Hundreds of medieval and early modern Greek manuscripts are to be digitised, thanks to a project by the Universities of Cambridge and Heidelberg
The Tiwanaku people made offerings to supernatural deities near the Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, about 500 years earlier than the Incas
Today, scientists report use of “X-ray vision” to gain brand-new insights about the layers of paint in rock art in Texas without needless damage
An international, interdisciplinary team led by Newcastle University’s Professor Ian Haynes aims to revolutionise understanding of Rome and its place in the transformation of the Mediterranean World
At Tanis in North Dakota’s Hell Creek Formation, paleontologists unearthed animal and fish fossils killed in events triggered by the Chicxulub impact
Paleontologists have discovered the first-confirmed occurrence of a lambeosaurine (crested ‘duck-billed’ dinosaur) from the Arctic – part of the skull of a lambeosaurine dinosaur from the Liscomb Bonebed (71-68 Ma) found on Alaska’s North Slope
University of Cincinnati archaeologists say these farms likely produced cotton and other goods to support Yucatan trade routes
At age 90, Ali Atar, one of the main military chiefs of King Boabdil of Granada, fought to his death in the Battle of Lucena in 1483
Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of his tomb, the new Tutankhamun, Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh exhibition has opened in Paris
Snail and clam shells found at archaeological sites were evidence of “starvation food” but may be evidence of children helping – A.D. 400 style
University of Alberta paleontologists have just reported the world’s biggest Tyrannosaurus rex and the largest dinosaur skeleton ever found in Canada
The work, published in Nature, confirms a dispersal of Homo sapiens from southern to eastern Africa immediately preceded the out-of-Africa migration
An international research team investigated the role of “big gods” (defined as moralizing deities) in the rise of complex large-scale societies
A team of scientists reported the first fossil bird ever found with an egg preserved inside its body; it also represents a new species, Avimaia schweitzerae
The first farmers from Anatolia, who brought farming to Europe and represent the single largest ancestral component in modern-day Europeans, are directly descended from local hunter-gatherers who adopted a farming way of life
An astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship, that was part of Vasco da Gama’s second voyage to India, is the oldest in the world
Two studies, one looking at Iberian hunter-gatherers between 13,000 and 6,000 years ago and another looking at Iberian populations over the last 8000 years, add new resolution to our understanding of the history and prehistory of the region
A study of rat body sizes shifting over time gives a glimpse into the habitat of the hominin Homo floresiensis — nicknamed the “Hobbit” due to its diminutive stature.
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the earliest large-scale celebrations in Britain – with people and animals travelling hundreds of miles for prehistoric feasting rituals.
Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates
