New Zealand returns ancient artefacts to Egypt (egyptian-gazette.com)
German authorities repatriate 75 ancient artefacts to Mexico (www.theartnewspaper.com)
Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools (phys.org)
A research group led by the Nagoya University Museum and Graduate School of Environmental Studies in Japan has clarified differences in the physical characteristics of rocks used by early humans during the Paleolithic. They found that humans selected rock for a variety of reasons and not just because of how easy it was to break...
Pleistocene-Holocene sedaDNA reconstruction of Southern Doggerland reveals early colonization before inundation consistent with northern refugia. (www.researchsquare.com)
Possible Arctic graveyard may be northernmost Stone Age cemetery — but there are no human remains to prove it (www.livescience.com)
Dishing the dirt on human evolution: Why scientific techniques matter in archaeology (phys.org)
Scientists should seek answers hidden in the dirt using proven and state-of-the-art archaeological science techniques to support new discoveries about human evolution following recent controversies at a cave site in Africa, says a group of international experts....
A 27,000-year-old pyramid? Controversy hits an extraordinary archaeological claim (www.nature.com)
2,000-year-old coin stash discovered at ancient Buddhist shrine in Pakistan (www.livescience.com)
Nearly 8,000 medieval coins and 7 Bronze Age swords unearthed in Germany (www.livescience.com)
Genetic research into a 9,000-year-old shaman burial in Germany (phys.org)
The double burial of an adult woman and an infant, dating to about 7000–6800 BCE, discovered in 1934 during construction works at the spa gardens of Bad Dürrenberg, is regarded as one of the outstanding burial finds of the Mesolithic in Central Europe. Because of the unusual equipment with the woman, who was buried in a...
Stolen remains of Aboriginal people and Tasmanian tigers traced to grave-robbing Victorian naturalist (www.livescience.com)
Melting ice in Canada allowed scientists to discover 7,000-year-old artifacts (www.americanchronicles.news)
Early humans in the Paleolithic Age: More than just game on the menu (phys.org)
In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (SHEP) at the University of Tübingen show that early humans of the Middle Paleolithic had a more varied diet than previously assumed....
73 pre-Incan mummies, some with 'false heads,' unearthed from Wari Empire in Peru (www.livescience.com)
Henge monument and Roman kilns found at housing dig (www.bbc.com)
Greek PM bemoans lack of progress on return of Parthenon marbles (www.theguardian.com)
Drought encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest (www.cam.ac.uk)
See the Outstandingly Ornate 4th Century Mosaic Floors Unearthed in an Ancient Turkish Villa (news.artnet.com)
Tianmen Cave: China's Breathtaking "Gateway to Heaven" — Ultra Unlimited (www.ultra-unlimited.com)
Late Prehistoric discovery turns archaeological assumptions on their head (phys.org)
Archaeologists Discover Long-Lost Scottish Monastery (www.southampton.ac.uk)
Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon (www.science.org)
A 1,400-year-old temple discovered at Suffolk royal settlement (phys.org)
Resilience, innovation and collapse of settlement networks in later Bronze Age Europe: New survey data from the southern Carpathian Basin (journals.plos.org)
