Clarke et al. took samples from all three Devil’s Arrows stones, as well as from the Battle Cross monument and […]
Category: Archaeology
Traders brought Central American cacao to Georgia 1,000 years ago
Skip to content “We built this city on good cacao” does have a nice ring to it. Etowah as it […]
Buyer beware: Those mummified remains might carry toxic spores
Squires et al. scoured the Internet for public posts related to the sale or collection of mummified remains, both human […]
Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time
Skip to content Practices shifted from individuals buried in coffins to reusing sites for later mummy interments. Mummified individuals from […]
Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history
a large boulder the size of a small boulder “It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare,” said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry. […]
Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Also: Cyborg diving suits for cockroaches, why sleepy sperm whales blow bubbles, Betelgeuse’s companion star. The Boy of Cerro El […]
Let Tom Hiddleston be your guide to Pompeii’s final day
NatGeo’s Pompeii: Out of Time fuses historical fact and imagination to bring city’s last 24 hours to life. The sun […]
Check out the first images of Quest shipwreck
Back in 2024, we reported on the discovery of the Quest shipwreck, the polar exploration vessel that served Arctic explorer […]
Flores Hobbits’ eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past
If Homo floresiensis wasn’t a fire-using hunter, its origins could be different than we thought. Komodo dragons use their venomous […]
Superworms could replace beetles for cleaning skeletal remains
Fatemeh Rastekar, Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Morteza Monfared discuss the safe and practical utility of superworm larvae for cleaning museum […]