Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed an incredibly rare treasure in the Nile Delta: The remains of an ancient village, dating back…
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A sarcophagus from the ancient Roman era has been discovered, containing remnants of a young woman and a complete makeup…
Long before modern man came to Europe, our cousins were in full swing decorating the continent’s caves. New dating of…
Now research reveals more about the 5,300-year-old Ötzi man – also called the Iceman – and in particular, his diet.…
A loaf of bread that was baked 14 400 years ago has been found during excavations in Jordan, according to…
Finding the parvovirus B19 in archaeological skeletal findings can both provide new knowledge about future diseases and also what contacts…
Geoglyphs are huge figures created on the ground and can be viewed from far distances. The most famous are the…
A 4,000-year-old harbor was found by chance in the middle of the desert in southern Iraq. The discovery gives…
A human finger bone is the oldest fossil from Homo sapiens found outside of Africa and the Levant. The discovery…
The Iberian Peninsula was affected differently from the rest of Europe by the two major waves of immigration that occurred…
Our own kind, Homo sapiens, developed a great deal of our technical and social skills when under pressure from difficult…
A mass grave believed to derive from the ‘Great Heathen Army’ that invaded Britain in the late 800’s was discovered…
New dating methods show that Europe’s oldest cave paintings were possibly made by Neanderthals. The cave paintings in three caves…
The oldest known fossil outside Africa of our kind, Homo sapiens, has been excavated in a cave in northern Israel.…
Adam of Bremen’s depictions of the Norse cultic center ‘Gamla Uppsala’ are an important historical account. A significant source of…