Melting ice reveals lost viking artefacts on mountain pass
In Norway, hundreds of rare archaeological finds have been revealed by melting ice in a lost mountain pass at Lendbreen in Innlandet County.
China’s viticulture in transition: Wine culture going back thousands of years lays the foundation for emerging modern wine industry in the Middle Kingdom
Peter Kupfer of Mainz University published a history of the Chinese wine culture / 9,000-year-old discoveries from central China are the world's earliest traces of winemaking.
Milk pioneers: East African herders consumed milk 5,000 years ago
When you pour a bowl of cereal, you probably aren't considering how humans came to enjoy milk in the first place.
Rare figurines uncovered at lost biblical city
Ancient artefacts dating back 3,300 years have been unearthed by Macquarie University archaeologists at a long-lost city believed to be linked to King David.
Molecular & isotopic evidence of milk, meat & plants in prehistoric food systems
A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with colleagues from the University of Florida, provide the first evidence for diet and subsistence practices of ancient East African pastoralists.
Iron Age Britain worshiped brown hares and chickens like “gods”
Brown hares and chickens were considered “gods” rather than food when they first arrived in Britain in the Iron Age, new research shows.
Largest group of Early Neolithic pottery ever found in London dated using new technique
A new radiocarbon dating technique, reported today in Nature, has been used to confirm the age of the most noteworthy group of Early Neolithic pottery ever found in London.
Amazonian crops domesticated 10,000 years ago
As agriculture emerged in early civilizations, crops were domesticated in four locations around the world -- rice in China; grains and pulses in the Middle East; maize, beans and squash in Mesoamerica; and potatoes and quinoa in the Andes.
Archaeology: Ancient string discovery sheds light on Neanderthal life
The discovery of the oldest known direct evidence of fibre technology using natural fibres to create yarn is reported in Scientific Reports this week.
Speleologists study tunnels beneath subsoil of Pompeii
Speleologists from the Cocceius Association have been working in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii to study over 450 metres of the city’s rainwater drainage system and subterranean canals, starting from the Civil Forum.
Discoveries at Pompeii revealed in virtual tour
Excavations at Pompeii by archaeologists have been revealed in a virtual tour of the archaeological park by Director Massimo Osanna.
Archaeologists are on 5,000-year-old egg hunt
An international team of specialists, led by the University of Bristol, is closer to cracking a 5,000-year-old mystery surrounding the ancient trade and production of decorated ostrich eggs.
Revolutionary new method for dating pottery sheds new light on prehistoric past
A team at the University of Bristol has developed a new method of dating pottery which is allowing archaeologists to date prehistoric finds from across the world with remarkable accuracy.
Earliest humans in the Amazon created thousands of ‘forest islands’ as they tamed wild plants
The earliest human inhabitants of the Amazon created thousands of artificial forest islands as they tamed wild plants to grow food, a new study shows.
Railway workers discover 14th century cave with medieval shrine or hermitage
A team of rail workers delivering landslip repair works near Guildford have uncovered a small cave believed to be from the 14th century.
