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…
Archaeologists to excavate City of David’s historical Pool of Siloam
The Pool of Siloam, a roughly 3,000-year-old water reservoir that likely served Jerusalem’s population throughout biblical times, will be fully excavated in the following months, Israeli authorities…
50,000-year-old stone tools were made by capuchin monkeys
According to a new study, monkeys made 50000-year-old stone tools found in Pedra Furada, located in the state of Piauí in north-eastern Brazil. CC BY-NC 4.0 CONICET…
Ancient humans were skinning bears to wear their fur at least 320,000 years ago
Recent research conducted by experts at the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment in Tübingen, Germany, suggests that our ancestors might…
DNA from archaeological remains reveals exceptional migration into Scandinavia during the Viking age
A new study using 297 ancient Scandinavian genomes and the genomic data of 16,638 modern Scandinavians resolves the complex relations between geography, ancestry, and gene flow in…
Archaeologists unearth a mᴀssive Viking hall in Denmark
Archaeologists unearthed the remnants of a large structure that was most likely built during the late Viking Age. The structure has been uncovered by archaeologists from the…
Mᴀss production of stone bladelets suggests a cultural shift in Paleolithic Levant
Analysis of stone tools attributed to the Ahmarian, the Near East’s first Upper Paleolithic culture (about 40,000 to 45,000 years ago), reveals that small, elongated, symmetrical items…
Ruins on Mount Tlaloc are actually an ancient observatory
A straight stone causeway on Mount Ttlaloc aligns with the rising sun on February 23rd/24th, according a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of…
Researchers reconstruct the brutality of death by multiple sword blows 700 years ago
A team of researchers from the University of Insubria and the University of Siena used cutting-edge technology to solve a centuries-old murder case. The team reconstructed the…
Canadian archaeologists recover 275 rare artifacts from mysterious Arctic shipwreck
Archaeologists from Parks Canada, accompanied by Inuit Guardians from the Nattilik Heritage Society, conducted excavations at the wrecks of the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror. They…