Remembering Neil; 22 January 1958 – 4 February 2022 It is with immense sadness that we write of the death of our friend, the co-founder...

Remains of imposing Aztec building unearthed in Mexico City. Sensational archaeological discoveries in the heart of Mexico City have...

Skeleton of woman found lying on bronze bed, Greece. A middle-aged woman buried on her bed during the 1st century BC was recently...

Eau de Cleo: Mendesian perfume recreated. Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt loved perfumes, or so are we told. But what were they like?...

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...

Cord blimey: new light on the earliest vessels made by hunter-gatherers. Conventional scholarly wisdom long held that ceramic technology...

Scientists discover evidence for ancient super-earthquake in Northern Chile. In about 1800 BC, a massive tectonic plate rupture lifted...

New study challenges theories of earlier human arrival in Americas. For years, there have been claims that humans settled in the Americas...

Archaeologists find largest-ever starfish offering at Templo Mayor in Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán, today's Mexico City. The Templo...

Chemical traces on west African pots of the Nok people reveal plant-based diet. The Nok culture appeared in today’s Nigeria at around...

How climate change is threatening world’s oldest mummies. Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth. Near the modern port of...

Work in Mithaka homeland reveals vast ancient Australian network. One of the (numerous) myths about ancient Australian Aborigines...

Leftovers in prehistoric pots reveal carby diet of a lost civilisation. Food residue analysis has produced rich dividends in the complex...

Ground-breaking research by the University of Durham, UK, explores the origins of art through the way humans see; as published in the...

New insights into early mortuary practices at Çatalhöyük, with some skeletons buried, reburied, and partially painted. Çatalhöyük in...

Latest on manufacture and origin of Tutankhamun’s unusual meteoritic iron dagger. Tutankhamun has generated many controversies, which...

Archaeologists discover 40,000-year-old ochre processing site at Ximabei, China. The Nihewan Basin in northern China has a human past...

Researchers explain why the old story of the ‘mean wolf that turned into the friendly dog’ may be wrong. The domestication of dogs has...

Sacrificed children and adults found with pre-Inca elite man. Cajamarquilla is Peru’s second largest pre-Inca city. Located 21km inland...

New research shows Australia’s forests became major fire risk in post-colonial era. Australian wildfires make international headlines...