A 15th century French painting depicts an ancient stone tool (phys.org)
More than 500,000 years ago, our human ancestors used large, stone tools known as “Acheulean handaxes,” to cut meat and wood, and dig for tubers. Often made from flint, these prehistoric oval and pear-shaped tools are flaked on both sides and have a pointed end....
Peru archaeologists unearth 1,000-year-old mummies of children in Lima (www.reuters.com)
Cold war satellite images reveal hundreds of unknown Roman forts (www.theguardian.com)
Cold war satellite images reveal hundreds of unknown Roman forts...
Late Prehistoric discovery turns archaeological assumptions on their head (phys.org)
Tens of Thousands of Ancient Bronze Coins Dating from the 4th Century Discovered Off Sardinia (arkeonews.net)
Italian archaeologists open 2,600-year-old tomb for first time, find wealthy family's treasures (www.cbsnews.com)
Looters continue to pillage Afghanistan’s rich archaeological heritage (www.science.org)
Stunning Codex Documenting Aztec Culture Now Fully Digitized (hyperallergic.com)
Missing topographical elements of Paleolithic rock art revealed by stereoscopic imaging (phys.org)
Archaeologists Unearth Archive of Ancient City of Doliche, Founded in 300 B.C., Revealing Over 2,000 Clay Seals (www.labrujulaverde.com)
Did Ancient Egyptians Know Meteorites Came From Space? (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Tianmen Cave: China's Breathtaking "Gateway to Heaven" — Ultra Unlimited (www.ultra-unlimited.com)
Stolen remains of Aboriginal people and Tasmanian tigers traced to grave-robbing Victorian naturalist (www.livescience.com)
Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius (www.theguardian.com)
'Christ' tattoo discovered on 1,300-year-old body in Sudan (www.livescience.com)
Scientists in Sudan have discovered a tattoo with references to Jesus Christ on a 1,300-year-old body excavated in a cemetery near a medieval monastery....
A 27,000-year-old pyramid? Controversy hits an extraordinary archaeological claim (www.nature.com)
1,500-year-old gold buckles depicting ruler 'majestically sitting on a throne' discovered in Kazakhstan (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered two gold ornaments in a 1,500-year-old tomb that feature the earliest known depictions of the great khan, or “khagan,” of the Göktürks — a nomadic confederation of Turkic-speaking peoples who occupied the region for around three centuries, according to an archaeologist who...
Non-masticatory striations on human teeth from the British Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic (www.nature.com)
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Ancient Egyptian teenager died while giving birth to twins, mummy reveals (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists' pagan temple find challenges history of Roman Christianity (www.newsweek.com)
Ancient but perfectly preserved Roman village hidden in the English countryside (www.express.co.uk)
Ancient Egyptian mummy masks, tombs and 'god of silence' statue discovered at Saqqara (www.livescience.com)
Ancient DNA reveals origins of multiple sclerosis in Europe (www.nature.com)
2,700-year-old temple with altar overflowing with jewel-studded offerings unearthed on Greek island (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a 2,700-year-old temple that houses a horseshoe-shaped altar overflowing with offerings....