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Ancient Egyptians Carved Ears in Stone to Make Their Gods Listen
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (694+ words) Independent reporting on space, archaeology and ancient worlds Egyptian ear stelae pictured the act of listening. Museum objects from Memphis and Deir el-Medina show how worshippers asked gods to hear them. A prayer can disappear as soon as it is…...
The Search for Cana Leads to a Galilean Village and a Pilgrims’ Cave
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (674+ words) Independent reporting on space, archaeology and ancient worlds Excavations at Khirbet Qana have uncovered a Jewish settlement and a later Christian shrine. Together, they explain why the site is a candidate for Cana. A rock-cut cave, a shelf and two…...
Cahokia: How Did North America’s First City Take Shape?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (789+ words) Cahokia grew into a major Mississippian centre through earthwork construction, regional exchange and careful planning. Its ruins reveal the city’s scale, while leaving its ceremonies and final transformation open to investigation. Across the flat Illinois landscape, the mounds at Cahokia…...
Salango “Skull Helmets”: What Do the Burials Tell Us?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (513+ words) Two infants buried at Salango around 100 BC had older children’s crania placed around their heads. Archaeologists documented the unusual ritual but cannot yet say why it was done. Two infants buried at Salango, on Ecuador’s Pacific coast, were found with…...
Cíbola: How the Seven Cities of Gold Became a Legend
2+ week, 4+ day ago (719+ words) In 1540, a Spanish expedition set out toward seven cities said to glitter with gold. The name attached to them was Cíbola. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado crossed deserts, river valleys and the Great Plains looking for the kingdom. He found real…...
What Can Ancient DNA Actually Reveal About a City's Founders? — Curiosmos
3+ week, 20+ hour ago (484+ words) Ancient DNA can reveal relationships and movements between populations, but it cannot by itself name a culture or explain why people moved. Imagine opening a grave beneath an ancient street and finding that the person buried there was related to…...
Were the Les Rois Teeth Really Neanderthal? New Study Reopens the Mystery
3+ week, 4+ day ago (551+ words) A new study of a 30,000-year-old mandible from Les Rois Cave places the specimen closer to early Homo sapiens than to Neanderthals. The result changes what the famous teeth can—and cannot—tell us about life in the Aurignacian. Les…...
Settlement or Ritual Complex? How Archaeologists Can Tell
4+ week, 16+ hour ago (691+ words) Archaeologists rarely identify a settlement from one object. They combine buildings, hearths, tools, food remains, activity areas, and patterns of rebuilding to understand a site. When archaeologists uncover a large ancient building, the first temptation is to give it a…...