Ancient DNA reveals West African ancestry in 7th-century skeletons from England
Archaeologists have unearthed surprising genetic evidence that two individuals buried at opposite ends of the south coast of England in the 7th century CE had recent West…
Ancient ‘rising sun’ coins reveal vast first-millennium trade networks across Southeast Asia
Archaeologists obtained new insights into early Southeast Asian trade and cultural connections through an extensive examination of silver coins dating to as early as the fourth century…
Bedale Viking silver hoard reveals 9th-century trade links from England to the Islamic world
A groundbreaking study of the Bedale Hoard, a remarkable Viking Age silver hoard discovered in North Yorkshire in 2012, has yielded evidence of a far-reaching and complex…
Gothic gold necklace and Roman-era treasures unearthed in Poland’s Grodziec Forest
Amateur archaeologists made a series of stunning discoveries this summer in the quiet Grodziec Forest District near Kalisz, Poland, uncovering treasures that reveal centuries of history in…
Europe’s largest hoard of Late Iron Age bipyramidal ingots found in Bosnia’s Sava River
Archaeologists excavating along the Sava River in Tolisa, northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, have discovered what is potentially the largest collection of prehistoric bipyramidal iron ingots yet found…
Europe’s oldest cranial modification found in Italian cave
A skull unearthed more than 50 years ago from a prehistoric burial site on the northwestern Italian coast has been confirmed as the earliest known example of…
DNA reveals diseases that decimated Napoleon’s army during the 1812 retreat from Russia
A team of researchers has uncovered the first direct genetic evidence identifying two infectious diseases that caused the terrible losses of Napoleon Bonaparte’s army in its retreat…
Rare mosaic inscription of Emperor Justinian I found in Ulpiana, Kosovo
Archaeologists who have been working in Ulpiana, an ancient city located in Kosovo’s Dardania region, have unearthed a rare mosaic dedication to the Byzantine emperor Justinian I…
Mystery early human relatives reached Sulawesi over a million years ago, oldest evidence found on ‘hobbit’ island neighbor
A set of ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed back the timeline for human habitation of the region by hundreds of…
Ancient Maya population may have topped 16 million at peak, new lidar study reveals
A sweeping new research study has shifted our image of the Maya civilization of the ancient past, and it appears that its population during the Late Classic…