Pottery Residues Reveal Changes in Central China’s Neolithic Diet The sustainable development of agriculture has laid a solid foundation for the birth of human civilization and countries. Early agriculture has long been a focus of archaeology. China is the only country in the world with two independent agricultural systems, that is, rice farming in the …

5,000-yr-old house ruins found in central China Archaeologists have excavated the ruins of house foundations dating back more than 5,000 years in the Yangshao Village site in central China’s Henan Province. The house was once a large building with rammed earth walls that may have covered more than 130 square meters. As per speculations, it …

3,000-year-old Sanxingdui Ruins Unveil Mysterious Bronze Figure! Deemed one of China’s most famous archaeological discoveries in the world, the Sanxingdui Ruins site in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Friday revealed newly unearthed artefacts: a 3,000-year-old bronze figure holding a zun, a wine vessel in ancient times, on top of the head, with the height of …

How researchers unearthed 20 cities – ‘welcome to Armageddon’ Researcher Eric H. Cline has studied the excavation sites of Israel for decades, and writes in his book ‘Digging up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon’ of the fascinating finds made in a historic region. The most revealing excavations were made between 1925-1939, …

Residues in Mesopotamia’s Mᴀss-Produced Pottery Analyzed The world’s first urban state societies developed in Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, some 5500 years ago. No other artefact type is more symbolic of this development than the so-called Beveled Rim Bowl (BRB), the first mᴀss-produced ceramic bowl. BRB function and what food(s) these bowls contained have been the subject …

Hima, a rock art site in Saudi Arabia, added to the UNESCO World Heritage List The rock art site Hima in Najran has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, becoming the sixth registered site in Saudi Arabia. The site is located in southwestern Saudi Arabia and has one of the largest rock art …

New York returns nearly 200 looted antiquities to Pakistan The Manhattan district attorney’s office has returned 192 looted antiquities with a value of nearly $3.4 million to Pakistan. District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced the repatriation in a press release on Thursday. US museums return trove of looted treasures to NigeriaThe return is the culmination of …

Fish fossils show first cooking may have been 600,000 years earlier than thought Early human ancestors living 780,000 years ago liked their fish well done, Israeli researchers have revealed, in what they said was the earliest evidence of fire being used for cooking. Exactly when our ancestors started cooking has been a matter of controversy …

Archaeologists unearth ancient Sumerian riverboat in Iraq All that’s left today of an ancient boat discovered in 2018 in what was formerly Uruk is the bitumen, black tar that once coated its framework of reeds, palm leaves, or wood. That fragile organic material is long gone, leaving behind only ghostly imprints in the bitumen. But …