20 February 2026
New Research Reveals How Londoners Used Death Data to Survive the Great Plague
New University of Portsmouth research reveals how Samuel Pepys used the 1665 Bills of Mortality to…
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20 February 2026
Night Sting Operation Leads to 2,000-Year-Old Discovery in Jerusalem
A dramatic anti-looting operation in Jerusalem has led to an unexpected archaeological breakthrough: the discovery of…
20 February 2026
1.77-Million-Year-Old Homo erectus Crania in China Challenge Long-Held Timelines of Human Dispersal
A pair of ancient skulls found along the Han River in central China have long puzzled…
20 February 2026
Extraordinary Discovery at Ness of Brodgar, Scotland: New 3D Scans Could Rewrite Neolithic History
Archaeologists are preparing to resume excavations at the internationally renowned Ness of Brodgar after advanced 3D…
19 February 2026
Temasek Wreck: 3.5 Tons of Yuan Ceramics Confirm Singapore as a 14th-Century Maritime Entrepôt
At the eastern entrance of the Singapore Strait, divers recovering fragments from the seabed did not…
19 February 2026
More Than Kin: DNA Reveals 5,500-Year-Old Stone Age Clans in Sweden’s Gotland
New genetic research from Uppsala University is reshaping our understanding of family, memory, and social bonds…
19 February 2026
How Sumerians in Mesopotamia Perfected Asphalt-Like Materials 4,000 Years Ago
More than 4,000 years ago, long before highways and petroleum refineries, Sumerian craftspeople in southern Mesopotamia…
18 February 2026
How Did a 400-Year-Old Royal Charter Nearly End Up as a Lampshade?
A 17th-century Royal Charter that laid the legal foundations of Leeds was once just moments away…
18 February 2026
La Marmotta’s 7,500-Year-Old Bows in Italy Show Early Farmers Engineered Weapons from Mediterranean Mixed Forests
Beneath the calm surface of Lake Bracciano, a submerged Neolithic village has preserved one of the…
18 February 2026
For the First Time, Portugal Returns Stolen Pre-Hispanic Treasures to Mexico
In a landmark act of cultural cooperation, authorities in Portugal have formally returned three pre-Hispanic archaeological…