Archaeology

Solomon and the petrified birdsCredit: Photo: Elon Harvey. On the southern exterior wall of the Dome of the Rock, a very important Islamic shrine in Jerusalem's Old City, there are two marble slabs, both carved from the same stone…

Credit: San Bartolo-Xultun Regional Archaeological Project Sweat baths have a long history of use in Mesoamerica. Commonly used by midwives in postpartum and perinatal care in contemporary Maya communities, these structures are…

Using luminescence dating of ancient river sediments, a new study presents evidence for river activity at Nal Quarry in the central Thar Desert starting from approximately 173 thousand years agoCredit: J. Blinkhorn Situated at the…

ITHACA, N.Y. - Hungry giant predators, treacherous mud and a tired, probably cranky toddler - more than 10,000 years ago, that was the stuff of every parent's nightmare. Evidence of that type of frightening trek was recently uncovered,…

History shows that societies collapse when leaders undermine social contractsCredit: (c) Linda Nicholas, Field Museum All good things must come to an end. Whether societies are ruled by ruthless dictators or more well-meaning…

3,500-year-old clay tablet cuneiform texts of the Hittites will be made fully accessible online; Funding by the German Research FoundationCredit: photo/©: Doris Prechel The Hittites lived in Anatolia some 3,500 years ago. They used…

Award will fund display of artefacts for educationCredit: Egypt Centre, Swansea University An expert in ancient history and Swansea's Egypt Centre have been jointly awarded £1100 to develop a new display on Egypt and its…

Credit: Don Butler (2020) Trash heaps in Israel reveal agricultural shifts during the Roman Imperial Period and Late Antiquity. ### Article Title: "Byzantine--Early Islamic resource management detected through…

Favourable climatic conditions influenced the sequence of settlement movements of Homo sapiens in the Levant on their way from Africa to Europe. In a first step, modern humans settled along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Only then…

Modern tools and US Army-edition gloves may have uncovered the original dimensions of the tefach, a biblical unit of measurement used by ancient IsraelitesCredit: Credit Clara Amit at Israel Antiquities Authority. Storage jars form one…

Credit: (Picture: UZH) Today, ball games are one of the most popular leisure activities in the world, an important form of mass entertainment and big business. But who invented balls, where and when? The oldest balls that are…

Credit: André Colonese An international study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) and the Department of Prehistory at the UAB has reconstructed the diets of pre-Columbian groups on the Amazon…

New biochemical research shows significant turnovers in Southeast Asian environments and animals during the PleistoceneCredit: Peter Schouten In a paper published today in the journal Nature, scientists from the Department…

Fossil records depict devastating effect of humans on birds in the BahamasCredit: (Kamella Boullé/Macaulay Library) Though some believe prehistoric humans lived in harmony with nature, a new analysis of fossils shows human arrival…

Tel Aviv University and Israel Antiquities Authority believe copper-producing technology was closely guarded secretCredit: Anat Rasiuk, Israel Antiquities Authority A new study by Tel Aviv University and the Israel…

First burial of its kind in mid-Thames region suggests it was more important than previously thoughtCredit: University of Reading Archaeologists have uncovered a warrior burial in Berkshire that could change historians'…

Credit: P. Tac¸on Stunning Arnhem Land rock art images including three rare depictions of bilbies and a dugong have been described by researchers in a new paper in Australian Archaeology today (Oct 1). Led by Professor…

Scientific analysis solve puzzle about the age and destiny of precious silk textiles from AD 1100Credit: © Nationalmuseet / The National Museum of Denmark The cathedral in Odense, Denmark, has for nine centuries held the…

Discovery may indicate modern humans and Neanderthals lived in the area concurrentlyCredit: Jonathan Haws LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Modern humans arrived in the westernmost part of Europe 41,000 - 38,000 years ago, about 5,000 years earlier than…

Overwhelming evidence supports Jurassic fossil does belong to ArchaeopteryxCredit: Museum fur Naturkunde A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the…