New insights into the chemistry of embalming show how globalized trade relationships had already become nearly 3,000 years ago
The study shows for the first time that Vikings brought animals, specifically horses and dogs, to Britain in the 9th century
It sounds a little like Stone Age standup: A Denisovan and a human walk past a bees’ nest heavy with honeycomb. What happens next? Study offers new insight on what ancient noses smelled
A study, an analysis of the large herbivore skulls found at Cueva Des-Cubierta, confirms that the Neanderthals possessed symbolic capacity
Railway made Swedish villages and towns greener: construction of the main railway lines in Sweden included a large-scale garden project
‘Golden boy’ mummy was protected by 49 precious amulets, CT scans reveal; the study has been published in Frontiers in Medicine
In an area plagued by periods of drought, it is difficult to understand how the great ancient city of Great Zimbabwe thrived for centuries, but the answer to that has now been found
A satirical work has been fount: to justify many of its arguments, it draws on texts by Elio Antonio de Nebrija
On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a new exhibit at the Wiener Library: the appalling children’s board game “Jews out!” from Nazi Germany
Agriculture linked to changes in age-independent mortality in North America New study is first to tie patterns of age-independent human mortality to food…