Archaeology and Ancient Sites

17+ hour, 57+ min ago   (502+ words) In a remote corner of the south-west USA, there is a desert where you can wander among cities of giant mushrooms. Or that is how it appears. It's a stark, sombre land of pale stone outcrops capped with dark-brown rocks…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (344+ words) Trevor Worthy put it bluntly: “It wasn’t a missing chapter in New Zealand’s ancient history, it was an entire volume.” Worthy, with co-author Paul Scofield, senior curator at Canterbury Museum, estimates that between 33% and 50% of the species living during that…...

4+ hour, 17+ min ago   (477+ words) [Stephen Beech | SWNS news] Cavemen used mammoth tusk patterns to create unique art, reveals new research. Intricate designs engraved on the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by “distinctive” growth patterns visible in the tusks,…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (544+ words) A new ancient DNA study reveals that coastal and inland communities in southwestern Finland were genetically similar during the early Middle Ages, before migration from Sweden transformed the coastal population. The research also shows that medieval Finland was deeply connected…...

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7+ hour, 18+ min ago   (201+ words) Most recently, an article in the scientific journal Nature (“Who were the Denisovans? Rich trove of fossils and tools paints new picture” Dyani Lewis, September 9, 2026) adds important new knowledge about their culture and geographic distribution. Furthermore, it was discovered that:…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (475+ words) Pottery is one of the most important early technological innovations in human history. Combining clay with fire allowed Neolithic people to create water-carrying vessels, cooking pots, storage contain... Pottery is one of the most important early technological innovations in human…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (669+ words) Understanding how human language evolved is one of the hardest problems in science to unpick By Hannah Little & The Conversation When asked about the greatest innovation of humans, people will often say language or fire. A new paper suggests that…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (167+ words) Researchers like Diego Garate of the University of Cantabria in Spain have found an intriguing new thing: the paintings reveal facets that can only be properly appreciated by torchlight. Garate got a chance to test this — without harming any priceless…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1005+ words) A woman cracks the hull of a betel nut with her teeth to get to the meat to chew. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption About 600 million people today chew on betel nuts —- the brownish green seeds of certain palm trees…...