Investigating a Bronze Age Mystery: A Cemetery Full of Princes, but No Palaces in Sight
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Cover Stories
Lustrous Surfaces: Easy on the Eyes, Easy on the Nervous System
The attraction to luster is rooted in our evolutionary history and has persisted among prehistoric artifacts, ancient civilizations, and consumer culture.
A new Denisovan mandible from Taiwan
Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil in Taiwan was derived from a male Denisovan.
Study reveals 8 million years of ‘Green Arabia’
Longest known seafaring venture 8,500 years ago brings hunter-gatherers to Malta before early farmers
In Guatemala, painted altar found at Tikal adds new context to mysterious Maya history
A newly discovered altar, buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, is shedding new light on the 1,600-year-old tensions between Tikal and the central Mexican capital of Teotihuacan.
The “mega-village” of Valencina de la Concepción, a large sustainable and egalitarian community at the height of the Copper Age
First ancient genomes from the Green Sahara deciphered
A new study reveals a long-isolated North African human lineage in the Central Sahara during the African humid period more than 7,000 years ago.
Children participated in cave paintings because they were perceived as mediators between the physical and spiritual worlds
New Study Suggests: This Is Why Children Took Part in Creating Prehistoric Cave Art In prehistoric societies.
Penn Museum and Egyptian Archaeologists Unearth a 3,600-Year-Old Tomb from the Lost Abydos Dynasty
The Egyptian king is yet to be identified.
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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.
