Graves of Elite Warrior and Aphrodite Cult Priestess Uncovered in Russia
Graves of Elite Warrior and Aphrodite Cult Priestess Uncovered in Russia About 1,900 years ago, a woman died and was buried in Phanagoria – a city established centuries earlier on the coast of the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia. Her grave was together with others in the ancient city’s necropolis and while there was nothing …
Neanderthals seem to have been carnivores
Neanderthals seem to have been carnivores A new study published on October 17, 2022, in the journal PNAS, led by a CNRS researcher, uses zinc isotope analysis for the first time to determine the place of Neanderthals in the food chain. The results obtained suggest that they would indeed have been carnivores. Were Neanderthals carnivores? …
Dairy Fat Detected in Neolithic Pottery from Central Europe
Dairy Fat Detected in Neolithic Pottery from Central Europe A new study has shown milk was used by the first farmers from Central Europe in the early Neolithic era around 7,400 years ago, advancing humans’ ability to gain sustenance from milk and establishing the early foundations of the dairy industry. The international research, led by …
DNA Analysis Identifies Neanderthal Family Members
DNA Analysis Identifies Neanderthal Family Members The first snapsH๏τ of a Neanderthal community has been pieced together by scientists who examined ancient DNA from fragments of bone and teeth unearthed in caves in southern Siberia. Researchers analysed DNA from 13 Neanderthal men, women and children and found an interconnecting web of relationships, including a father …
A 6,000-year-old skull found in a cave in Taiwan possibly confirms the legend of an Indigenous tribe
A 6,000-year-old skull found in a cave in Taiwan possibly confirms the legend of an Indigenous tribe A team of researchers with members from Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam found a 6,000-year-old skull and femur bones in a cave in a mountainous part of Taiwan that might prove the existence of an ancient Indigenous tribe. …
Banana Domestication More Complex Than Previously Thought
Banana Domestication More Complex Than Previously Thought People like to know where their food comes from, but even experts are throwing up their hands when it comes to the origins of the modern banana. An extensive genetic analysis of more than 100 varieties of wild and cultivated bananas unpeels the fruit’s tangled history of domestication …
The ancient Golden Belt Discovered in the Czech Republic
The ancient Golden Belt Discovered in the Czech Republic A small farmer in the Opava region in the northeast of Czechia made a unique discovery while working in a field, unearthing a golden belt dating back to the Bronze Age. The ornamented piece, which is exceptionally well-preserved, should go on display at the Bruntál museum …
Megalithic Portal Tomb Identified in Ireland
Megalithic Portal Tomb Identified in Ireland New research looks set to answer a long-standing question about the status of a mysterious tomb-like structure uncovered in Cork Harbour many years ago. Archaeologists have been split as to whether it was prehistoric or a more recent 19th-century “folly”. However, Connemara-based archaeologist Michael Gibbons now says there is …
Possible Burial Place of St. Nicholas Uncovered in Turkey
Possible Burial Place of St. Nicholas Uncovered in Turkey Archaeologists in southern Turkey have just uncovered the original burial place of Father Christmas himself, formally known as St. Nicholas, but whose modern nicknames of Santa Claus, Saint Nick and Kris Kringle are known by children the world over. While researchers already knew that the saint’s …
New Thoughts on Fish Consumption in Iron Age Britain
New Thoughts on Fish Consumption in Iron Age Britain A woman who lived in Orkney 1,800 years ago had a diet that was unusually rich in seafood, say archaeologists. Very little evidence has been found of fish being consumed in Iron Age Britain, despite the abundance of marine life, according to the UHI Archaeology Insтιтute. …