Fragment of ancient Egyptian goddess found at an Iron Age settlement in Spain
Archaeologists excavating a 2,700-year-old settlement in Salamanca, Spain, have discovered an artifact believed to be used for a depiction of an ancient Egyptian goddess. Archeologists excavating the…
Archaeologists uncover 2,000-year-old mummies with golden tongues
Archaeologists from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities discovered golden-tongued Mummies during excavations in the Menoufia governorate. The remains of a gold tongue found on a…
Neanderthals cooked surprisingly tasty dishes
According to a study published in the journal Antiquity, prehistoric cooking may have been more complex than previously thought. A view of the Shanidar Cave in Iraq’s…
Oldest Egyptian tomb aligned with winter solstice sunrise excavated in Egypt
Archaeologists discovered an unfinished ancient Egyptian tomb with a chapel exactly aligned with the sunrise on the winter solstice. This crypt is said to have been built…
Two mysterious shipwrecks discovered in Sweden
During an archaeological excavation in western Sweden this summer, the remains of two medieval merchant vessels known as cogs were discovered. Credit: Arkeologerna CC The ages of…
Homo naledi may have lit fires in caves over 200,000 years ago
New discoveries suggest that Homo naledi may have ignited controlled fires in the pitch-dark chambers of an underground cave system. The Homo naledi facial reconstruction, performed with…
300000-year-old flakes tell a story of ancient tool use
A team led by the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (SHEP) analyzed tiny resharpening flakes from the well-known Middle Pleistocene…
Hunter-gatherer social ties spread pottery-making throughout the world.
Analysis of over 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites revealed that pottery-making processes spread vast distances in a short period of time due to the transfer of social…
Huge 2,000-year-old Mayan civilization revealed in northern Guatemala
A team of researchers from several universities in the United States, France and Guatemala, discovered a huge 2,000-year-old Mayan civilization in northern Guatemala. LiDAR 3D view showing…
Saint Anthony of Padua revealed in 3D facial approximation
An international team of scientists has revealed a facial approximation of what Saint Anthony of Padua, a Portuguese priest and the patron saint of lost and stolen…