DNA From 3,800-Year-Old Individuals Sheds New Light On Bronze Age Families The diversity of family systems in prehistoric societies has always fascinated scientists. A groundbreaking study by Mainz anthropologists and an international team of archaeologists now provides new insights into the origins and genetic structure of prehistoric family communities. Researchers Jens Blöcher and Joachim Burger …

Four Rare And Incredibly Well-Preserved 1,900-Year-Old Roman Swords Found In Judean Desert Archaeologists report having discovered four incredibly well-preserved Roman swords in the Judean Desert. This very rare find was made in a small hidden cave located in an area of isolated and inaccessible cliffs north of ‘En Gedi, in the Judean Desert Nature Reserve, …

Mysterious 2,800-Year-Old Channel Installation Discovered In The City Of David, Jerusalem Scientists are trying to solve an ancient Jerusalem mystery. What was the function of the Channel Installation discovered in the City of David National Park, dating to the days of Kings Joash and Amaziah? An ancient channel installation, the first of its kind ever …

Rare 3,000-Year-Old Weavings Discovered In Alaska During excavations of an ancestral sod house on the shore of Karluk Lake, Kodiak Island, Alaska, archaeologists uncovered rare fragments of woven grᴀss artifacts estimated to be 3,000 years old. The fragments, which appear to be pieces of mats, are the oldest well-documented examples of Kodiak Alutiiq/Sugpiaq weaving. “We …

1,800-Year-Old Skulls From Japan Studied For 400 years, a group of Indigenous people living in Japan deliberately deformed the skulls of their infant children, a new study suggests. The Hirota people resided on the southern Japanese island of Tanegashima between the end of the Yayoi period and the Kofun period, or between the third and …

High school student discovered a 1500-year-old ancient Magical Mirror A High school student discovered an ancient “magical mirror” meant to ward off the evil eye in an archaeological excavation in northern Israel. A few days ago, seventeen-year-old Aviv Weizman from Kiryat Motskin, near Haifa, took part in an Israel Antiquities Authority archaeological excavation at the …

A Library Discovered Behind a Wall in the Sakya Monastery Has 84,000 Unread Manuscripts! In 2003, an ancient library was discovered, hidden behind a wall inside the Buddhist Sakya Monastery. The Sakya Monastery stands in the Tibet Autonomous Region, in the Southwestern part of the People’s Republic of China. Located around 300 miles west of …

The Hanging Pillar of Lepakshi Temple that Challenges Gravity Gravity, the powerful force that rules our world, seems rigid and invincible. Still, tucked away in southern India is a beautiful architectural marvel known as the “Hanging Pillar,” which is said to challenge this very force. Yes! You read that right. It dates back to the …

Crusader sword found in Holy Land was bent, possibly in naval battle, X-rays reveal A sword studded in seashells and caked in sand, found at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea near Israel, was likely dropped there by a Crusader during battle between 800 and 900 years ago, a new analysis reveals. Divers discovered the …