4000-year-old red granite lintel discovered at Egypt’s Herakleopolis Magna
A large lintel of red granite was discovered during excavations in the temple of Heryshef at the Herakleopolis Magna archaeological site.
Genomics tracks migration from lost empires to modern cities
New genomic tools are enabling researchers to overturn long-held beliefs about the origins of populations, a researcher told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics.
How dinosaurs may have evolved into birds
Tohoku University researchers and their international collaborators have identified a possible genetic mechanism underlying the evolution of birds, according to a recently published study in Nature Communications.
Fossil beetles suggest that LA climate has been relatively stable for 50,000 years
The research was based on more than 180 fossil insects preserved in the La Brea Tar Pits of Los Angeles
King Tut’s bed and chariot moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum
Tutankhamun’s funerary bed and chariot were safely moved on Tuesday evening from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to the Grand Egyptian Museum across the city.
Religious devotion as predictor of behavior
Robert Lynch, a postdoctoral fellow in anthropology, says the level of devotion one feels toward religious beliefs can predict how that person likely will interact with members of his own group or with members outside of the group.
Archaeologist involved in groundbreaking discovery of early human life in ancient Peru
Hundreds of thousands of artifacts, including hand-woven baskets, in Huaca Prieta, reveal that early humans in that region were a lot more advanced than originally thought and had very complex social networks.
A Middle Stone Age ochre-processing workshop
Middle Stone Age humans in the Porc-Epic cave likely used ochre over at least 4,500 years.
The Bamburgh Bird
Near the end of last summer’s excavation season a marvellous new find of national significance was discovered at Bamburgh Castle; a beautifully decorated copper alloy bird mount.
‘Agricultural revolution’ in Anglo-Saxon England sheds new light on medieval land use
University of Leicester academics work with University of Oxford in project to examine how historical farming methods changed England’s landscape.
Well-traveled tool shows early humans covered vast distances
A new analysis of an obsidian scraper excavated in southern Syria during the 1930s demonstrates that, shortly after Neanderthals disappeared, modern humans covered far greater distances than previously known.
Rare tooth find reveals horned dinosaurs in eastern North America
A chance discovery in Mississippi provides the first evidence of an animal closely related to Triceratops in eastern North America.
Facing up to a grave discovery at the City Art Centre of Edinburgh
Shedding light on Edinburgh’s murky medical past, the face of an early autopsy patient has been unveiled for the first time.
Scientists find 7.2-million-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans
New findings suggest the split of the human lineage occurred in the Eastern Mediterranean and not – as customarily assumed – in Africa.
3.3 million-year-old fossil reveals the antiquity of the human spine
Eager to tell her story, the almost perfect fossil skeleton of a 2 1/2 year-old toddler was discovered at Dikika, Ethiopia.
Roman Cultural Memory
A series of three conferences will explore the impact of the bourgeoning field of memory studies on the study of Latin Literature and Culture.
The last Muslim King in Spain
Cambridge academic Elizabeth Drayson presents the first full account in any language of the Moorish sultan of Granada, and head of the Nasrid dynasty.
Anthropologist finds evidence for shared governance in ancient Mexico
The citizens of Tres Zapotes may have shared the power, not among each individual in that society, but at least among several different factions within the city.
56 embalming jars for the mummification of high Vizier
An excavation project by a joint Egyptian and Spanish archaeological mission from University of Alcalá has uncovered 56 embalming jars for the mummification of the vizier Ipi.
Stone block with engraved cartouche found in Egypt
Authorities in Egypt have found an engraved stone block while inspecting an illegal excavation site in the Sohag town of Abydos.
Sicily to Cyprus show shared genetic heritage
A new study describes the genetic fingerprints of the Mediterranean people with high-density genomic markers and a wide sample of modern populations from Sicily and Southern Italy.
Earliest evidence found for Aboriginal people living on the Australian coast
Researchers confirmed evidence from a remote cave in Australia’s North West that pushes back human occupation of Australia to around 50,000 years ago.