Popular Archeology

World’s largest DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t all Scandinavian

Invaders, pirates, warriors - the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across Europe and...

Wed, Sep 16, 2020

Did our early ancestors boil their food in hot springs?

Scientists have found evidence of hot springs near sites where ancient hominids settled, long before the control of fire.

Tue, Sep 15, 2020

Ancient earthquake may have caused destruction of Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri

Flourishing Canaanite palatial site suddenly abandoned 3,700 years ago; new evidence points to earthquake as probable culprit.

Fri, Sep 11, 2020

Tel Aviv University study confirms widespread literacy in biblical-period kingdom of Judah

Texts dating back to around 600 BCE were written by 12 different authors.

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

Humans, not climate, have driven rapidly rising mammal extinction rate

Thu, Sep 10, 2020

The oldest Neanderthal DNA of Central-Eastern Europe

An 80,000-year-old Neanderthal reveals cultural and genetic affinities between Poland and the Northern Caucasus.

Tue, Sep 8, 2020

Ancient hunters stayed in frozen Northern Europe rather than migrating to warmer areas, evidence from Arctic fox bones shows

Tue, Sep 8, 2020

The mathematical values of Linear A fraction signs

Unravelling number enigmas on ancient Crete.

Tue, Sep 8, 2020

Drone survey reveals large earthwork at ancestral Wichita site in Kansas

Results show possible council circle at what may be Etzanoa near Wichita.

Thu, Sep 3, 2020

New mathematical method shows how climate change led to fall of ancient civilization

Chaos paper by RIT Assistant Professor Nishant Malik applies method to Indus Valley Civilization.

Thu, Sep 3, 2020

Study reveals lactose tolerance happened quickly in Europe

Thu, Sep 3, 2020

Radiocarbon dating and CT scans reveal Bronze Age tradition of keeping human remains

Tue, Sep 1, 2020

How Neanderthals adjusted to climate change

German-Italian research project investigates different cutting tools from the Sesselfelsgrotte cave.

Sat, Aug 29, 2020

Ancient mammoth ivory carving technology reconstructed by archaeologists

Wed, Aug 26, 2020

Vast stone monuments constructed in Arabia 7,000 years ago

New archaeological research in Saudi Arabia documents hundreds of stone structures interpreted as monumental sites where early pastoralists carried out rituals.

Tue, Aug 25, 2020