Surprise Finding of Ancient Offering at the Bottom of Lake Titicaca
A llama carved from a spondylus shell and a cylindrical laminated gold foil object were the contents of a carved stone box — an offering…
Archaeology
Origins of the Sarsen Megaliths: Chemical Composition Reveals Where Stonehenge’s Large Boulders Actually Came From
Most of Stonehenge’s large boulders share origin in west woods, Wiltshire. Most of the hulking sandstone boulders — called sarsens — that make up the…
Grape Seeds Reveal Collapse of Ancient Economy in the Grip of Plague and Climate Change
While we all try to understand the new reality imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, many look to the past for historical precedents such as the…
DNA From Skeletons in Mass Grave Provides Evidence of Smallpox in the Viking Age
The fatal disease smallpox is older and more widespread than scientists so far have proved. A new study by an international team of researchers from…
Extinct Genetic Strains of Smallpox – World’s Deadliest Virus – Discovered in the Teeth of Viking Skeletons
Scientists have discovered extinct strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons — proving for the first time that the killer disease plagued humanity…
It Was NOT Climate Change That Caused Neanderthal Extinction
Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become extinct because of changes in climate. At least, this did not happen to the several Neanderthals groups that lived in…
29,000 Years of Aboriginal History: Uncovering New Layers of River Murray Occupation
The known timeline of the Aboriginal occupation of South Australia’s Riverland region has been vastly extended by new research led by Flinders University in collaboration…
A Memorial of ‘Unparalleled Splendor’ – New Evidence Helps Form Digital Reconstruction of Ultimate Medieval Shrine
Released on the 800th anniversary of the creation of Saint Thomas Becket’s shrine, stunning CGI reconstruction uses new evidence to show how it would have…
True Color of 99-Million-Year-Old Insects Revealed by Amber Fossils
Nature is full of colors, from the radiant shine of a peacock’s feathers or the bright warning coloration of toxic frogs to the pearl-white camouflage…
Tracking Gigantic Carnivorous Dinosaurs From Australia’s Jurassic Park
North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus – now evidence shows Australia had gigantic predatory dinosaurs. The…
Fossil Discovered in the 1960s Finally Reveals Its Secrets: New Plant Species That Lived About 365 Million Years Ago
Antoine Champreux, a PhD student in the Global Ecology Lab at Flinders University, has catalogued the discovery of the new fern-like plant species as part…
Revolutionary Archaeology: Entire Roman City Revealed Without Any Digging
The city rises: Archaeologists have revealed an entire Roman city without any digging. Their approach could revolutionize the study of ancient settlements. For the first…
Year 777: Radiocarbon Dating Pinpoints Date for Construction of Mysterious Por-Bajin Complex
At the border between the Russian Federation and Mongolia stands a large clay complex of buildings called Por-Bajin. Archaeologists are not sure who built it…
Paleontologist Trackers Discover Giant Crocodile That Walked on Two Legs
University of Colorado Denver researcher Marin Lockley was a member of the team that found the well-preserved footprints. A new study released on June 11…
Researchers Stunned to Discover Ancient Crocodiles That Walked on Two Legs
An international research team has been stunned to discover that some species of ancient crocodiles walked on their two hind legs like dinosaurs and measured…
DNA Increases Our Understanding of Stone Age Cultures and Battle Axe Cultural Influences
What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new interdisciplinary study, researchers have combined archaeological and genetic…
Paleontologist Finds Cannibalism in Predatory Jurassic Dinosaurs
Researchers surveyed more than 2,000 dinosaur bones from the Jurassic Mygatt-Moore Quarry, a 152-million-year-old fossil deposit in western Colorado, looking for bite marks. They found…
New Research Reveals Cannabis on Iron Age Altars at the Judahite Shrine of Biblical Arad
Analysis of the material on two Iron Age altars discovered at the entrance to the “holy of holies” of a shrine at Tel Arad in…