Ancient Greek and Roman cultures caused lead pollution in Aegean Sea region, according to a study in Communications Earth & Environment
Plant seed and fruit analysis from Tell es-Safi/Gath, the biblical home of Goliath, sheds unprecedented light on Philistine ritual practices
Ancient DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire shifted populations in the Balkans, according to a study in Cell
Archaeometallurgists have been debating the exact origin of tin used in the Bronze Age for 150 years; a new study in Frontiers in Earth Science
With the help of the analysis of ancient genomes, it has been possible for the first time to gain insights into kinship and marriage rules in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece
In a trio of papers, published simultaneously in the journal Science, a massive effort of genome-wide sequencing shows the lively genetic history of the Southern Arc region
The gold from Troy, Poliochni and Ur all had the same origin, according to a new research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science
Archaeologist Sturt Manning (Cornell University) narrows on date of Thera eruption; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Settlements in western Asia Minor, during Middle and Late Bronze Age, could be assigned to the previously largely disregarded Luwian culture
