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A stone tool during the process of excavation at the Lomekwi 3 site in Kenya. Image credit: MPK-WTAP.

3.3-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools Unearthed in Kenya

May 20, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists led by Dr Sonia Harmand of Stony Brook University has unearthed the earliest tools ever found – dated at 3.3 million years old. A...

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Viking Age Started Earlier than Previously Thought, Archaeologists Say

May 11, 2015 by News Staff

Previously, the dawn of the Viking Age has been dated to a June 793 raid by Norwegian Vikings on Lindisfarne. But a new study, led by Dr Steve Ashby of...

An artist’s rendering of Cahokia. Image credit: University of Chicago.

Large Floods May Have Led to Downfall of Cahokia, New Study Suggests

May 5, 2015 by News Staff

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that Cahokia – the largest prehistoric settlement in the Americas...

Ring inlaid with a seal depicting an Egyptian warrior with a shield and sword. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority, Unit for the Prevention of Antiquities Robbery.

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth 3,400-Year-Old Egyptian Artifacts in Cave

Apr 14, 2015 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have found a large number of Egyptian artifacts and pottery vessels dating back to the Late...

The hoard included two silver coins, rings, bracelets, earrings, and a small stone weight. Image credit: Clara Amit / Israel Antiquities Authority.

2,300-Year-Old Hoard of Silver Coins, Jewelry Found in Israel

Apr 3, 2015 by News Staff

A team of amateur speleologists has found a small cache of rare coins, silver and bronze artifacts in a remote stalactite cave in northern Israel. The...

In situ view of the 17th century camel; inserted map shows the geographical position of the town Tulln in Austria with a triangle. Image credit: Galik A et al.

Archaeologists Unearth Ottoman War Camel in Austria

Apr 2, 2015 by News Staff

A group of archaeologists led by Dr Alfred Galik of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna has found a complete camel skeleton in a large refuse...

Straight-tusk elephant rib with cut marks in association with flint tools, including a handaxe. Image credit: Solodenko N et al.

500,000-Year-Old Stone Tools, Butchered Elephant Bones Found in Israel

Mar 20, 2015 by News Staff

Evidence that human ancestors living 500,000 years ago in what is now the Revadim archaeological site used their stone tools on bones of elephants and...

University of Haifa archaeologist with the bronze mask of Pan. Image credit: Michael Eisenberg.

Archaeologists Find Rare Bronze Mask of Pan

Mar 16, 2015 by News Staff

Israeli archaeologists from the University of Haifa have uncovered an enormous bronze mask of Pan (Faunus, Satyr) – the Greek/Roman god of the woods,...

130,000-year-old Neanderthal jewelry. Image credit: Luka Mjeda.

130,000-Year-Old Neanderthal ‘Eagle Claw Necklace’ Found in Croatia

Mar 11, 2015 by News Staff

Eight, mostly complete talons of the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) from the Krapina Neanderthal site in present-day Croatia may be part of...

Young Maasai cattle herder in Kenya, 1979. Image credit: John Atherton / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Research Sheds New Light on Migration Routes of Ancient African Herders

Mar 10, 2015 by News Staff

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences debunks the widely-held conservative notion that early human herders, moving...

Agate stone flake tool found beneath the volcanic ash at the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter, Riley, Oregon. Image credit: University of Oregon.

Archaeologists Find 16,000-Year-Old Stone Flake Tool in Oregon

Mar 9, 2015 by News Staff

A group of archaeologists from the University of Oregon and the Bureau of Land Management has found an at least 15,800-year-old orange agate tool at a...

Statuette of a goddess discovered near the temple of Ptah. Image credit: © CNRS-Cfeetk / J. Maucor.

2,700-Year-Old Osiris Statues, Small Sphinx Unearthed at Karnak

Mar 7, 2015 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from the French-Egyptian Centre for the Study of Karnak Temples has made a new discovery near the temple of Ptah at Karnak, Luxor,...

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Ancient Britons Imported Einkorn Wheat 8,000 Years Ago, Say Archaeologists

Feb 27, 2015 by News Staff

According to a group of scientists led by Dr Robin Allaby from the University of Warwick, wheat reached Britain approximately 8,000 years ago – two...

Large Hoard of Gold Coins Found in Israel

Feb 23, 2015 by News Staff

Almost 2,000 gold coins, discovered by amateur divers near the port city of Caesarea in Israel, form the largest single hoard of medieval gold coins ever...

North dome of the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru. Image credit: Paolo Gabrielli / Ohio State University.

Signs of 400-Year-Old Human-Produced Air Pollution Found in Andean Ice Cap

Feb 10, 2015 by News Staff

A group of scientists led by Dr Paolo Gabrielli of Ohio State University has discovered evidence of air pollution within the Andean ice that predates the...

2,500-year-old stone carving at the Gebel el Silsila quarry depicts a pharaoh and two deities. Image credit: Gebel el Silsila Survey Project.

2,500-Year-Old Pharaonic Carvings, Two Obelisks Discovered in Egypt

Jan 31, 2015 by News Staff

A unique 2,500-year-old wall relief showing an unidentified pharaoh and two deities, a rare depiction of obelisks being cut and loaded onto boats, and...

The 55,000-year-old bone tool found in France. Image credit: Maurice Hardy et al.

55,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Tool Found in France

Jan 22, 2015 by News Staff

A team of scientists led by Dr Luc Doyon of the University of Montreal has unearthed a rare prehistoric bone tool at the Grotte du Bison in Burgundy. The...

Fifteen moais of Ahu Tongariki. Image credit: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Researchers Shed New Light on Collapse of Easter Island Society

Jan 12, 2015 by News Staff

In a new study that challenges a leading hypothesis on the demise of Easter Island population, scientists led by Prof Thegn Ladefoged of the University...

Kampp 327: chapel with a carving of Osiris. Image credit: Paolo Bondielli / Min Project.

Ancient Replica of Osireion Unearthed in Egypt

Jan 10, 2015 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Min Project have discovered an ancient reproduction of Osireion in Theban Necropolis, an area of the west bank of the Nile, opposite...