Lost since 1362: Researchers discover the church of the sunken medieval trading place of Rungholt, in the North Frisian Wadden Sea in Germany
A new appraisal of a decorated ulna from a northern gannet found in 1966 during the exploration of the Torre cave archaeological site in Gipuzkoa
Earliest evidence of wine consumption in the Americas found at the Isla de Mona, in the Caribbean Sea, according to a study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Ancient climate change solves mystery of vanished South African lakes, Stone Age humans may have been more widespread across the continent
Oldest architectural plans detail desert kites, prehistoric mega structures; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Written sources document that kissing was practiced by the peoples of ancient Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago
Pottery suggests a surprising diversity of ethnic groups in the US Virgin Islands before Columbus; the study has been published in Heritage Science
The Johanna Spyri and Heidi archives in Zurich have been added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World International Register
Health consequences of child labor in 19th century England: skeletal remains provide insights into the harm of poverty and forced labor in children
Human ancestors preferred mosaic landscapes and high ecosystem diversity, according to a new study in the journal Science
The geochemistry of copper artefacts reveals changes in distribution networks across prehistoric Europe, according to a study published in PLoS ONE
Archaeologists map Red Lily Lagoon, the hidden Northern Territory landscape where first Australians lived more than 60,000 years ago
Research reveals longstanding cultural continuity at Bargny, the oldest occupied site in West Africa, with Middle Stone Age toolkits persisting until around 10 thousand years ago
Stone tools tell a story of three waves of migration of the earliest Homo sapiens into Europe, according to a new study published in PLoS ONE
Carabinieri return the stele of the Bride of the desert, Satornila, that was illegally excavated in the necropolis of Zeugma, Turkey
Are the origins of the Lager beer in Bavaria? A new research, published in FEMS Yeast Research, tries to answer the question
The reason behind the May 819-day count lies in astronomy, according to a new study published in the Ancient Mesoamerica journal
Statistical physics may reveal how languages evolve, according to a new research published in The European Physical Journal B
Modern-day Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish people have Pictish ancestry; the new study has been published in PLOS Genetics
Study of the oldest human remains — the so-called “Archaic” or “Pre-Arawak” people — from Puerto Rico reveal a complex cultural landscape since 1800BC.
