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16 October 2025 The Future is the Product of the Past

Discovery in Georgia Reveals How Bronze Age Smelters Sparked the Iron Age

1 October 2025

A groundbreaking study from Georgia’s Kvemo Bolnisi site reveals that Bronze Age metallurgists were experimenting with iron oxides long before...

An illustration of the tattoo on the woman's right forearm revealed in new scans. Credit: Daniel Riday

Frozen but Not Forgotten: 2,500-Year-Old Tattoos of Siberian Ice Mummy Digitally Reconstructed

31 July 2025

Siberian Ice Mummy: Unveiling Ancient Tattoo Traditions of Iron Age Siberia In a groundbreaking fusion of archaeology and modern imaging,...

Different uses leave distinct microscopic traces on bone tools. Source: Grzegorz Osipowicz jt/Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Stone Age Swiss Army Knife? Experimental Archaeology Reveals Surprising Use of Bone Tools at Estonia Site

22 May 2025

A groundbreaking new study published in February 2025 has revealed that mysterious bone tools discovered at Estonia’s oldest known human...

Florence Gaignerot-Driessen leads excavations at Anavlochos in 2018 with her team of students and international research partners. Credit: Florence Gaignerot-Driessen

“Ladies of Anavlochos”: Crete’s Puzzle in Pieces

9 May 2025

Perched high on the rugged slopes of Mount Anavlochos, overlooking the azure expanse of the Mediterranean Sea, lie the silent...