Newly-discovered 1,600-year-old mosaic sheds light on ancient Judaism
For nine years running, Carolina professor Jodi Magness has led a team of research specialists and students to the ancient village of Huqoq in Israel's Lower Galilee, where they bring to light the remains of a Late Roman synagogue.
Archaeologists uncover palace of the Mittani Empire in the Duhok province of the Kurdistan Region/ Iraq
German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a Bronze Age palace on the eastern bank of the Tigris River in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Neanderthals used resin ‘glue’ to craft their stone tools
Archaeologists working in two Italian caves have discovered some of the earliest known examples of ancient humans using an adhesive on their stone tools--an important technological advance called "hafting."
Levänluhta jewellery links Finland to a European exchange network
A recently completed study indicates that the material of the jewellery found together with human remains at the Levänluhta water burial site originates in southern Europe, contrary to what researchers had previously thought.
Early Iron Age cultures in Burgundy appropriated Mediterranean products and feasting practices
Early Iron Age cultures in eastern France imported Mediterranean pottery, as well as olive oil and wine, and may have appropriated Mediterranean feasting practices, according to a study by Maxime Rageot from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and the University of Tübingen, and colleagues.
Archaeological mystery solved with modern genetics
Researchers at the University of Tokyo conducted a census of the Japanese population around 2,500 years ago using the Y chromosomes of men living on the main islands of modern-day Japan.
Fresh look at mysterious Nasca lines in Peru
A scientific approach has been used to re-identify huge birds etched into the desert plains of southern Peru around 2,000 years ago.
Trophies made from human skulls hint at regional conflicts around the time of Maya civilization’s mysterious collapse
Two trophy skulls, recently discovered by archaeologists in the jungles of Belize, may help shed light on the little-understood collapse of the once powerful Classic Maya civilization.
The origins of cannabis smoking: Marijuana use in the first millennium BC
A chemical residue study of incense burners from ancient burials at high elevations in the Pamir Mountains of western China has revealed psychoactive cannabinoids.
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Diet at the docks: Living and dying at the port of ancient Rome
Portus Romae was established in the middle of the first century AD and for well over 400 years was Rome's gateway to the Mediterranean.
Rising sea levels destroyed evidence of shell middens at many prehistoric coastal sites
Archaeological remains of coastal occupation in the form of shell middens are commonly found on today's shorelines, and evidence for shellfish as a food source goes back 164,000 years.
Must Farm – Living in the Bronze Age
Must Farm, an extraordinarily well-preserved Late Bronze Age settlement in Cambridgeshire, in the East of England, drew attention in national and international media in 2016 as 'Britain's Pompeii' or the 'Pompeii of the Fens'.
Aerial laser surveys have identified the archaeological remains of ancient cities in Cordoba, Spain.
On the land where Cordoba is located in the 21st century, two cities coexisted in the past, each on a hill.
Mysterious jars of the dead unearthed in Laos
ANU and Uni of Melbourne Archaeologists have discovered 15 new sites in Laos containing more than one hundred 1000-year-old massive stone jars possibly used for the dead.
Hoard of the rings: Unusual rings are a novel type of Bronze Age cereal-based product
Strange ring-shaped objects in a Bronze Age hillfort site represent a unique form of cereal-based product, according to a study by Andreas G. Heiss of the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAW-ÖAI) and colleagues.
