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Paleolithic Animal Engravings Found in Three Spanish Caves

An engraving of a bison in the A panel of Aitzbitarte III cave in Spain. Image credit: Garate et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240481.
Oct 29, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have discovered figures of animals, mainly bison, engraved in a Gravettian style in three caves in northern Spain. Engravings in the A panel of Aitzbitarte III cave in Spain. Top: tracing of the panel formed by the bird and the bison, engraved on the left wall. Bottom left: detail of the bird’s head. Bottom right: detail of the bison. Image credit: Garate et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240481. The three decorated caves, named...

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The 2,700-year-old two-shekalim weight found in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Find 2,700-Year-Old Limestone Weight

Oct 28, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have found a two-shekalim limestone weight dating from the First Temple period in Jerusalem,...

Clovis spear points from the Gault site in Texas. Image credit: Center for the Study of the First Americans, Texas A&M University.

Clovis Stone Tools Were Made Only During 300-Year Period: Study

Oct 23, 2020 by News Staff

Clovis is a prehistoric culture named for stone tools found near Clovis, New Mexico in the early 1930s. New radiocarbon testing of bones and artifacts...

The ancient Maya city of Tikal in northern Guatemala. Image credit: Gerd Eichmann / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ancient Maya Used Zeolite and Quartz to Filter Drinking Water

Oct 23, 2020 by News Staff

Tikal, an ancient Maya city in what is now northern Guatemala, is one of the largest political, economic and military centers of the pre-Columbian Maya...

This image shows the figure of a feline on a hillside in the Nazca Desert, southern Peru. Image credit: La Oficina de Comunicación e Imagen, Ministerio De Cultura, Gobierno del Perú.

Archaeologists Discover Cat Geoglyph at Nazca Lines Site

Oct 21, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists with the Nazca-Palpa Management Plan of Peru’s Ministry of Culture have discovered a 2,100-year-old figure of a relaxing feline in the...

During its zenith, the Hittite empire rivaled and threatened ancient Egypt.

Ancient Hittite Farmers Paid Taxes in Barley and Wheat

Oct 20, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of archaeologists from the United Kingdom and Germany has carried out an archaeobotanical analysis of plant remains recovered from the 3,500-year-old...

12,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Found in New Mexico

Oct 15, 2020 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has discovered a long prehistoric human trackway at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, the United States. The...

Polo scene from the tomb of Li Yong, Fuping county, Shaanxi province, China. Image credit: P. Wertmann.

Archaeologists Find 3,000-Year-Old Balls in China

Oct 12, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of archaeologists has found three ancient leather balls in tombs of the prehistoric Yanghai cemetery near the modern city of Turfan...

Copper slag from Horvat Beter, Beer Sheva, southern Israel. Image credit: Anat Rasiuk, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Archaeologists Unearth 6,500-Year-Old Copper-Smelting Workshop in Israel

Oct 6, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University, the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Geological Survey of Israel have excavated a Chalcolithic-period (5th...

This aerial photo shows the 2,000-year-old mikveh (lower right) at the site of the ancient agricultural farm near Hannaton in northern Israel. Image credit: Abd Elghani Ibrahim / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth 2,000-Year-Old Ritual Bath

Oct 1, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a magnificent ritual bath (mikveh) at the site of the 2,000-year-old agricultural...

Archaeologists Find 13,000-Year-Old Engraved Mammoth Tusk in Siberia

Sep 25, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The 13,000-year-old partial tusk of an adult mammoth found in western Siberia has four images of two-humped camels engraved on it. The 13,000-year-old...

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Vikings Weren’t All Scandinavian, Ancient DNA Study Shows

Sep 24, 2020 by News Staff

In the popular imagination, Vikings were fearsome blonde-haired warriors from Scandinavia who used longboats to carry out raids across Europe in a brief...

Crucible slag adhering to the interior of a crucible sherd. Image credit: Alipour et al, doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105224.

Chromium Crucible Steel was First Made in Persia, Archaeologists Say

Sep 23, 2020 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists from University College London, the Cyprus Institute and the University of Cambridge has analyzed finds from the...

Human track and its digital elevation model. Image credit: Klint Janulis, University of Oxford.

120,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Found in Saudi Arabia

Sep 21, 2020 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has found ancient human and animal footprints on the surface of an ancient lakebed in...

Reconstruction of the wine press at Tell el-Burak, looking from the south-east. Image credit: O. Bruderer / Tell el-Burak Archaeological Project.

Archaeologists Unearth Phoenician Wine Press in Lebanon

Sep 16, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists have unearthed the well-preserved remains of a 2,700-year-old wine press at the Phoenician site of Tell el-Burak, 9 km south of Sidon in...

These jars were unearthed in a palace in the Canaanite city of Tel Kabri. Image credit: Eric Cline / George Washington University.

Earthquake Destroyed Canaanite Palace 3,700 Years Ago, Archaeologists Say

Sep 15, 2020 by News Staff

The Canaanite palatial site of Tel Kabri in Israel was severely damaged by a large earthquake around 1700 BCE, which led to its abandonment soon thereafter,...

Ink inscriptions on clay (ostraca) from Arad. These documents are dated to the latest phase of the First Temple Period in Judah, around 600 BC. Image credit: Michael Cordonsky / Tel Aviv University / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Biblical-Period Kingdom of Judah Had Higher Literacy Rate Than Expected

Sep 10, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University and Duke University and an expert from Israel Police has analyzed 18 ancient inscriptions dating back to...

Left: Linear A fraction signs and their standard transcription. Right: Linear A clay tablet HT 104. Image credit: Heraklion Archaeological Museum and the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sport, Archaeological Resources Fund / Corazza et al, doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105214.

New Research Sheds Light on Fraction Signs of Still Undeciphered Minoan Linear A Script

Sep 10, 2020 by News Staff

Minoan Linear A is still an undeciphered script mainly used on the island of Crete from 1700 to 1400 BCE. A new study published in the published in the...

The 2,600-year-old royal stone capital found in the City of David, Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth Ruins of 2,600-Year-Old Royal Building

Sep 8, 2020 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority has found several dozen adorned architectural details from an ancient royal building at...

Researchers Find Unique Ancient Rock Drawing of Extinct Sloth Lemur

Sep 7, 2020 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of scientists has discovered stylistically unique ancient drawings, including the only known prehistoric depiction of a now-extinct...

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