A new study published in Science Advances by an international team of geneticists, anthropologists and archeologists lead by scientists from the Archaeogenetics Department of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, helps illuminate the history of the Scythians with 111 ancient genomes from key Scythian and non-Scythian archaeological cultures of the Central Asian steppe
Some of the deceased at the Levänluhta water burial site were accompanied by arm rings and necklaces made out of copper alloy, bronze or brass
A new research reveals aspects of the drinking and dietary habits of the Celts who lived in Central Europe in the first millennium BCE
During the Iron Age around 300 AD something extraordinary was initiated in Levänluhta area in Isokyrö, SW Finland: the deceased were buried in a lake
A meta-analysis of dietary information demonstrates that pastoralists spread domesticated crops across the steppe through their trade and social networks
A grape variety still used in wine production in France today can be traced back 900 years to just one ancestral plant, scientists have discovered.
Archaeologists have discovered 15 new sites in Laos containing more than one hundred 1000-year-old massive stone jars possibly used for the dead
A unique bark shield, thought to have been constructed with wooden laths during the Iron Age, has provided new insight into the construction and design of prehistoric weaponry
A new study points out that European speakers of Uralic languages like Estonian and Finnish also have DNA from ancient Siberians
More than 30 ancient graves have been uncovered by archaeologists and students of the University of Basel in Francavilla Marittima