Earliest evidence for domestic yak found in the southern Tibetan Plateau, using both archaeology and ancient DNA
‘A ticking clock’: First ground-based survey of damage to Ukrainian cultural sites reveals severity, need for urgency
New findings from Interamna Lirenas, traditionally written off as a failed backwater in Central Italy, change our understanding of Roman history, its excavators believe
An elegantly carved saddle from Mongolia is one of earliest frame saddles; the study has been published in the Antiquity journal
Ancient DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire shifted populations in the Balkans, according to a study in Cell
Oldest fortresses in the world discovered at Amnya, in a remote region of Siberia; the study has been published in Antiquity
Psychoacoustics: how ‘listening’ to archaeological sites could shed light on the past; a new study published on Open Archaeology
Hunting of straight-tusked elephants was widespread among Neanderthals 125,000 years ago; the study has been published in PNAS
Herlaugshaugen burial, in mid-Norway, shows Scandinavia’s oldest known ship burial; the mound was constructed during the Merovingian period
‘Bone biographies’ reveal life and times of medieval England’s common people: the hard-knock lives of those who lived in Cambridge