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Archaeology
Archipelago in Ancient Doggerland Survived Storegga Tsunami 8,000-Years-Ago
Doggerland, dubbed “Britain’s Atlantis” is a submerged landmass beneath what is now the North Sea, that once connected Britain to continental Europe.
Archaeology
Ancient Blanket Made With 11,500 Turkey Feathers
The ancient inhabitants of the American Southwest used around 11,500 feathers to make a turkey feather blanket.
Archaeology
Photos of Stolen Mosaic Reveals Oldest Representation of Roman Hydraulic Wheel
Researchers from the University of Warsaw have determined that a mosaic stolen from Apamea in present-day Syria is the oldest representation of a Roman hydraulic water wheel.
Archaeology
The Unique Hydraulics in the Barbegal Water Mills, the World’s First Industrial Plant
The Barbegal watermills in southern France are a unique complex dating back to the 2nd century AD. The construction with 16 waterwheels is, as far as is known, the first attempt in Europe to build a machine complex on an industrial scale.
Archaeology
Archaeologists Discover Viking Ship Burial
Archaeologists conducting a ground-penetrating radar (GPR) study of an Iron Age funerary mound have discovered evidence of a previously unknown Viking ship burial in Gjellestad, Norway.
Archaeology
Archaeologists Discover Treasure Trove of Metal Artefacts
Archaeologists excavating in the village of Poniatach Wielkie, within the Pułtusk County, Masovian Voivodeship, of east-central Poland have discovered hundreds of metal objects that date from the 11th / 12th-13th centuries.
Archaeology
Rare Ancient Child Burial Reveals 8,000-Year-Old Secrets of the Dead
Archaeologists from The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a rare child burial dating back 8,000 years on Alor Island, Indonesia.
Archaeology
Population Dynamics And the Rise of Empires in Inner Asia
From the late Bronze Age until the Middle Ages, the eastern Eurasian Steppe was home to a series of organized and highly influential nomadic empires.
Archaeology
Early Big-Game Hunters of the Americas Were Female According to Research
For centuries, historians and scientists mostly agreed that when early human groups sought food, men hunted and women gathered.
Archaeology
New Study Fills Gaps in Chronological Timelines of Bronze and Iron Age Societies
An examination of two documented periods of climate change in the greater Middle East, between approximately 4,500 and 3,000 years ago, reveals local evidence of resilience and even of a flourishing ancient society despite the changes in climate seen in the larger region.
Archaeology
Study Finds Ancient Gravettian Art Culture Much More Widespread Than Thought
Recently discovered rock art from caves in Northern Spain represents an artistic cultural style common across ancient Europe, but previously unknown from the Iberian Peninsula, according to a study by Diego Garate of the Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria, Spain, and colleagues.
Archaeology
Inks Containing Lead Were Likely Used as Drier on Ancient Egyptian Papyri
Analysing 12 ancient Egyptian papyri fragments with X-ray microscopy, University of Copenhagen researchers were surprised to find previously unknown lead compounds in both red and black inks and suggest they were used for their drying properties rather than as a pigment.
