas.
Cold War Spy Satellites Reveal Ancient Roman Forts
Two-thousand years ago, forts were constructed by the Roman Empire across the northern Fertile Crescent, spanning from what is now western Syria to northwestern Iraq.
Early whaling eradicated species from local waters
A group of archaeologists examined 719 whale bones from various museum collections in Europe.
Remains of prehistoric hearths, pottery and ostrich eggs
Archaeologists working in Mongolia have discovered traces of human activity from the early Holocene.
Farmer finds ‘ancient’ weapons while ploughing field
A farmer ploughing his field has stumbled upon the fragment of a large flint axe and a javelin head dating back thousands of years.
Finding Argoland: how a lost continent resurfaced
Geologists have long known that around 155 million years ago, a 5000 km long piece of continent broke off western Australia and drifted away.
On the trail of a great mystery
An interdisciplinary project is using genetic analysis to determine the geographic origin of mummified baboons found in ancient Egypt.
18th-century cold bath found in an assembly room in Bath
Archaeologists have revealed the remains of what was once a popular form of ‘taking the waters’ for health purposes – a Cold Bath.
A rare medieval tattoo from Ghazali, Sudan
Bioarchaeological research discovered a rare medieval religious tattoo from a burial near a medieval monastery in Sudan.
Amazonian Rainforest Hides Thousands of Records of Ancient Indigenous Communities
The world’s most diverse forest, the Amazon, may also host more than 10,000 records of pre-Columbian earthworks.
Excavations at Kouklia-Marchello, 2023
The 2023 fieldwork season at Kouklia-Marchello by the Department of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has been completed.
Research article: ‘Woman the hunter: The archaeological evidence’
According to a study by Sarah Lacy and Cara Ocobock published by American Anthropologist prehistoric women were also hunters.
Is violence a ‘natural part’ of human nature
The level of violence among ancient human communities in the Middle East fluctuated greatly throughout history and depended on the social life conditions in particular eras.
Researchers identify the oldest pieces of Baltic amber found on the Iberian Peninsula
A team of scientists from the Universities of Granada and Cambridge, as well as the Government of Catalonia, have identified the oldest pieces of Baltic amber.
Romans were early pioneers of recycling
Gold impurities in silver coins and lead pollution in Greenland ice show that the Romans were early pioneers of recycling.