Three killed while repairing ancient wall at Unesco world heritage site in Tunisia (www.theguardian.com)
North America's first people may have arrived by sea ice highway as early as 24,000 years ago (phys.org)
One of the hottest debates in archaeology is how and when humans first arrived in North America. Archaeologists have traditionally argued that people walked through an ice-free corridor that briefly opened between ice sheets an estimated 13,000 years ago....
How Museum Items Go Missing (www.sapiens.org)
9,000-year-old double burial with shaman and infant reveals she may have been his 4th-great-grandmother (www.livescience.com)
In 1934, workers in Germany discovered the double burial of a woman placed in a seated position with an infant between her legs. Because of the overabundance of grave goods surrounding the pair, archaeologists concluded that she was likely a shaman who died about 9,000 years ago, during the Mesolithic period. However, her true...
How 'listening' to archaeological sites could shed light on the past (phys.org)
Until recently, archaeologists have mostly relied on what they can see at the sites of ancient ruins to unlock the secrets of the past. But lately, new methods have started to allow researchers to use other senses to explore these sites in different ways....
Temple linked to Hercules and Alexander the Great discovered in ancient megacity in Iraq (www.livescience.com)
Archaeologists in Iraq have unearthed twin temples built on top of each other. The newer, Hellenistic temple dates to the fourth century B.C. and may have a link to Alexander the Great....
Ancient Balkan genomes trace the rise and fall of Roman Empire's frontier, reveal Slavic migrations (phys.org)
A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the common era, a time and place of profound demographic, cultural and linguistic change....
Switzerland returns marble head around 2,000 years old to Libya (www.africanews.com)
Hunting of straight-tusked elephants was widespread among Neanderthals 125,000 years ago, finds study (phys.org)
Hunting the now extinct straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) was widespread among Neanderthals, concludes a research team consisting of members of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA), also based in Mainz, and Leiden University in the Netherlands. The study has...
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Cone-shaped tombs with more than 3,000-year-old human remains found in park (www.newsweek.com)
Iron Age site in Europe unearths rituals of animal sacrifice (cosmosmagazine.com)
Lernfilm Archäobotanik: German Film Series on Archaeobotany (Eng Dubs avail via YT) (www.youtube.com)
German authorities repatriate 75 ancient artefacts to Mexico (www.theartnewspaper.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....
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...
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....