A new book by Bruce Edelstein: Eleonora di Toledo and the Creation of Boboli Gardens, dedicated to the Florentine duchess 500 years after her birth
New research demonstrates important connections between climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya
When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge? A new study on the subject was published on Scientific Reports
In search of Natounia: archaeological investigations offer up new findings on the history of Parthian settlements in Iraqi Kurdistan
Chemnitz historian Monja Schünemann brings to view previously unnoticed, invisible folding effects in Jean Fouquet’s “Melun Diptych”
DNA from ancient population in Southern China (Maludong or Red Deer Cave in the Yunnan province) suggests Native Americans’ East Asian roots
A team of world-class archaeologists and students on the battlefield of Waterloo have discovered a rare complete skeleton of a soldier
Jewellery from the grave of the Frafjord woman, a high status Viking woman was delivered at museum’s door, at Stavanger
Dr. Jeffrey Glover shares what he’s learned about the people from the Maya civilization who lived in Quintana Roo, Mexico, over a span of 3,000 years
Tracing the effects of Climate Change on Historic Cultures in Hokkaido Scientists from Hokkaido University have reconstructed the climate of Hokkaido over the…
British Museum announces major exhibition on hieroglyphs, 200 years after the language was deciphered
Human bones were used for making pendants in the Stone Age, on the island of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov on Lake Onega
Perceptions of happy and sad music may not be universal across cultures, a new research published on PLOS One finds
Defining the Anthropocene – Radioactive traces in ocean materials mark the start of the modern age; a new study has been published on Scientific Reports
Can a Neanderthal meditate? A new study on Intelligence might shed light on the attentional capacity of extinct hominins
Underwater jars reveal Roman period winemaking practices in coastal Italy; a new study has been published on PLOS One
A unique sword casts new light on Viking voyages across the North Sea; only about 20 such swords have been found in Norway
Ice Age wolf DNA reveals dogs trace ancestry to two separate wolf populations; a new study has been published on Nature
An Age-Old Story: Farmers against Pests, as early as the Neolithic period, pests posed a threat to agricultural yields
The famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit is one million years older than previously thought; a new study is published on PNAS