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…
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…