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New Research Provides Evidence that Vikings were Present in Newfoundland 1,000 Years Ago

Kuitems et al. provide evidence that the Norse were active on the North American continent in the year 1021 CE. Image credit: Oscar C.R.
Oct 22, 2021 by News Staff

The Vikings (or Norse) were the first Europeans to cross the Atlantic, confirms a new study published in the journal Nature. Kuitems et al. provide evidence that the Norse were active on the North American continent in the year 1021 CE. Image credit: Oscar C.R. “The only confirmed Norse site in the Americas is L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada,” said senior author Dr. Michael Dee from the Centre for Isotope Research at the University...

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Shlomi Katzin with the 900-year-old crusader sword. Image credit: Nir Distelfeld / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Impressive Crusader Sword Found in Israel

Oct 19, 2021 by News Staff

Several ancient artifacts, including a 900-year-old sword of a Crusader knight, have been discovered by Shlomi Katzin, a scuba diver from the city of Atlit...

The ancient winemaking facility in Yavne, Israel. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

1,500-Year-Old Winemaking Facility Unearthed in Israel

Oct 13, 2021 by News Staff

An ancient wine production complex — the largest known in the world from the Byzantine period — has been discovered by a team of archaeologists...

Planisphere made by Rumold Mercator, 1587.

Milanese Friar Knew about North America 150 Years before Columbus Voyage, Researchers Say

Oct 12, 2021 by News Staff

The Cronica universalis, written in Latin by the Milanese friar Galvaneus Flamma (in Italian, Galvano Fiamma, 1283 – c. 1345), contains an astonishing...

The 2,700-year-old private toilet at Armon Hanatziv in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority.

2,700-Year-Old Private Toilet Unearthed in Israel

Oct 8, 2021 by News Staff

The ancient toilet cubicle was part of a royal estate that existed in the 7th century BCE (the end of the Kings of Judean period), according to a team...

Overlay of the Teotihuacan Ciudadela on the precinct at Tikal, showing the same orientation, flanking platforms, eastern pyramid, western enclosure and north-south corridor at the western entrance to the precinct. Image credit: T. Garrison / PACUNAM.

Archaeologists Discover 1,800-Year-Old Teotihuacan-Style Citadel in Tikal

Sep 29, 2021 by News Staff

Using LiDAR data, archaeologists from Brown University, the University of Texas at Austin, the Fundación Patrimonio Cultural y Natural Maya and Proyecto...

Tunguska-Sized Impact Destroyed Jordan Valley City 3,670 Years Ago

Sep 29, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists have found evidence that in 1650 BCE (Middle Bronze Age), a cosmic airburst destroyed Tall el-Hammam, an ancient walled city in the Jordan...

Cassowaries use their casque much in the same way as some other birds use their beaks for heat exchange. Image credit: Lolame.

Prehistoric New Guineans May Have Collected Cassowary Eggs to Hatch and Rear Chicks

Sep 28, 2021 by News Staff

As early as 18,000 years ago, early foragers in the montane rainforests of New Guinea preferentially collected eggs of cassowaries (Casuarius sp.) in late...

The 2,000-year-old quarry in Jerusalem, Israel. Image credit: Shai Halevi / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Uncover Second Temple Period Quarry

Sep 27, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists excavating in Jerusalem have discovered a vast quarry dating from 2,000 years ago (Second Temple period). The 2,000-year-old quarry in Jerusalem,...

Etruscan dancers and musicians in the Tomb of the Leopards in Tarquinia, Italy. Image credit: Yann Forget.

Ancient DNA Analysis Sheds New Light on Origin of Etruscans

Sep 27, 2021 by News Staff

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and elsewhere have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of 82 individuals that...

The ancient human footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico, the United States. Image credit: Bennett et al., doi: 10.1126/science.abg7586.

23,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Discovered in New Mexico

Sep 24, 2021 by News Staff

In a study of exposed outcrops of Lake Otero in New Mexico, the United States, archaeologists have discovered numerous human footprints dating to about...

The reconstructed face of Krijn. Image credit: Servaas Neijens, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden / Adrie and Alfons Kennis, Kennis & Kennis Reconstructions.

Dutch Neanderthal’s Face Revealed

Sep 20, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Adrie and Alfons Kennis, two paleo-artists from the Kennis & Kennis Reconstructions, have used facial approximation techniques and the latest findings...

Parietal art panel at Quesang, Tibet. Image credit: Zhang et al., doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2021.09.001.

Middle-Pleistocene Hominin Hand and Foot Impressions Found in Tibet

Sep 15, 2021 by News Staff

A series of previously unreported hand and foot impressions from the Tibetan Plateau dates to between 169,000 and 226,000 years ago (middle Pleistocene...

The Byzantine-era winepress at Ramat Ha-Sharon, Israel. Image credit: Yuli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority.

1,500-Year-Old Winepress, Other Artifacts Unearthed in Israel

Sep 13, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have unearthed a Byzantine-era winepress, a gold coin, and a bronze chain for a glass lamp at...

Middle Paleolithic stone core from the site of Heidenschmiede, Germany. Image credit: Jens A. Frick.

Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals Used Sophisticated Tool-Making Techniques, Researchers Say

Sep 8, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists have examined a large assemblage of 45,000-year-old stone tools and by-products of tool-making process from the site of Heidenschmiede in...

Tusks of straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) and small objects at the site of Castel di Guido, Italy. Image credit: Villa et al., doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256090.

400,000-Year-Old Elephant Bone Tools Unearthed in Italy

Aug 31, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Around 400,000 years ago, pre-modern hominids — likely Neanderthals — at a Middle Pleistocene site in Italy appropriated elephant carcasses...

Machu Picchu is Several Decades Older Than Previously Thought

Aug 12, 2021 by News Staff

New research shows that Machu Picchu, an ancient Incan citadel set high in the Andes Mountains in Peru, was occupied from about 1420 to 1532 CE, with activity...

Spatial distribution of the minting remains in the Guanzhuang foundry’s excavation area: red dots: deposit with clay moulds; green dots: deposits with fragments of finished spade coins. Image credit: Z. Qu / H. Zhao.

World’s Earliest-Known Coin Mint and Spade Coin Discovered in China

Aug 6, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have uncovered 2,640- to 2,550-year-old clay moulds for casting spade coins as well as fragments of finished spade coins at Guanzhuang in...

Si.427, obverse. Image credit: İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri / D.F. Mansfield, doi: 10.1007/s10699-021-09806-0.

3,700-Year-Old Babylonian Clay Tablet is Earliest Known Example of Applied Geometry

Aug 5, 2021 by News Staff

Known as Si.427, the ancient clay tablet was discovered and cataloged along with many other tablets by the 1894 French archaeological expedition at Sippar...

The 65,000-year-old leaf point from Hohle Fels Cave, Germany. Image credit: University of Tübingen.

Neanderthals Hunted with Leaf-Shaped Spears, Archaeologists Say

Jul 28, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists say they have found a 65,000-year-old leaf point in a cave in the Swabian Jura, Germany. The 65,000-year-old leaf point from Hohle Fels...

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