The colored skeletons of Çatalhöyük: new insights about how the inhabitants of the “oldest city in the world” buried their dead
An archaeological investigation analyses peasant life in Roman Spain, the volume features a large amount of archaeological information which is unpublished or published in a very fragmentary way
Roman Empire’s emerald mines may have ended in hands of nomads (Blemmyes) as early as the 4th century, a new study shows
Identifying the portable toilets of the ancient Roman world: the Gerace chamber pot New research published today in the Journal of Archaeological Science Reports reveals…
Genomic study of the Tarim Basin mummies in western China reveals an indigenous Bronze Age population that was genetically isolated but culturally cosmopolitan
Origin of domestic horses finally established. Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia
Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas, the Vikings got there centuries before, being already active in 1021 AD
A widely accepted theory of Native American origins coming from Japan has been attacked in a new scientific study, which shows that the genetics and skeletal biology “simply does not match-up”.
The tomb of Caecilia Metella is a landmark on the Via Appia Antica, an ancient Roman road also known as the Appian Way
A study published in the journal Science traces the evolution of the hepatitis B virus from prehistory to the present, revealing dissemination routes and changes in viral diversity