Rock crystals were moved over long distances by Early Neolithic Brits and were used to mark their burial sites
Augmented reality could be the future of paper books, according to a new research published in IEEE Pervasive Computing
New Mexico mammoths among best evidence for early humans in North America; a new study was published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Octopus lures from the Mariana Islands found to be oldest in the world; a study on World Archaeology suggests the ancient CHamoru people may have been the inventors
Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore; the study has been published on PLoS One
Prehistoric roots of ‘cold sore’ virus traced through ancient herpes DNA; a study has been published on Science Advances
High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs; identified by ancient proteins, fur was important as a trade and status item
Monks Mound, the north ‘plaza’ in Cahokia was likely inundated year-round, as shown by a study published on the journal World Archaeology
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
