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Category: Archaeology

Humans Changed Europe’s Landscape 100,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought

Humans Changed Europe’s Landscape 100,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 24, 2025November 15, 2025

Imagine Europe tens of thousands of years ago—a land cloaked in vast forests, where herds of elephants and bison thundered…

Stone Tools in U.S. Match 20,000-Year-Old Weapons from Japan — History Upended

Stone Tools in U.S. Match 20,000-Year-Old Weapons from Japan — History Upended

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 24, 2025November 15, 2025

For more than a century, the question of who first set foot in the Americas — and how they arrived…

They Thought It Was Just an Old Well — Then Archaeologists Found a Mass Grave of Roman Warriors

They Thought It Was Just an Old Well — Then Archaeologists Found a Mass Grave of Roman Warriors

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 23, 2025November 2, 2025

In the heart of modern-day Osijek, Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a haunting remnant of Rome’s turbulent past—an ancient water well…

Scientists Solved a 3,500-Year-Old Mystery Linking a Greek Volcano to the Pharaohs

Scientists Solved a 3,500-Year-Old Mystery Linking a Greek Volcano to the Pharaohs

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 23, 2025October 26, 2025

More than 3,500 years ago, the tranquil island of Thera—now known as Santorini—was shattered by one of the most powerful…

Archaeologists Uncover Massive Ancient “Power Pole” That Once Linked Heaven and Earth in Lost American City

Archaeologists Uncover Massive Ancient “Power Pole” That Once Linked Heaven and Earth in Lost American City

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 23, 2025October 26, 2025

Long before the rise of skyscrapers and concrete cities, in the green expanse of the Mississippi Valley, a civilization flourished…

Archaeologists Uncover a 5,000-Year-Old “Lost Ritual City” in Jordan That Rose After Civilization Collapsed

Archaeologists Uncover a 5,000-Year-Old “Lost Ritual City” in Jordan That Rose After Civilization Collapsed

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 17, 2025October 26, 2025

In the rugged highlands of Jordan, archaeologists have uncovered a landscape unlike any other—one that whispers the story of how…

For 3,000 Years We Blamed a Plague—Now Scientists Say Akhenaten’s City Died for a Very Different Reason

For 3,000 Years We Blamed a Plague—Now Scientists Say Akhenaten’s City Died for a Very Different Reason

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 17, 2025October 26, 2025

More than 3,300 years ago, Pharaoh Akhenaten—once known as Amenhotep IV—did something extraordinary. He turned his back on Egypt’s centuries-old…

Archaeologists Unearth Mysterious Roman Basin Older Than the Empire Itself

Archaeologists Unearth Mysterious Roman Basin Older Than the Empire Itself

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 17, 2025October 26, 2025

Just eleven miles east of Rome, where the rolling Italian hills cradle the ruins of forgotten empires, archaeologists have uncovered…

Scientists Discover a 1,200-Year-Old Maya Settlement Preserved Perfectly Underwater — Here’s What They Found

Scientists Discover a 1,200-Year-Old Maya Settlement Preserved Perfectly Underwater — Here’s What They Found

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 16, 2025October 26, 2025

Deep beneath the quiet waters of southern Belize’s Punta Ycacos Lagoon lies a secret the sea has kept for over…

Europe’s ‘Desert Kites’? Scientists Uncover Enormous Stone Traps Older Than Bronze Age

Europe’s ‘Desert Kites’? Scientists Uncover Enormous Stone Traps Older Than Bronze Age

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 16, 2025October 26, 2025

On the rugged borderland between Slovenia and Italy, a remarkable secret has been lying silent for thousands of years. The…

Early Humans on Two Continents Had the Same Idea—But Never Met

Early Humans on Two Continents Had the Same Idea—But Never Met

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 15, 2025October 26, 2025

Around 42,000 years ago, as early modern humans spread across Europe and the Near East, they faced the same challenge—how…

Scientists Decode 6,000-Year-Old “Chewing Gum” — and It Reveals Secrets of Ancient Life

Scientists Decode 6,000-Year-Old “Chewing Gum” — and It Reveals Secrets of Ancient Life

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 15, 2025October 26, 2025

For centuries, archaeologists have pieced together humanity’s distant past through the fragments left behind—bones, tools, pottery, and ancient texts. Yet,…

Ancient Roman Concrete Secrets Revived to Save China’s Crumbling Grottoes

Ancient Roman Concrete Secrets Revived to Save China’s Crumbling Grottoes

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 11, 2025October 11, 2025

Carved into mountainsides, hidden in valleys, and brushed by centuries of wind and rain, China’s ancient grotto temples are more…

Archaeologists Uncover 900-Year-Old Child Skeleton with Mysterious Rare Disease That Still Baffles Scientists

Archaeologists Uncover 900-Year-Old Child Skeleton with Mysterious Rare Disease That Still Baffles Scientists

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 10, 2025October 10, 2025

Nearly a millennium ago, in what is now southwestern Türkiye, a young child was laid to rest beneath the earth…

Ancient DNA Reveals China’s First Patrilineal Society — and It’s 4,000 Years Older Than Anyone Thought

Ancient DNA Reveals China’s First Patrilineal Society — and It’s 4,000 Years Older Than Anyone Thought

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 10, 2025October 10, 2025

In the quiet soil of central China, beneath layers of earth that have kept secrets for millennia, scientists have uncovered…

Archaeologists Uncover 400,000-Year-Old “Elephant Feast” Site Near Rome — And It’s Changing What We Know About Early Humans

Archaeologists Uncover 400,000-Year-Old “Elephant Feast” Site Near Rome — And It’s Changing What We Know About Early Humans

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 9, 2025October 10, 2025

Four hundred thousand years ago, long before the rise of cities, art, or written language, the Italian landscape looked very…

Scientists Discover 1,000-Year-Old Gut Bacteria Preserved in Ancient Mexican Mummy

Scientists Discover 1,000-Year-Old Gut Bacteria Preserved in Ancient Mexican Mummy

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 9, 2025October 10, 2025

A thousand years ago, in the rugged mountains of Zimapán, Mexico, a man lived, walked, hunted, and dreamed — unaware…

Scientists Finally Solve the Easter Island Mystery — The Moai Didn’t Roll, They Walked!

Scientists Finally Solve the Easter Island Mystery — The Moai Didn’t Roll, They Walked!

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 8, 2025October 10, 2025

Far out in the Pacific Ocean, on one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world, nearly a thousand…

Archaeologists Uncovered How the World’s First Villagers Welcomed Strangers 10,000 Years Ago

Archaeologists Uncovered How the World’s First Villagers Welcomed Strangers 10,000 Years Ago

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 7, 2025October 10, 2025

Long before the rise of cities or written language, small bands of humans began to settle down. They planted seeds,…

These 4,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal a Shocking Secret About Humanity’s Earliest Caregivers

These 4,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal a Shocking Secret About Humanity’s Earliest Caregivers

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 7, 2025October 10, 2025

More than four thousand years ago, long before cities rose and written words captured history, people roamed the windswept plains…

Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Ritual Sites That Reveal the True Birthplace of Chinese Civilization

Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Ritual Sites That Reveal the True Birthplace of Chinese Civilization

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 7, 2025October 10, 2025

Long before the First Emperor of China raised his mighty armies and declared the unification of a vast land, another…

5,000-Year-Old Bones Found in Canals Reveal a Dark and Strange Ritual of Ancient China

5,000-Year-Old Bones Found in Canals Reveal a Dark and Strange Ritual of Ancient China

Editors of ScienceNewsTodayOctober 4, 2025October 8, 2025

Archaeology is often a dialogue with silence. The bones, stones, and remnants left behind by ancient cultures do not speak…

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