'Exceedingly rare' horse bridle discovered in melting ice in Norway could date to Viking Age (www.livescience.com)
1900-year-old Child’s Nightgown with intriguing knots found in the Cave of Letters in the Judean Desert (arkeonews.net)
The museum collections scene is the most realistic scene in Indiana Jones, cmv. (mander.xyz)
Archaeologists Discover Remains of 5,000-Year-Old Wine in Ancient Egyptian Tomb (www.sciencealert.com)
Research finds dramatic increase in cranial traumas as the first cities were being built, suggesting a rise in violence (phys.org)
The development of the earliest cities in Mesopotamia and the Middle East led to a substantial increase in violence between inhabitants. Laws, centralized administration, trade and culture then caused the ratio of violent deaths to fall back again in the Early and Middle Bronze Age (3,300 to 1,500 BCE). This is the conclusion of...
Complaint Tablet to Ea-nasir (knowyourmeme.com)
Amazon review from c. 1750 BC
The 1st Americans were not who we thought they were (www.livescience.com)
'Exceptional' 1,800-year-old sarcophagus unearthed in France held woman of 'special status' (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis in northeastern France have discovered an unlooted, unopened Roman-era sarcophagus dating to the second century A.D. The tomb likely holds the remains of an elite woman, archaeologists said.
Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius (www.theguardian.com)
First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals (www.nature.com)
During the Upper Paleolithic, lions become an important theme in Paleolithic art and are more frequent in anthropogenic faunal assemblages. However, the relationship between hominins and lions in earlier periods is poorly known and primarily interpreted as interspecies competition. Here we present new evidence for...