A curious prehistoric site on a hilltop in northern Ohio may reflect the spiritual cosmology of the ancient hunter-gatherer people who built the site around 2,300 years ago, according to a new study. The so-called Heckelman site, located near the… Continue Reading
The metro Line C in Rome has been plagued with problem that every archaeologist wants that they keep finding new Roman archaeology. Rome is now making a museum to start housing what they find and trying to incorporate the site… Continue Reading
Remnants of a dress belonging to Queen Elizabeth I may have been found in an altar cloth in Herefordshire. The fabric at St Faith’s Church in Bacton has been identified by experts as a piece of a 16th Century dress. … Continue Reading
New bioarchaeological evidence shows that Nubians and Egyptians integrated into a community, and even married, in ancient Sudan, according to new research from a Purdue University anthropologist. “There are not many archaeological sites that date to this time period, so… Continue Reading
Scuba-diving archaeologists have unearthed artefacts from an ancient butchering site that seem to settle a debate about when humans spread across the Americas. Working in the murk of a river in Florida, the team found stone tools dating back 14,550… Continue Reading
The mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague has recently made an unexpected discovery at Abusir South that once again highlights the importance of this cemetery of the Old Kingdom officials. Work commenced… Continue Reading
The remains of 14 women believed to be of high status and importance have been found at Stonehenge, the iconic prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England. The discovery, along with other finds, supports the theory that Stonehenge functioned, at least for… Continue Reading
Analysis of ancient Babylonian tablets reveals that, to calculate the position of Jupiter, the tablets’ makers used geometry, a technique scientists previously believed humans had not developed until at least 1,400 years later, in 14th century Europe. These tablets are… Continue Reading
Diminutive humans that died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study published Monday that dives into a fierce anthropological debate. Fossils of Homo floresiensis—dubbed “the hobbits”… Continue Reading
Tyrannosaurus rex, king of the dinosaur age, wasn’t a North American native as many experts had previously thought, a new study suggests. Instead, the giant tyrannosaur was likely an invasive species from Asia that dispersed into western North America once… Continue Reading