Swiss farmers contributed to the domestication of the opium poppy
Through a new analysis of archaeological seeds, researchers at the University of Basel have been able to bolster the hypothesis that prehistoric farmers throughout the Alps participated in domesticating the opium poppy.
A large number of rock-cut tombs excavated in Al Hamdiya necropolis, Sohag, Egypt
This group of tombs represents the rulers and staff of the 9th province (nome) of Upper Egypt.
A new species of dinosaur has been identified
By a team of palaeontologists in Mexico after the discovery nearly a decade ago of its fossilized bones.
Indigenous co-management essential for Bears Ears region
For the first time, a new study evaluated ecological legacies, archaeo-ecosystem restoration and Indigenous co-management practices in the Bears Ears region on the Colorado Plateau.
Acropolis Museum ready to welcome its visitors
The AMNA visited the Acropolis Museum just before its reopening.
Climate change could erase ancient Indonesian cave art
Griffith University-led research has revealed that some of the world’s earliest known rock art is disappearing at an alarming rate.
Mysterious stone structures in Saudi Arabia among oldest in the world
Αrchaeologists from the University of Western Australia in Perth claims that mysterious monumental stone structures called mustatils (which means rectangle in Arabic) located at the sites of AlUla and Khaybar (northwestern Saudi Arabia), may have been built for ritual purposes in the sixth millennium BC.
Production of marble slabs in the Roman imperial period
Analysis of wall decoration dating to the second century A.D. provides new insights into marble extraction and processing.
Genetic similarities between the first Bronze Age Aegean cultures
The Minoan civilization in Crete, the Helladic culture in mainland Greece and the Cycladic culture in the Aegean islands.
Rapa Nui communities offer insights for successful life in isolation
Binghamton University anthropologists Carl Lipo and Robert DiNapoli explore how complex community patterns in Rapa Nui — the indigenous name for both the island and its people — helped the isolated island survive from its settlement in the 12th to 13th century until European contact.
Ancestors may have created ‘iconic’ sounds as bridge to first languages
The ‘missing link’ that helped our ancestors to begin communicating with each other through language may have been iconic sounds, rather than charades-like gestures.
The museums are reopening on May 14
The safe opening of the museums marks an important step in the gradual reoperating of the country's cultural infrastructure.
Research reveals ancient people had more diverse gut microorganisms
An international team used human "paleofeces" to discover that ancient people had far different microorganisms living in their guts than we do in modern times.
Managing the Aqueduct of Constantinople
Double water channels may have been used to maintain the system while enabling constant operation.
Triple international distinction for the new lighting of the Acropolis
The new lighting of the Acropolis won three important awards at the 2020 International Darc Awards.
The surprising evolutionary history of our oral bacteria
Researchers reconstruct the oral microbiomes of Neanderthals, primates, and humans, including the oldest oral microbiome ever sequenced from a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal, and discover unexpected clues about human evolution and health.
Archaeologists pinpoint population for the Greater Angkor region
Study designed at the University of Oregon provided a foundation that drew new information from lidar imagery, machine learning, archaeological and historical data.
Current Research in Egyptology 2020/2021 taking place in Rhodes, Greece
The latest CRE conference, organized by Aegean Egyptology at the University of the Aegean (Rhodes, Greece) has already started and it is running online.
Scrap for cash before coins
Researchers including Göttingen University show Bronze Age witnessed revolution in small change across Europe.
Most human origins stories are not compatible with known fossils
Fossil apes can inform us about essential aspects of ape and human evolution, including the nature of our last common ancestor.
Dinosaurs that hunted in the dark
The tiny desert-living dinosaur Shuvuuia had extraordinary vision and owl-like hearing for nocturnal life in the Mongolian desert.
Conservation and restoration at the site of Kissonerga-Mosfilia
The reconstructed mudbrick prehistoric roundhouse serves as a Visitor centre at the important Chalcolithic archaeological site of Kissonerga-Mosfilia.
Cracking the code of the Dead Sea Scrolls
By combining the sciences and the humanities, University of Groningen researchers have cracked the code, which enables them to discover the scribes behind the scrolls.
“The Kiss” by Ilias Papailiakis, an ode to love, life and the city
“I simply found a way in the middle of these suffocating times of blowing a kiss” says Ilias Papailiakis with a smile to the Athens and Macedonia News Agency.