Category: Archaeology

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The Truth About Ancient Aliens: What Archaeologists Really Say

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What Lies Beneath? Mysterious Underground Cities Around the World

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Archaeology vs. Myth: Can Science Prove Ancient Legends Were Real?

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The Secrets Buried in Göbekli Tepe: Did Civilization Begin Earlier Than We Thought?

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How Ancient DNA Is Rewriting Human History

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Uncovering Atlantis: Is the Lost City a Legend or Hidden History?

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Who Really Built the Pyramids? What Archaeology Reveals Beyond the Myths

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Did Ancient Civilizations Know More Than We Think? The Truth Behind Forgotten Worlds

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What Was Lost Beneath the Sands? The Greatest Archaeological Discoveries Ever Made

Characteristic macroscopic (top) and microscopic (bottom) traces might be used to determine how stone edges were used. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University

How Ancient Stone Tools Reveal a Hidden Story of Early Woodworking

An archaeologist takes samples of pollen found in soil to understand the changing vegetation of a site: a companion technique to the authors' analysis of hazelnut shells. Credit: Nils Forshed.

The Unexpected Science Hidden in 10,000-Year-Old Nut Shells

This shows tattoo artist Danny Riday tattooing his own leg using a bone awl made from white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). This variety of puncture tattooing, colloquially known as "hand poke" or "stick and poke" tattooing, involves the use of a sharp implement either held directly in the hand or hafted to the end of a handle. Credit: European Journal of Archaeology (2024). DOI: 10.1017/eaa.2024.5

The 5,000-Year-Old Tattoos That Still Speak Today

Illustration of elephant hunting using spears. Credit: Dana Ackerfeld

The Secret Path Where Humans and Elephants Once Walked Together

TM 1309. Danzantes associated with the set of vertical and sinusoidal lines. Photograph: A. Rozwadowski; drawing: Polish-Peruvian research team. Credit: Cambridge Archaeological Journal (2024). DOI: 10.1017/S0959774324000064

The Ancient Dance Etched in Stone That May Have Been Fueled by Hallucinations

This new study underscores the significance of directly comparing the spatial behavior of Neanderthals and ''Homo sapiens'' within the same site, using consistent parameters, to minimize analytical bias. Credit: University of Montreal

The Cave That Proves Neanderthals Were Far More Human Than We Believed

Visualization of the findings – a: double burial; b and c: location within the burial ground; d: 2 gold pendants, found as grave goods; e: Documentary photo of the two individuals; f: Documentation photo of the horse (data: City of Wels, basemap.at, OpenStreetMap, Natural Earth). Credit: Dominik Hagmann, 2024

The Roman Mother and Daughter Buried With a Horse

Scientists Detect a Mysterious Man-Made Void Beside the Great Pyramid

The gold earring found by the scientists, photographed against a dark background, in front of the jar it was found in. Credit: Marco Ansaloni

The Mountain Village That Vanished in Fire and War

The tombs and skeletons of the man with the left leg amputation, designated M693 (a-b), and the man with the right leg amputation, designated M432 (c-d). Credit: Qian Wang/Texas A&M School of Dentistry

The 2,500-Year-Old Amputation Mystery Finally Explained

Results of the geophysical survey of the previously unknown site of Jarkovac (Serbia). The settlement, whose surface material points to both the Vinča culture and the Banat culture (5400-4400 BCE), has a surface area of up to 13 ha and is surrounded by four to six ditches. The deep black angular anomalies indicate a large number of burnt houses. Credit: Cluster ROOOTS/Museum of Vojvodina Novi Sad/National Museum Zrenjanin/National Museum Pančevo

Secrets of a Forgotten Civilization Discovered Near the Tamiš River

Deep within the Umm Jirsan Cave system. Credit: Green Arabia Project

10,000 Years Ago People Lived in Lava Tubes Beneath Arabia’s Sands

A close look at a Quina-like scraper from Jaljulia. Credit: Tel Aviv University

The Incredible Story Behind the Sharpest Tools of 400,000 Years Ago

Ceramic remains from Espluga de Puyascada Cave (La Fueva, Huesca) analysed in the study. Credit: R. Laborda

The Milk Mystery Buried in the Pyrenees for 7,500 Years

The Langmahdhalde (left) and Vogelherd Cave (right) sites. Credit: University of Tübingen

The Ice Age Didn’t Keep Them Away for Long

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The Roman Surgeons Who Knew More Than We Thought

Signs of caries sicca on cranium C2, both photograph and X-rays image. Credit: Journal of Archaeological Science (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2024.106040

The Secret Hidden in a 400-Year-Old Brain

Photographs of the four donkey burials of Stratum E5c in Area E at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath. Credit: Arnold et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

These Donkeys Traveled From Egypt to Die in a Sacred Ceremony

An early 13th-century-AD (likely biased) depiction of the 'pagan' Irish kingship ceremony, during which the king bathed in the blood of a mare before sharing the meat with his courtiers. From Topographia Hibernica by Giraldus Cambrensis. Credit: British Library Royal MS 13 B. VIII f. 28v; reproduced under Creative Commons license CC0 1.0

Ancient Horse Bones Shatter Myths About Medieval Christian Diets

Stylized elk. Credit: Gary Tepfer in Jacobson-Tepfer 2025

Ancient Art Transforms Elk into Mythical Creatures of the Mongolian Altai

The Mgwayiza Valley in Eswatini. Credit: Gregor Bader

Ancient African Travelers Sought Brilliant Stones Across Vast Distances