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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,...

Intensification of agriculture is a driver of changes in the seasonal characteristics of the global carbon cycle.

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...

These ancient anepigraphic clay seals were found on a dig site in southern Israel; they offer evidence of government activity in the 10th century BC, a time when many scholars said a kingdom could not exist in the region. Scale bar in the upper image – 1 cm. Image credit: N. E. Greene, University of Wisconsin-Madison / B. J. Hartzell.

New Finds Suggest Biblical Kings David and Solomon Actually Existed

Dec 26, 2014 by News Staff

Six clay seals found at the archaeological site of Khirbet Summeily in Israel offer evidence that supports the existence of Biblical Kings David and Solomon,...

1.2-Million-Year-Old Stone Tool Unearthed in Turkey

Dec 24, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists have found a Paleolithic stone flake in the ancient deposits of the Gediz River, revealing that human ancestors passed through the gateway...

Aerial view of the Herodium complex. Image credit: Tatzpit Aerial Photography.

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth Entrance Passage to Herod I’s Palace

Dec 23, 2014 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology has discovered a royal passageway to Herodium, an ancient...

Norsemen Landing in Iceland by Oscar Wergeland, published in 1909.

Scientists Find Evidence of Viking Presence in Arctic Canada

Dec 16, 2014 by News Staff

A small stone artifact recovered from a Paleo-Eskimo site on Baffin Island is important evidence of a Viking presence in Arctic Canada around 1000 CE,...

An aerial photograph of the 2,800-year-old farm house near the city of Rosh Ha-Ayin, Israel. Image credit: Skyview Company / Israel Antiquities Authority.

2,800-Year-Old Farm House Unearthed in Israel

Dec 15, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered the remains of an ancient farm house near the city of Rosh Ha-Ayin in central...

Roman coins. Image credit: Portable Antiquities Scheme / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pictish-Roman Silver Hoard Discovered in Scotland

Dec 10, 2014 by News Staff

A hoard of Roman and Pictish hacked-up silver, coins and jewelry has been found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Archaeologist examines a crescent shaped brooch...

A Viking hall on the Lofoton Island, northern Norway.

Viking Feasting Hall Discovered in Sweden

Dec 8, 2014 by News Staff

Swedish archaeologists Dr Andreas Viberg of Stockholm University and Dr Martin Rundkvist of the University of Umeå have found the remains of a major Viking...

Detail of the engraving. Image credit: Wim Lustenhouwer / VU University Amsterdam.

500,000-Year-Old Homo erectus Engraving Discovered

Dec 4, 2014 by News Staff

A multinational group of scientists led by Prof Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University in the Netherlands has discovered the earliest known engraving on a...