Emma Smith will give a talk in her hometown of Leeds as the University displays its own copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio and its journeys
Ancient DNA reveals the multiethnic structure of the Xiongnu Empire, Mongolia’s first nomadic empire; the study has been published in Science Advances
Coastal erosion threatening archaeological sites on the Cyrenaican coast, Libya; the study has been published on PLoS ONE
The boom of fragile private art museums: economic elites are increasingly shaping the art we see, according to Professor Olav Velthuis
A new method to quantify and map at high resolution the presence of collagen in bone artifacts, the invisible protein that is essential for making radiocarbon dates
Early crop plants were more plastic and easily ‘tamed’: new perspectives on plant domestication are shown in a study published in PLoS ONE
The first direct evidence of ancient drug use in Europe, which may have been used as part of ritualistic ceremonies in Bronze Age Menorca
Germany was the principle source of brass for production of pre-18th Century manillas and, ultimately, the Benin Bronzes
By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly contributed to volcanology, by recording some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions
A new research now shows that a skeleton found on board the warship Vasa is actually from a woman; the ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1628
A landmark study on history of horses in the American West, published in Science, relies on Native knowledge
Ancient DNA Reveals Asian Ancestry Introduced to East Africa in Early Modern Times; the study has been published in Nature
A reconstruction of the prehistoric temperatures for some of the oldest archaeological sites in the Alaskan Tanana Valley, North America
New clues to the behavioral variability of Neanderthal hunting parties; a camp at the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter site in Pinilla del Valle
Early European farmers borrowed genes from hunter-gatherers to survive disease, according to a new study in Current Biology
In a new study, published in the Journal Antiquity, the “Stonehenge calendar” is shown to be a modern construct
Ludwig van Beethoven’s genome sheds light on chronic health problems and cause of death; the study has been published in Current Biology
Chemical and isotopic analysis of copper artifacts from southern Africa reveals new cultural connections among people living in the region
Genome Research: origin and evolution of vine. Grapevine is among the world’s oldest crops. Wine was one of the oldest products traded
An Egyptian-German research team has uncovered more colorful ceiling paintings at the Temple of Esna in Upper Egypt