Next Goal Wins, a film by Taika Waititi, follows the American Samoa soccer team, infamously known for their brutal 31-0 loss in 2001
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
Blood, sacrifice and drunkenness: how Christmas was celebrated in the Viking Age, with the transition to the Christian era, the celebration took on a new meaning
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
Baboons in captivity in Ancient Egypt: insights from collection of mummies from the site of Gabbanat el-Qurud, the so-called Valley of the Monkeys
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
Study explains the rapid deterioration of one of Juan Miró’s favourite colours, in particular that’s the cadmium-based yellow, which is faded and chalky
‘Bone biographies’ reveal life and times of medieval England’s common people: the hard-knock lives of those who lived in Cambridge
New insights into the genetic history of Bantu in Africa; it started in West Africa about 5,000 years ago, mainly driven by human migration
