The Pachacamac Idol of ancient Peru was a multicolored and emblematic sacred icon worshipped for almost 700 hundred years before Spanish conquest
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.
The Justinianic Plague began in 541 in the Eastern Roman Empire, ruled at the time by the Emperor Justinian I, and recurrent outbreaks ravaged Europe and the Mediterranean basin for approximately 200 years
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that prehistoric humans “recycled” discarded or broken flint tools 400,000 years ago to create small, sharp utensils with specific functions
Which came first, the pigs or the pioneers? In Barbados, that has been a historical mystery ever since the first English colonists arrived on the island in 1627 to encounter what they thought was a herd of wild European pigs
Neanderthals and modern humans diverged at least 800,000 years ago, substantially earlier than indicated by most DNA-based estimates
Prehistoric Iberians created “imitation amber” by repeatedly coating bead cores with tree resins, according to a new study
Most paleolithic household activities are thought to have taken place around hearths or fires: let’s see the Middle Paleolithic site El Salt in Spain
During the Crusades, warriors travelled from western Europe to the near East, where they mixed and had families with local people, and died together in battle
Seven remains of antler mining tools were found in the quarry of Pozarrate, one of Spain’s most important Neolithic flint mining operations