Tag: archaeology

Beer, goats, and grains: here's what the oldest document reveals.

More than memorializing a math mistake, stone tablets show just how advanced the Babylonians were in their time.

Husking trays not only baked bread but also fostered human connection across an area spanning 2,000 km (~1,243 miles)

These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

The accidental discovery occurred just months after the bison were reintroduced in the area.

Even from the bottom of the sea, the Titanic still has a lot to offer.

The community was not a biologically homogeneous group. Instead, it was composed of individuals with diverse ancestries.

Intriguingly, one of the figures shown in the burial murals looks like a "Westerner".

The Minoans are also famous for building the labyrinth which, according the legend, housed the Minotaur.

A third of the city is still unexplored.

The island was once connected to the Australian mainland.

"Britain's Pompeii" is revealing suprisingly sophisticated lifestyles.

It's unclear who built this structure, and why exactly it was so big.

Cities and agriculture go hand in hand— or so we thought.

This type of sanctuary may have been more common than we thought.

London has plenty of attractions. Now, you can add another one to the list.

We're starting to find more traces of Denisovan-human interbreeding.

Mixing drones, magnetometers, and "surgical" digging, archaeologists are looking at the past in new ways.

After countless hours of study, the furniture conservator found hunter-gathers used dots and dashes to record the reproductive cycles of ...

Many ancient mysteries are hiding in the jungle. New technologies could unravel them.

The study results verify biblical accounts of military campaigns against the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

Even as some questions are unclear, the replica is helping us understand a piece of this ancient time.

That's quite a trip to make!

There are many theories behind the finding, from a bizarre tragedy to the frogs being attracted to the area

Ruins of the pillars of an ancient Zeus temple are found in Egypt, and guess what they are made of ...

Some of the high-class Viking people were buried with their ships and boats.

What could possibly go wrong?

The treasure contains some remarkable pieces that were made in Egypt over 3,000 years ago, from the time of Nefertiti.

A group of archeologists have found a Roman villa containing a mosaic that portrays scenes from Homer’s Iliad, the fight ...

The Mayans and Teotihuacan may have been closer than we thought.

Humans and weed go back 120 centuries.

Snow and ice helped researchers find many Viking structures -- but the mystery still deepens.

This ancient village fought against the sea.

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Sardis found a 1,500 year-old-house in fantastic shape. Not only is the house excellently ...

The emblematic Norwegian stave churches are being measured using new technology.

They ruled a big part of today's Turkey and defeated the legendary king Midas.

How do you say 'one with everything' in Latin?

The man could no longer process food due to having a colon swollen to six times its normal diameter.

Now that sounds like a celebration one can get behind.

Researchers believe a controversial conquistador visited the Wichita site.

When corn first entered people's lives, it was likely in the form of an alcoholic liquor.

There's more than one hot item in the state of Tabasco.

The enormous ship marks the burial site of a king or queen.

The fort was home to one of the first Jesuit missions in North America

It might not look like much, the well dates from 7,275 years ago -- making it the oldest wooden object ...

DNA analysis shows a 'profoundly different' landscape than we thought.

Researchers show how cultural changes in Africa over the past 10,000 years can be tracked using the size of eggshell ...

It's a finding at the intersection of history and religion.

Mankind has been cooking starches for a long, long time.

It was a crucial and defining moment in human evolution.