From Artifacts to Automobiles: Tracing Canada’s Hidden Stories
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Cover Stories
Pre-Neolithic mummification in Southeastern Asia
Ancient DNA and history of Casas Grandes people
The metals reveal: The Bronze Age was more connected than we previously thought
In connection with the research project Metals & Giants, an international research team has shed new light on the metal trade in the Bronze Age.
Desire in the Ashes: Unveiling Human Sexuality in Pompeii
Unearth Safely: Preventing Personal Injury During Archaeological Excavations
Buried Beneath: Archaeological Discoveries of Historic Water Systems
An outstanding discovery shed light on African prehistory
A UNIGE team’s discovery of a prehistoric workshop in Senegal sheds light on the little-known hunter-gatherer presence in West Africa.
How the Slavic migration reshaped Central and Eastern Europe
Genetic analyses of medieval human remains reveal large-scale migrations, regional diversity, and new insights into early medieval communities.
Archaeological excavation reveals Pompeii reoccupied after the 79 AD eruption
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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.
