18th century Austrian mummy of Franz Xaver Sidler von Rosenegg found to be exceptionally well preserved, thanks to unusual embalming method
Central Europe’s first farmers from the Linear Pottery Culture lived in equality; the genetic study also reveals long-distance travelling in Neolithic societies
Climate change likely impacted human populations in the Neolithic and Bronze Age; harsher European climates were associated with decreased populations and increased social inequality
New archaeological discoveries at the tomb of Meret-Neith in Abydos: the researchers found 5,000-year-old wine and other grave goods
Non-binary gender in prehistoric Europe: the methods currently available leave a lot of room for error, according to a new study in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal
‘Virtual autopsy’ identifies a 17th century mummified toddler, who – though born to a powerful family – was malnourished, hidden from the sun and sick with pneumonia
Ancient DNA and teeth show: Romans brought mules with them; a new study has been published on the Journal of Archaeological Science
Bar-Ilan University study provides definitive evidence of the origin of the alabaster whose quality met Herod’s lavish standards
Stonehenge landscape, Blick Mead, during the Mesolithic period. A study reveals Stonehenge landscape before the world-famous monument
