The Pyramid of Djoser, the oldest of Egypt’s pyramids, may have been built with the help of a unique hydraulic lift system
‘Screaming Woman’ mummy from Theban tomb TT71 may have died in agony 3,500 years ago; the Egyptian woman was embalmed with costly imported ingredients
The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine de’ Ricci, a painting by Pierre Subleyras, acquired by the Uffizi Galleries
Natural born consumers: Researchers show that modern behaviour explains prehistoric economies during the Bronze Age
A study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, reveals how X-Ray MicroCT can reconstruct the processes behind Middle Bronze Age Cretan ceramics
Rock art and archaeological record from Cerro Azul reveal man’s complex relationship with Amazonian animals, according to a new study published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
Chemists established how Rembrandt applied special arsenic sulfide pigments to create a ‘golden’ paint in The Night Watch
Genetic analysis shows ancient trade routes and path to domestication (outside of its natural distribution) of the Four Corners potato
Cook like a Neanderthal: Scientists try to replicate ancient butchering methods to learn how Neanderthals ate birds
New perspectives on how climatic and environmental changes influenced the evolution of mammals and hominins over the last six million years.
Evidence of 42,000-year-old human occupation of the Tanimbar islands and its implications for the Sunda-Sahul early human migration
Individuals trapped and killed inside buildings by earthquakes during the 79CE eruption of Vesuvius could provide a more complete history of Pompeii’s destruction
Archivist explores Troy’s invisible workers in the ’30s: laborers at early archaeological sites often received no recognition for their contributions
Tool marks are evidence for butchery of Neosclerocalyptus (giant armadillo-like mammals) in Argentina 21,000 years ago
New geological datings place the first European hominids at Orce, in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, 1.3 million years ago
A new study shows how Early Pyrenean Neolithic groups at Coro Trasito applied species selection strategies to produce bone artefacts
UMA scientists find a natural quicksand trap dated to more than one million years ago in the ‘elephant graveyard’ of Fuente Nueva 3, Orce
A new method using ArchCUT3-D software for rock engraving analysis: computational answers to riddles on stone
According to a new study, the plague may have been a contributing factor to the population collapse in the end of the Neolithic, known as the Neolithic decline, in Scandinavia and the rest of Europe
An ancient temple and theater have been discovered in La Otra Banda, Cerro Las Animas, Peru; the carving of a mythological bird figure hints at origins of ancient religion
