A ‘digital twin’ geographical atlas for the Appia Antica Archaeological Park, a vast, organic and systematic surveying and digitisation project
More digging needed to see whether bones of fallen Waterloo soldiers were sold as fertilizer, as few human remains have ever been found
Norse settlers in Greenland exported walrus tusk ivory to Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, Kyiv was a very important trading city
Olive Trees Were First Domesticated 7,000 Years Ago. Earliest evidence for cultivation of a fruit tree, according to researchers
Origins of the Black Death identified. Despite the pandemic’s immense demographic and societal impacts, its origins have long been elusive
Archaeologists located a unique Viking Age shipyard site at Birka on Björkö in Lake Mälaren: “A site like this has never been found before”
Drone technology leads to new discoveries at Girsu; at the British Museum the exhibition for the project, Ancient Iraq: new discoveries
The study of the archaeological remains of the Font d’Horta shelter places this occupation among the last Mesolithic settlements or a leading Neolithic group exploring the terrain
The recovery of 74 war artefacts buried during the Spanish Civil War in an old republican airfield in the town of les Preses
‘Homo erectus’ from Gongwangling could have been the earliest population in China; a new study published on the Journal of Human Evolution
The heat is on: Weizmann Institute scientists uncover traces of fire, from Evron Quarry, dating back at least 800,000 years; the study is published on PNAS
Genetic intermixing in Indonesia contributed to cultural “explosion” across the Pacific; a new study has been published on Nature Ecology and Evolution
The wreck of the Gloucester, one of the most famous ships of the 17th century – which sank 340 years ago while carrying the future King James II and VII – has been discovered
A new study combining archaeological, historical and bioarchaeological data provides new insights into the early Islamic period in modern-day Syria
Digging is not just a game for children in hunter-gatherer groups; a new study has been published on Human Nature
Excavations in Oman bring new understanding to mobile life during the Wādī Sūq period: a large aridification event made life difficult
This article describes the Knihověda.cz portal, which represents an essential infrastructure for researching Czech book history until 1800.
The Italian Recipe by Zuxin Hou: Peng, a Chinese pop music star, goes to Rome to shoot a reality show, in order to increase his popularity. He meets Mandy, a young Chinese girl
Polish Jesuit books from the Riga Jesuit College Library (1583–1621) in the context of Polish and Latvian cultural and historical heritage
Cueva de Ardales, a famous rock art cave in Spain, was used by ancient humans for over 50,000 years; the study was published on PLoS ONE