Archaeology

Border Cave In Lebombo Reveals Cooking Of Hypoxis Plants 170,000 Years Ago

Though the development of agriculture 10,000 years ago is what made humans the apex predator, a new analysis reveals that the stage was set long before farming became science.  Excavations at Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains, on the border of KwaZulu-N ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2020 - 1:26pm

40,000 Years Ago? The Mantis Man Petroglyph Of Iran

A rock carving found in the Teymareh rock art site in Khomein county in Central Iran is part man and part mantis, with six limbs.  Was it a mistake? The world's first graphic novel? A way to inspire warriors to fight their foes? We may never know. It ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 16 2020 - 11:24am

5th Century: Ancient Mözs-Icsei Dülő Cemetery Remains Show It Was Multicultural

The 5th century Mözs-Icsei dülő cemetery near Szekszárd in the area known as Pannonia dates back to the late Roman period.  Remains reveal the demographic makeup during the beginnings of Europe's Migration Period, when the Huns invaded Central Europe ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2020 - 3:49pm

The Story Of African Slaves Brought To Mexico During Spanish Colonialism, As Told By Their Bones

Though slavery is still invoked in the United States of America, it is ironically because it was relatively rare compared to the rest of the continent. Only 4 percent of African slaves brought by Europeans and other Africans were brought to what is now the ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2020 - 2:57pm

At 13,500 Years Old, This Songbird Is The Oldest Known Figurine

(Inside Science)- An ancient bird statuette recovered from a refuse heap is the oldest known figurine discovered yet in China, shedding new light on how our ancestors created 3D art, a new study finds. ...

Article - Inside Science - Jun 14 2020 - 6:01am

Not Just America: Fluting From 6,000 BC Found In Arabian Excavations

Evidence of prehistoric fluting techniques, using hammering or pressure to create a groove, has been found on the Arabian peninsula from 8,000 years ago. Archeological finds are not new on the Arabian peninsula. There is evidence for lithics (stone tools) ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 5 2020 - 1:01pm

AI Handwriting Analysis Yields Clues To Authors Of A Dead Seas Scrolls Manuscript

In 1946, with World War II over, archaeologists got back to work and over 10 years found discarded Hebrew Bible manuscripts in 12 Ein Feshkha Caves near the Dead Sea in the West Bank. Fragments o these "Dead Sea Scrolls" include the Apocrypha, ex ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2021 - 4:58pm

How Did City Of David In Jerusalem Have A Fossilized Shark Tooth?

At an archaeological site in the City of David in Jerusalem, scholars have found an unexplained cache of fossilized shark teeth in an area where there should be none- nearly 40 miles from where they should have naturally occurred nearly 3,000 years ago, ju ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 5 2021 - 10:41am

Anubis And The 8 Million Mummy Army

Underneath the ancient royal buried ground of Saqqara in the Egyptian desert lies something even creepier than mummies that might come back to life- mummies that might come back to life and be adorable. The Sacred Animal Necropolis, as it was called after ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 27 2021 - 12:56pm

23,000 Years Ago Israel Experienced A Boom In Food- Thanks To Climate Change

Long before there were Israelites, Sumerians, or Egyptians in the world, the people living in Israel experienced a boom in food quantity and diversity, and a new study finds that the reason was climate change 23,000 years ago. Ohalo II is a submerged archa ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2022 - 4:05pm