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Lachish gate-shrine. Image credit: Guy Fitoussi / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth First-Temple Period Gate-Shrine

Oct 18, 2016 by News Staff

Archaeologists excavating at the site of the ancient Biblical city of Tel Lachish have unearthed a gate-shrine dating to the 8th century BC (First Temple...

Higgs Bison: Mysterious Hybrid of Bison and Cattle Hidden in Ice Age Cave Art

Oct 18, 2016 by News Staff

A study led by University of Adelaide researcher Julien Soubrier has revealed that prehistoric European cave artists recorded a previously unknown hybrid...

Peristylium (open courtyard) of the House of Caecilius Iucundus. Image credit: Emanuel Demetrescu et al.

Archaeologists Virtually Recreate House of Caecilius Iucundus in Pompeii

Oct 4, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of researchers led by Lund University archaeologists has virtually reconstructed a large house of the Pompeian banker Lucius Caecilius...

Sample of stone tools (scrapers, flakes and bipolar cobble) found at the Arroyo Seco 2 site. Image credit: G.G. Politis et al.

Ancient Tools, Bones Reveal Humans Arrived in South America Earlier than Thought

Oct 3, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Early Homo sapiens arrived in South America earlier than believed, new research shows. Sample of stone tools (scrapers, flakes and bipolar cobble) found...

Denisovans were probably dark-skinned, unlike the pale Neandertals. The picture shows a Neanderthal man. Image credit: Mauro Cutrona.

Researchers Identify Archaic Hominins Associated with Chatelperronian Tool Technology

Sep 23, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany has demonstrated that Neanderthals were responsible...

Completed virtual unwrapping for the En-Gedi scroll. Image credit: William Brent Seales et al.

En-Gedi Scroll Finally Deciphered

Sep 23, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of researchers led by University of Kentucky scientist Prof. Brent Seales has unlocked the text in the early Leviticus scroll from...

Underwater Archaeologists Find Ancient Human Skeleton in Antikythera Shipwreck

Sep 21, 2016 by News Staff

An international group of archaeologists led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports has discovered...

8,000-year-old female figurine from Çatalhöyük, Central Anatolia, Turkey. Image credit: Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

8,000-Year-Old Female Figurine Found at Çatalhöyük

Sep 19, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists digging at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia, Turkey, have discovered an ancient female figurine, about 8,000 years...

Prof. Parker, sitting far right, and students examine a statue of Aphrodite, discovered during a 2016 excavation in Petra, Jordan. Image credit: Tom Parker.

Archaeologists Unearth Two Marble Statues of Aphrodite in Petra

Sep 12, 2016 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from North Carolina State University and East Carolina University has discovered two marble statues of Aphrodite, the Greco-Roman...

The crocodile stone discovered by a Field Museum-led team of archaeologists. Image credit: Linda Nicholas / Field Museum.

Crocodile Stone Yields New Clues about Ancient Zapotec City of Lambityeco

Sep 5, 2016 by News Staff

An international team led by Field Museum archaeologists Gary Feinman and Linda Nicholas recently unearthed a carved stone crocodile at an excavation site...

Closeup of text on the Etruscan stele. Image credit: Mugello Valley Project.

Religious Text on Ancient Stele Reveals Name of Etruscan Goddess

Aug 25, 2016 by News Staff

A team of scholars translating a unique inscription on a 2,500-year-old Etruscan stele has discovered the name Uni – an important female goddess. Inscribed...

Hyperspectral imaging revealed hidden images in the Codex Selden. Image credit: Ludo Snijders et al.

Hidden Images Revealed in Pre-Hispanic Mixtec Manuscript ‘Codex Selden’

Aug 20, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by Leiden University researcher Ludo Snijders has used the so-called ‘hyperspectral imaging’ to uncover the...

Callanish on the Isle of Lewis is 43 feet (13 m) in diameter with a long stone avenue running north-southwards (southwards is towards the circle) and single long stone rows radiating outwards towards the other three cardinal points. Image credit: Gail Higginbottom & Roger Clay / RCAHMS.

Britain’s Oldest ‘Great Circles’ Were Built by Ancient Astronomers

Aug 18, 2016 by News Staff

New research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports has statistically proven that the earliest standing stone monuments of Britain...

The Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan, Mexico. Image credit: Ricardo David Sanchez / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ancient People of Teotihuacan May Have Bred Cottontails, Jackrabbits

Aug 18, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Humans living Teotihuacan, a sacred pre-Columbian city that flourished between 1 CE and 600 CE and was once the largest in the Americas, may have bred...

Dresden Codex Venus Table Reveals Ancient Mayans Made Major Discovery in Astronomy, Math

Aug 17, 2016 by News Staff

The Preface of the Venus Table of the Dresden Codex, first panel on left, and the first three pages of the Table. Image credit: University of California,...

Mycenaean vessel with fish motifs, c. 1300 BC. Image credit: Peter Fischer.

3,200-Year-Old Tomb with Stunning Artifacts Discovered on Cyprus

Aug 16, 2016 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, who are excavating the Bronze Age city of Hala Sultan Tekke/Dromolaxia Vizatzia on the island...

A 400-year-old petroglyph discovered on Hawaii shoreline. Image credit: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.

400-Year-Old Petroglyphs Found on Hawaii Shoreline

Aug 11, 2016 by News Staff

Two lucky tourists from Texas made an incredible archaeological discovery during a July visit to Hawaii. They found a rare series of petroglyphs on Hawaii’s...

250,000-year-old stone tool that tested positive for rhino protein residue. Image credit: April Nowell.

Hominins Used Stone Tools to Butcher Rhinos, Other Animals 250,000 Years Ago

Aug 9, 2016 by News Staff

New research led by University of Victoria’s April Nowell reveals surprisingly sophisticated adaptations by early humans living 250,000 years ago in...

Scientists Find Geological Evidence of China’s Legendary ‘Great Flood’

Aug 5, 2016 by News Staff

An international team of researchers, led by Dr. Qinglong Wu of Peking University and Nanjing Normal University, has uncovered geological evidence for...