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Cover Stories
Penn Museum Showcases 100-Year-Old Watercolor Paintings Depicting the Art Inside Ancient Egyptian Funerary Chapels
New evidence that ancient floods “rewrote” civilizations along the Yangtze River
A new study has shown that an increase in rainfall and associated floods 4,000 years ago in the Middle Yangtze Valley likely caused the collapse of the Shijiahe culture.
Ancient mosquitoes developed a taste for early hominins
The Archaeological Site of Herdonia: The Pompeii of Puglia
Excavation of a forgotten ancient city is telling a compelling story of discovery and prominence in the heart of Italy's history.
Ancient DNA reveals 7,700-year-old “north-south corridor” linking Lake Baikal and northern China
Genetic and archaeological links found 7,700 years ago, challenging previous timelines of trans-Eurasian interaction.
Iron Age massacre targeted women and children, new research reveals
New research reveals one of the largest prehistoric mass killings discovered in Europe, at the Gomolava burial sites in northern Serbia.
Study finds 1.9 million year out-of-Africa migration wave leaves its mark in the Jordan Valley
How LiDAR is Mapping Undiscovered Ancient Cities Worldwide
Archaeologists identify elders in Iron Age Israel through household artifacts
New Bar-Ilan University research sheds light on the daily lives, status, and household roles of older adults more than 2,700 years ago -- a group long overlooked in archaeology.
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Other Stories
Research reveals ancient Maya lessons on surviving drought
Huge variety of plant foods made their starvation unlikely.
Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry
New technique means head lice can provide clues about ancient people and migration.
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years
Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy, dispelling theory that they were bent on reusing old royal burial equipment.
New dates for Viking trade
Solar flare throws light on ancient trade between the Islamic Middle East and the Viking Age.
Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought
Faroes Settled Well Before Vikings Arrived, Lake Sediments Show.
Mystery solved: Footprints from site A at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the landscape.
Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of China dynasties
Eruptions create sulfuric acid clouds in the upper atmosphere and can cool the climate.
A Child of darkness
The first partial skull of a child of Homo naledi begins to give us insight into all stages of life of this remarkable species.
More than ceremonial, ancient Chaco Canyon was home, new study says
Early puebloans impacted the ecosystem around Chaco Canyon earlier than previously believed.
