University of Cincinnati archaeologists say these farms likely produced cotton and other goods to support Yucatan trade routes
At age 90, Ali Atar, one of the main military chiefs of King Boabdil of Granada, fought to his death in the Battle of Lucena in 1483
Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of his tomb, the new Tutankhamun, Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh exhibition has opened in Paris
Snail and clam shells found at archaeological sites were evidence of “starvation food” but may be evidence of children helping – A.D. 400 style
University of Alberta paleontologists have just reported the world’s biggest Tyrannosaurus rex and the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada
The work, published in Nature, confirms a dispersal of Homo sapiens from southern to eastern Africa immediately preceded the out-of-Africa migration
An international research team investigated the role of “big gods” (defined as moralizing deities) in the rise of complex large-scale societies
A team of scientists reported the first fossil bird ever found with an egg preserved inside its body; it also represents a new species, Avimaia schweitzerae
The first farmers from Anatolia, who brought farming to Europe and represent the single largest ancestral component in modern-day Europeans, are directly descended from local hunter-gatherers who adopted a farming way of life
An astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship, that was part of Vasco da Gama’s second voyage to India, is the oldest in the world
