Feb 4Neil Faulkner: obituaryRemembering Neil; 22 January 1958 – 4 February 2022 It is with immense sadness that we write of the death of our friend, the co-founder...
2 days agoA Tenochtitlán dwellingRemains of imposing Aztec building unearthed in Mexico City. Sensational archaeological discoveries in the heart of Mexico City have...
6 days agoBuried in bed, loyal to ApolloSkeleton of woman found lying on bronze bed, Greece. A middle-aged woman buried on her bed during the 1st century BC was recently...
May 12On Cleopatra's scentEau de Cleo: Mendesian perfume recreated. Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt loved perfumes, or so are we told. But what were they like?...
May 9Pilou, China: the myth of the 'Movius line'Game-changing handaxe discovery. Handaxes were a vital component of the Acheulian tool-kit (c.1.76-0.13 Ma). But many years ago, the...
May 3Japan's first Jomon pottersCord blimey: new light on the earliest vessels made by hunter-gatherers. Conventional scholarly wisdom long held that ceramic technology...
Apr 27Mega 1,800 BC Pacific TsunamiScientists discover evidence for ancient super-earthquake in Northern Chile. In about 1800 BC, a massive tectonic plate rupture lifted...
Apr 25Dating the first AmericansNew study challenges theories of earlier human arrival in Americas. For years, there have been claims that humans settled in the Americas...
Apr 21Starfish at TenochtitlánArchaeologists find largest-ever starfish offering at Templo Mayor in Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán, today's Mexico City. The Templo...
Apr 19Plant strong west AfricansChemical traces on west African pots of the Nok people reveal plant-based diet. The Nok culture appeared in today’s Nigeria at around...
Apr 13Climate chaos: Chinchorro mummies of ChileHow climate change is threatening world’s oldest mummies. Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth. Near the modern port of...
Apr 11The Australian 'Silk Road'Work in Mithaka homeland reveals vast ancient Australian network. One of the (numerous) myths about ancient Australian Aborigines...
Apr 4The Indus Civilisation dietLeftovers in prehistoric pots reveal carby diet of a lost civilisation. Food residue analysis has produced rich dividends in the complex...
Mar 24Visual psychology and the origins of modern human artGround-breaking research by the University of Durham, UK, explores the origins of art through the way humans see; as published in the...
Mar 21The coloured skeletons of Çatalhöyük, TurkeyNew insights into early mortuary practices at Çatalhöyük, with some skeletons buried, reburied, and partially painted. Çatalhöyük in...
Mar 12Origin of Tutankhamun's mysterious daggerLatest on manufacture and origin of Tutankhamun’s unusual meteoritic iron dagger. Tutankhamun has generated many controversies, which...
Mar 10Earliest ochre processing in ChinaArchaeologists discover 40,000-year-old ochre processing site at Ximabei, China. The Nihewan Basin in northern China has a human past...
Mar 4Rethinking dog domesticationResearchers explain why the old story of the ‘mean wolf that turned into the friendly dog’ may be wrong. The domestication of dogs has...
Feb 28Mummies at Cajamarquilla, PeruSacrificed children and adults found with pre-Inca elite man. Cajamarquilla is Peru’s second largest pre-Inca city. Located 21km inland...
Feb 24Colonialism and wildfiresNew research shows Australia’s forests became major fire risk in post-colonial era. Australian wildfires make international headlines...