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Archaeologists discovered the remains of a large-scale storage for fermented fish dating back to 7,200 BC: a view of the gutter after 50 percent of it had been removed; notice the stark contrast with the surrounding clay under the gutter as well as between the stakeholes and the surrounding clay. Image credit: SHMM / Adam Boethius / Lund University.

Archaeologists Unearth Earliest Evidence of Fish Fermentation

Feb 9, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists in Sweden say they have uncovered the remains of a 9,200-year-old storage for fermented fish. Archaeologists discovered the remains of a...

Fresco on the wall of an early Christian church in an ancient underground city near Nevsehir, Cappadocia, Turkey. Image credit: Nevsehir Castle Urban Transformation Project / Nevsehir Municipality / Turkey’s Housing Development Administration.

Early Christian Church Found in Turkey

Feb 4, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of Turkish archaeologists have found an early Christian church in an ancient underground settlement near modern-day Nevsehir, the capital district...

Cut marks on tortoise humerus from Qesem Cave. Image credit: Ruth Blasco et al.

Early Humans Ate Tortoises 400,000 Years Ago

Feb 2, 2016 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists in Israel has uncovered evidence of tortoise bones at the Middle Pleistocene (420,000 to 300,000 years ago) site of Qesem Cave,...

The hummingbird glyph and its surroundings in the Nasca site as seen by standard photography, top, and by NASA’s UAVSAR radar. Dark areas in the UAVSAR image are where the site has been disturbed. Image credit: Google, Digital Globe / NASA / JPL-Caltech.

NASA Airborne Radar ‘Sees’ Nasca Lines

Jan 29, 2016 by News Staff

NASA’s Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR), an airborne radar developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, proved...

BM 34757, one of the Babylonian cuneiform tablets translated by Prof. Ossendrijver. Image credit: Mathieu Ossendrijver, Humboldt University / British Museum.

Babylonian Astronomers Used Geometry to Calculate Jupiter’s Position

Jan 29, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to Prof. Mathieu Ossendrijver of Humboldt University in Germany, Babylonian astronomers used geometry to calculate the position of Jupiter —...

Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis). Tambako The Jaguar / CC BY-ND 2.0.

Ancient Chinese Domesticated Leopard Cats 5,500 Years Ago

Jan 27, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

The 5,500 year old cat remains found more than a decade ago in China have been identified as the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) by an international...

The marble ram unearthed in Caesarea, Israel. Image credit: Vered Sarig / Caesarea Development Corporation.

Magnificent Marble Ram Unearthed in Caesarea

Jan 21, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

In the ruins of the ancient port city of Caesarea, Israeli archaeologists have discovered a magnificent marble statue of ram. The marble ram unearthed...

Aerial view of the 2,700-year-old farmstead. Image credit: Griffin Aerial Photography.

2,700-Year-Old Farmstead, Byzantine Period Monastery Unearthed in Israel

Jan 18, 2016 by News Staff

In Rosh Ha-Ayin, a city in the Center District of Israel, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have unearthed the remains of a 2,700-year-old...

Finds from Talepu excavations: flakes (a-f, j-m), cores (g, h, i). All artifacts shown are silicified limestone. Scale bars -10 mm (a-i), 20 mm (j-m). Image credit: Gerrit D. van den Bergh et al.

Archaeologists Unearth 118,000-Year-Old Stone Tools on Indonesian Island of Sulawesi

Jan 14, 2016 by News Staff

New archaeological evidence published online in the journal Nature has pushed back the accepted earliest human occupation of Sulawesi to more than 110,000...

Cambridge Archaeological Unit scientists have unearthed the charred wooden roof structure of a 3,000-year-old round house. Image credit: Cambridge Archaeological Unit.

Archaeologists Uncover Best-Preserved Bronze Age Dwellings Ever Found in Britain

Jan 13, 2016 by Natali Anderson

A group of archaeologists from the University of Cambridge’s Archaeological Unit (CAU) has unearthed well-preserved Bronze Age dwellings during an excavation...

Knossos was the capital city of Minoan Crete and the center of Minoan civilization which flourished from 2000 BC until at least 1380 BC. Image credit: Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Early Iron Age Knossos Was Much Larger Than Originally Thought

Jan 11, 2016 by News Staff

Recent excavations at the archaeological site of the ancient city of Knossos find that during the early Iron Age, the city was rich in imports and was...

Text of Cairo Calendar page rto VIII; inside the superimposed rectangle is the hieratic writing for the word Horus. A passage in this document dates it to the reign of Ramses II in the Nineteenth Dynasty. Image credit: Jetsu L. / Porceddu S., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144140.s001.

3,200-Year-Old Papyrus Contains Astrophysical Information about Variable Star Algol

Dec 23, 2015 by Sergio Prostak

Ancient Egyptians wrote Calendars of Lucky and Unlucky Days that assigned astronomically influenced prognoses for each day of the year. The best preserved...

Stonehenge Bluestones Came from Two Quarries in Wales, Scientists Say

Dec 8, 2015 by News Staff

Enormous standing stones at Stonehenge are of sarsen, a local sandstone, but the smaller ones, known as bluestones, came from two prehistoric quarries...

Photograph of the engraved schist slab from Moli del Salt. Image credit: Manuel Vaquero / Marcos Garcia-Diez.

13,800-Year-Old Engraving May Depict Campsite of Paleolithic Hunter-Gatherers

Dec 3, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

An engraved object recently found at the site of Moli del Salt in Spain and dated to the end of the Upper Paleolithic, about 13,800 years ago, may show...

A seal impression of King Hezekiah unearthed at the foot of the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount. Image credit: Ouria Tadmor / Eilat Mazar.

Archaeologists Uncover Clay Seal Impression with Name of Judean King Hezekiah

Dec 2, 2015 by News Staff

Israeli archaeologists digging in the Ophel Archaeological Park, near the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, have discovered...

IAA archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of the Hellenistic period fortress of Acra, solving one of Jerusalem’s greatest archaeological mysteries. Image credit: Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth Hellenistic Period Fortress of Acra

Nov 27, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have unearthed what they believe are the ruins of Acra – often called the Seleucid Acra...

Panoramic view of the elephant bones; the plaster-jacket in the background covers the skull of the straight-tusked elephant (Elephas antiquus). Scale – 50 cm. Image credit: Eleni Panagopoulou et al.

Marathousa 1: Archaeologists Find Paleolithic Elephant Butchering Site in Greece

Nov 25, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

A group of Greek and German archaeologists has discovered a 300,000 to 600,000 year old elephant butchering site near the modern-day city of Megalopolis,...

This wine press was found at the site, near Netivot. Image credit: Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities Authority.

1,500-Year-Old Settlement Unearthed in Southern Israel

Nov 23, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

Excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) at a site near the town of Netivot, southern Israel have revealed a Byzantine-era settlement dating...

Part of the 1,700-year-old mosaic floor unearthed in Israel. Image credit: Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities Authority.

1,700-Year-Old Magnificent Mosaic Unearthed in Israel

Nov 18, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

A beautiful Roman-era mosaic has been uncovered in the Neve Yerek neighborhood of Lod, southeast of Tel Aviv, by archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities...