Based on parish registers from other churches in the area, high-ranking officers who died during the siege would have been […]
Category: Archaeology
Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn’t change
layers of debate (and debate about layers) Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn’t change […]
Study pinpoints when bow and arrow came to North America
At some point in North America, the atlatl was replaced by the bow and arrow, thanks to the latter’s increased […]
Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar
Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant. This replica shows how Neanderthals might have used birch […]
Centuries before the Inca, Peru’s wealthy imported parrots from afar
The Inca Empire’s system of roads were built on centuries-old trade routes. This large, elaborate Ychsma funerary bundle features a […]
An unlikely set of clues helps reconstruct ancient Chinese disasters
Shang Dynasty oracle bones and modern weather models feature in the same study. This diorama at Xinxiang City Museum, Henan […]
Re-creating the complex cuisine of prehistoric Europeans
The results: The team found traces of wild grasses and legumes, fruits or berries, green vegetables, and roots and tubers […]
“Million-year-old” fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans
careful with that, it’s an antique The revised age may help make sense of 2-million-year-old stone tools elsewhere in China. […]
Museums incorporate “scent of the afterlife” into Egyptian exhibits
Her team’s analysis of the residue samples contained beeswax, plant oils, animal fats, bitumen, and resins from coniferous trees such […]
The origin story of syphilis goes back far longer than we thought
A 5,500-year-old fossil from Colombia has scientists rethinking syphilis origins. When King Charles VIII of France occupied Naples in 1495, […]