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Archaeologists Discover 40,000-Year-Old Evidence of Neanderthal Habitation in Ghamari Cave, Iran

13 March 2025

Iranian archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Ghamari Cave (also known as Qamari Cave), located near Khorramabad in Lorestan...

An Avar-period cloak clasp from a female grave at Moedling, Austria. Archers were associated with a higher social status. Credit: Benedict Seidl

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Surprising Genetic Findings from Early Middle Ages Burial Sites in Austria

22 January 2025

In a groundbreaking archeogenetic study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in collaboration with an international team,...

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Manot Cave yielded evidence for ritualistic gathering 35,000 years ago, the earliest on the Asian continent

13 January 2025

Archaeological research at the Manot Cave in what is now the Galilee in northern Israel has uncovered evidence of ritualistic...

An eyed needle made from the bone of a red fox found at the LaPrele archaeological site in Wyoming’s Converse County. Photo:Todd Surovell

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Research Shows Early North Americans Made Eyed Needles from Fur-Bearers

3 December 2024

Archaeologists from the University of Wyoming have found bone 13,000-year-old eyed needles crafted from the bones of various furry animals....

A 3D computerized model of the surface of the area near Lake Turkana in Kenya shows fossil footprints of Paranthropus boisei (vertical footprints) with separate footprints of Homo erectus forming a perpendicular path. Image Credit: Kevin Hatala/Chatham University

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1.5-Million-year-old Footprints have Revealed the Co-Existence of two Ancient Human Species in Kenya

30 November 2024

Thanks to a set of preserved footprints on the ancient shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, researchers have uncovered the...

Group of casts from the House of the Golden Bracelet. Casts no. 50-51-52, date of creation 1974. Photo: Archaeological Park of Pompeii

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Study refutes previous assumptions, DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption

8 November 2024

Researchers from the University of Florence, Harvard University, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig analyzed the...

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New Study shows Early Native Americans in Alaska were freshwater fishermen 13,000 years ago

15 June 2023

A team led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers has discovered the earliest known evidence that Native Americans living...

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Interesting Social Dimensions of Rare Diseases Seen in the Bronze Age

10 March 2021

When it comes to Rare Diseases, what almost all of us think of is that this disease has affected very...

Archaeologists Discover 40,000-Year-Old Evidence of Neanderthal Habitation in Ghamari Cave, Iran

Surprising Genetic Findings from Early Middle Ages Burial Sites in Austria

Manot Cave yielded evidence for ritualistic gathering 35,000 years ago, the earliest on the Asian continent

Research Shows Early North Americans Made Eyed Needles from Fur-Bearers

1.5-Million-year-old Footprints have Revealed the Co-Existence of two Ancient Human Species in Kenya

Study refutes previous assumptions, DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption

New Study shows Early Native Americans in Alaska were freshwater fishermen 13,000 years ago

Interesting Social Dimensions of Rare Diseases Seen in the Bronze Age

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Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of British Rule in Florida

Over 70 Archaeological Sites Identified in Canada’s Chilcotin Region, Uncovering Secwépemc Pit Houses Over 4,000 Years Old

New Discovery Challenges Origins of Iconic Sutton Hoo Helmet: It Could Radically Alter Our Understanding of 7th Century Northern European Power Dynamics

Unique 6,000-Year-Old Sacred Hearths and Karaz Pottery Discovered at Tadım Mound in Elazığ

From Ancient Scripts to Digital Insights: TLHdig 0.2 Breathes New Life into Hittite Cuneiform Tablets

Earliest Known Stone Mold for Coin Production in Roman Hispania Unearthed

One Of The Largest And Most Significant Iron Age Hoards Ever Discovered In The UK Has Been Unveiled

A 2,200-Year-Old Monumental Pyramidal Structure Discovered in the Judean Desert

110 Megaliths Discovered in Kerala and Inscriptions Revealing Ancient Pilgrimage Center in Andhra Pradesh

Jiroft: The Mysterious Rival of Mesopotamia and the Dawn of an Ancient Civilization