Archaeology

Credit: DG The Aulikaras were the rulers of western Malwa (the northwest of Central India) in the heyday of the Imperial Guptas in the fifth century CE, and rose briefly to sovereignty at the beginning of the sixth century before…

Early DNA lineages from Finland shed light on the diverse origins of the contemporary populationCredit: Stanislav Belskiy A new genetic study carried out at the University of Helsinki and the University of Turku demonstrates that, at…

Credit: The British Museum The Neo-Assyrian Empire, centered in northern Iraq and extending from Iran to Egypt -- the largest empire of its time -- collapsed after more than two centuries of dominance at the fall of its capital,…

UH researcher develops model to project lake levels in world's largest tropical lakeCredit: Emily Beverly Global climate change could cause Africa's Lake Victoria, the world's largest tropical lake and source of the Nile…

Credit: Juraj Lipták, State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt. Axeheads made out of Alpine rocks had strong social and economic symbolic meaning in the Neolithic, given their production and use value.…

Megadrought likely triggered the fall of the Assyrian EmpireCredit: Adam Schneider/CIRES New research suggests it was climate-related drought that built the foundation for the collapse of the Assyrian Empire (whose heartland was based…

Role of climate in the rise and fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire Changes in climate may have contributed to both the rise and collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in northern Iraq, which was considered the most powerful empire of its time,…

DNA study rejects the idea that Egyptians domesticated sacred ibis for ritual useCredit: Wasef et al, 2019 In ancient Egypt, Sacred Ibises were collected from their natural habitats to be ritually sacrificed, according to a study released…

Researchers have succeeded in reconstructing the evolutionary relationship between a 2-million-year-old giant primate and the living orangutan; it is the first time genetic material this old has been retrieved from a fossil in a subtropical…

Birch bark tar, the oldest glue in the world, was in use for at least 50,000 years, from the Palaeolithic Period up until the time of the Gauls. Made by heating birch bark, it served as an adhesive for hafting tools and decorating…