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Prehistoric mummy reveals ancient Egyptian embalming ‘recipe’ was around for millennia

HeritageDailyAugust 16, 2018

by HeritageDailyAugust 16, 201803888

It is the first time that extensive tests have been carried out on an intact prehistoric mummy, consolidating the researchers’ previous findings that embalming was

Archeological plant remains point to southwest Amazonia as crop domestication center

HeritageDailyJuly 26, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 26, 201803390

The remains of domesticated crop plants at an archaeological site in southwest Amazonia supports the idea that this was an important region in the early

Archaeology

Archaeologists race against time to save ancient handprints

HeritageDailyJuly 25, 2018July 25, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 25, 2018July 25, 201806822

A group of archaeologists are working against the tide to excavate a Pictish copper smith’s workshop located on an Iron Age settlement on the Island

Palaeoanthropology

Neanderthals could make fire – just like our modern ancestors

HeritageDailyJuly 19, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 19, 201803023

Neanderthals were able to make fire on a large scale with the aid of pyrite and hand-axes.

Archaeology

Earthquake reveals remains of temple inside Aztec Pyramid

HeritageDailyJuly 17, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 17, 201804868

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has led to the discovery of an ancient shrine dedicated to the rain god Tláloc beneath the pyramid of Teopanzolco in

Archaeology

Two thousand year old wooden bowl discovered in underground chamber beneath broch site.

HeritageDailyJuly 17, 2018July 17, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 17, 2018July 17, 201805644

Archaeologists from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute were astonished last week when they unearthed a two thousand year old wooden bowl

Archaeology

Megalithic Passage Tomb Cemetery discovered within Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site

HeritageDailyJuly 16, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 16, 201806833

The find was made during an excavation carried out by the agri-technology company Devenish in partnership with UCD School of Archaeology

Archaeology

The origins of pottery linked with intensified fishing in the post-glacial period

HeritageDailyJuly 16, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 16, 201805357

A study into some of the earliest known pottery remains has suggested that the rise of ceramic production was closely linked with intensified fishing at

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Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

HeritageDailyJuly 16, 2018July 18, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 16, 2018July 18, 2018059419

At an archaeological site in northeastern Jordan, researchers have discovered the charred remains of a flatbread baked by hunter-gatherers 14,400 years ago.

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Researchers discover gilded mummy mask

HeritageDailyJuly 16, 2018

by HeritageDailyJuly 16, 201804311

Researchers at the University of Tübingen have discovered a gilded mask on the mummy of a priest in Saqqara, Egypt. It is from the Saite-Persian

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Swedes have been brewing beer since the Iron Age

HeritageDailyJune 20, 2018July 11, 2018

by HeritageDailyJune 20, 2018July 11, 201809373

Archaeologists at Lund University in Sweden have found carbonised germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early as the Iron Age

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Illegal trade in antiquities: a scourge that has gone on for millennia too long

HeritageDailyJune 15, 2018July 11, 2018

by HeritageDailyJune 15, 2018July 11, 2018022674

Looting of artefacts has always been a sign of military might or economic power. Over millennia, conquering generals would take away with them trophies to

Biology

Oldest bubonic plague genome decoded

HeritageDailyJune 11, 2018July 11, 2018

by HeritageDailyJune 11, 2018July 11, 2018014854

An international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has analyzed two 3,800-year-old Y. pestis genomes that suggest a

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Roman decapitated and crushed by block of stone while fleeing eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii

HeritageDailyMay 31, 2018July 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 31, 2018July 4, 2018016146

Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples, Italy that was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft)

Palaeoanthropology

First direct dating of Homo antecessor

HeritageDailyMay 29, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 29, 20180544

The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has led a new international study published in the journal Quaternary Geochronology, about the direct dating

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ULB archaeologists dicover a 1,000-year-old-mummy in Peru

HeritageDailyMay 24, 2018July 11, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 24, 2018July 11, 2018019659

Researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles's centre for archaeological research (CReA-Patrimoine) has announced the discovery of a well-preserved Inca mummy at an excavation site

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Ancient mound builders carefully timed their occupation of coastal Louisiana site

HeritageDailyMay 22, 2018June 6, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 22, 2018June 6, 20180597

A study of ancient mound builders who lived hundreds of years ago on the Mississippi River Delta near present-day New Orleans offers new insights into

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10 Underground cave cities & settlements

HERITAGEDAILYMay 18, 2018July 11, 2018

by HERITAGEDAILYMay 18, 2018July 11, 2018015434

Cave dwellings can be found across most of the world and served as sites for religious practice, protection or just habitation.

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Cuneiform tablets from Bassetki reveal location of ancient royal city of Mardaman

HeritageDailyMay 9, 2018June 14, 2018

by HeritageDailyMay 9, 2018June 14, 201801439

Assyrian clay tablets from the 2nd millennium BC link excavation site to important commercial city

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HeritageDailyApril 30, 2018April 30, 2018

by HeritageDailyApril 30, 2018April 30, 20180501

HeritageDaily, the online magazine and publisher has launched a dedicated app for iTunes and Google Play. HeritageDaily first published in 2011, since then, the publication

Biology

New research sheds light on prehistoric human migration in europe

HeritageDailyFebruary 22, 2018May 4, 2018

by HeritageDailyFebruary 22, 2018May 4, 20180390

Two University of Wyoming researchers contributed to a new study in which DNA of ancient skeletal remains of people from southeastern Europe were used to

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Spiral circle of linked human skeletons discovered at Pre-Aztec burial site in Mexico

HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 2018June 6, 2018

by HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 2018June 6, 20180666

A spiral formation of human remains has been unearthed in an ancient burial pit during excavations at a Pre-Aztec village in the south of Mexico

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Prehistoric mummy reveals ancient Egyptian embalming ‘recipe’ was around for millennia

Archeological plant remains point to southwest Amazonia as crop domestication center

Archaeologists race against time to save ancient handprints

Neanderthals could make fire – just like our modern ancestors

Earthquake reveals remains of temple inside Aztec Pyramid

Two thousand year old wooden bowl discovered in underground chamber beneath broch site.

Megalithic Passage Tomb Cemetery discovered within Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site

The origins of pottery linked with intensified fishing in the post-glacial period

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Researchers discover gilded mummy mask

Swedes have been brewing beer since the Iron Age

Illegal trade in antiquities: a scourge that has gone on for millennia too long

Oldest bubonic plague genome decoded

Roman decapitated and crushed by block of stone while fleeing eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii

First direct dating of Homo antecessor

ULB archaeologists dicover a 1,000-year-old-mummy in Peru

Ancient mound builders carefully timed their occupation of coastal Louisiana site

10 Underground cave cities & settlements

Cuneiform tablets from Bassetki reveal location of ancient royal city of Mardaman

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New research sheds light on prehistoric human migration in europe

Spiral circle of linked human skeletons discovered at Pre-Aztec burial site in Mexico

Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Half the population of the Viking-town Sigtuna were migrants

Georadar detects a Viking ship in Norway

Archaeologists identify ancient North American mounds using new image analysis technique

You are what you eat: High dietary versatility characteristic for early hominins

First-ever look at complete skeleton of Thylacoleo, Australia’s extinct ‘marsupial lion’

Did supernovae kill off large ocean animals at dawn of Pleistocene?

Chickens to be marker of Anthropocene

Rethinking the history related to indigenous sites in northeast North America