The Mongolian Arc: exploring a monumental 405-kilometer wall system in Eastern Mongolia, constructed between the 11th and 13th centuries A.D.
First high mountain settlers, in the Huescan Pyrenees, at the start of the Neolithic already engaged in other livestock activities apart from transhumance
Rise of archery in the Americas has been dated to 5,000 years ago, due to projectiles from the Lake Titicaca basin, in the Andes Mountains
Mesopotamian bricks unveil the strength of Earth’s ancient magnetic field and open to absolute dating using archaeomagnetism
Vikings in Varnhem, Sweden, suffered from tooth decay: lesions and abrasions on teeth reveal dental problems and attempted treatments
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