UMA scientists find a natural quicksand trap dated to more than one million years ago in the ‘elephant graveyard’ of Fuente Nueva 3, Orce
A new method using ArchCUT3-D software for rock engraving analysis: computational answers to riddles on stone
According to a new study, the plague may have been a contributing factor to the population collapse in the end of the Neolithic, known as the Neolithic decline, in Scandinavia and the rest of Europe
An ancient temple and theater have been discovered in La Otra Banda, Cerro Las Animas, Peru; the carving of a mythological bird figure hints at origins of ancient religion
Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa, from Kakapel; a trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya
Fungi and lichens pose deadly threat to 5,000-year-old rock art in the Negev desert; those famous petroglyphs are at risk of destruction
A new study, published in journal The Holocene, adds to the complexity of the reasons behind the Cahokia exodus
With the help of carbonate deposits, researchers have been able to reconstruct the development of the Roman water mills of Barbegal over time
After the Ice Age, people returned to the Swabian Jura around 19,500 years ago, 3000 years earlier than previously thought; the study is in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Repetitive tasks carried out by ancient Egyptian scribes brought occupational hazards, such as degenerative skeletal changes.