A Sabaean Inscription on a Large Clay Jar Deciphered and Discovered Less Than 300 Meters from the Site of the Jerusalem Temple
The Inscription Points to the Connection Between Israel Under the Reign of King Solomon and the Kingdom of Sheba
A reconstruction of prehistoric temperatures for some of the oldest archaeological sites in North America
Scientists used a new technique that examines temperature records stored in bacteria to better understand the environmental conditions that may have led to the earliest human migrations into the...
Uncovering the ritual past of an ancient stone monument in Saudi Arabia
Researchers conduct extensive excavation of one of more than 1600 monuments known as mustatils.
Genomic study of indigenous Africans paints complex picture of human origins and local adaptation
An international team of researchers led by Penn geneticists sequenced the genomes of 180 indigenous Africans. The results shed light on the origin of modern humans, African population history,...
Bronze Age well contents reveal the history of animal resources in Mycenae, Greece
Analysis of a refuse dump, including dog and livestock animal remains, provides clues to food availability and destruction over time.
Archaeologists uncover early evidence of brain surgery in Ancient Near East
A recent excavation in Megiddo, Israel, unearthed the earliest example of a particular type of cranial surgery in the Ancient Near East — and potentially one of the oldest...
2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools
Discovery of stone tools and cut-marked animal bones in Kenya offers window into the dawn of stone technology.
