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The 2,000-year-old miqwe. Image credit: Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Second Temple Period Miqwe Found in Israel

Jul 7, 2015 by News Staff

The well-preserved, 2,000-year-old miqwe (ritual bath) was found below a living room floor during renovations in a private house in Ein Karem, an old Arab...

A 49,000-year-old stone flake from the Sibudu cave, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Scale bar - 1 cm. Image credit: Villa P et al.

Evidence Shows Prehistoric South Africans Used Milk-Based Paint 49,000 Years Ago

Jul 1, 2015 by News Staff

A group of archaeologists headed by Dr Paola Villa from the University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colorado, has discovered a mixture of ochre and casein...

Aerial view of Pueblo Bonito. Image credit: Bob Adams / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scarlet Macaws Point to Early Emergence of Complex Pueblo Society

Jun 26, 2015 by News Staff

Carbon 14 dating of scarlet macaw remains from Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico indicates that interaction between the pre-Hispanic Pueblo people...

Letters written in Canaanite script could be discerned on the jar. Image credit: Tal Rogovsky / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Ceramic Jar with Unique Inscription Found in Israel

Jun 22, 2015 by News Staff

Israeli archaeologists have found a 3,000-year-old (around the time of King David’s reign) ceramic jar at the archaeological site of Khirbet Qeiyafa...

Two stone tool points made using a prismatic blade technique (left and center), and a bone point or needle (right). The finds give anthropologists a new window onto a transitional time, on the cusp of modern human cultural behaviors. Image credit: Emory University.

45,000-Year-Old Lithic Artifacts Point to Dawn of Social Division of Labor

Jun 15, 2015 by News Staff

Thousands of stone tools crafted 40,000 – 45,000 years ago (early Upper Paleolithic) and unearthed from the recently discovered cave site of Mughr...

Aerial view of the site. Image credit: Israel Antiquities Authority / Skyview Company.

Byzantine-Era Church Unearthed in Israel

Jun 10, 2015 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announce they have found the 1,500-year-old ruins of a Christian church near Abu Gosh, a small...

A gold lunula and two small gold discs dating to the Early Bronze Age (2300-1800 BC). Image credit: National Museum of Ireland.

Archaeologists Find Evidence of 4,500-Year-Old Gold Trade Route

Jun 5, 2015 by News Staff

A group of archaeologists led by Dr Christopher Standish from the University of Bristol and the University of Southampton suggests people were trading...

A fragment of a pithos found at the Bet Ha-‘Emeq site. Image credit: Nimrod Getzov / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Find 5,000-Year-Old Seal Impression with Musical Scene

May 28, 2015 by News Staff

Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists excavating at the archaeological site of the Bet Ha-‘Emeq have unearthed a fragment of an Early Bronze Age...

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...

Guests from Overseas by Nicholas Roerich, 1901.

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...