Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant. This replica shows how Neanderthals might have used birch […]
Category: Archaeology
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, […]
This 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world’s oldest human-made art
generative AI could never The world’s oldest art has an unintentional story to tell about human exploration. These 17,000-year-old hand […]
Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark
the wreck and the story of the wreck The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. […]
Switching water sources improved hygiene of Pompeii’s public baths
From well to aqueduct The specific sites studied included the Stabian baths and related structures, which were built after 130 […]