Three protracted droughts — each lasting between 25 and 90 years — likely spelled the end for Indus megacities, around 4,200 years ago
The first direct evidence of ancient drug use in Europe, which may have been used as part of ritualistic ceremonies in Bronze Age Menorca
Cyprus’s copper deposits created one of the most important trade hubs in the Bronze Age in the village of Hala Sultan Tekke
The world’s first horse riders: researchers discovered evidence by studying the remains of human skeletons found in burial mounds called kurgans
A Bronze Age well at Petsas House contents reveal the history of animal resources (dogs, cattle, goats, sheep) in Mycenae, Greece
Steel Was Already Used in Europe 2900 Years Ago, during the Final Bronze Age, according to a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science
Two high status brothers had access to “brain surgery” in Bronze Age Israel; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Three straight years of severe drought accelerated the Hittite Empire’s collapse, according to a new research published on Nature
Climate change may have impacted the rise and fall of Middle Eastern civilisations, according to an international study
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
