Geek NASA Spots Lost ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ From Space After Drought Reveals StructureGeek - By Genevieve Scarano One of NASA’s Earth observation satellites captured images of Spain’s Peraleda de la Mata coast and they detected a lost “Spanish Stonehenge” that …
Geek Submerged for Decades, Spanish ‘Stonehenge’ Reemerges After DroughtGizmodo - George Dvorsky Receding water levels in Spain’s Valdecañas Reservoir has exposed a stone monument dating back to between 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. Unusually warm …
Neanderthals Ancient DNA puts a face on the mysterious Denisovans, extinct cousins of Neanderthalssciencemag.org - Michael Price Many of us can picture the face of a Neanderthal, with its low forehead, beetled brows, and big nose. But until now, even scientists could only guess …
Archaeology Report: Border Barrier Could Damage Archaeological Sites In Arizonanewsy.com - Ahmed Jawadi According to National Park Service report, up to 22 archaeological sites in Arizona are at risk of being destroyed by border wall construction. The …
History Tales of the toilet: an historical A–Zhistoryextra.com - Emma Mason Following the theft of a solid gold toilet worth £4.8m from Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, we revisit this article by Julian Humphrys exploring the …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoArchaeology 1,000-Year-Old Painted Tomb Uncovered in China - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni HOHHOT, CHINA—According to a Xinhua report, a tomb thought to date the beginning of the Liao Dynasty (A.D. 907–1125) has been discovered in eastern …
Archaeology Medieval Carving Possibly Depicting Eleanor of Aquitaine Discovered in Englandarchaeology.org MILTON KEYNES, ENGLAND—According to a report in the MK Citizen, a stone carving that may depict the head of Eleanor of Aquitaine was discovered in …
Neanderthals Neanderthals weren't the strong, strapping cavepeople we imaginesciencefocus.com - PA Science Neanderthals were often ill or disabled, and many were cared for by the group. Neanderthals were not all strapping, healthy beings like we have been …
Ancient Greece The discovery of the ancient Greek city of TeneaBBC Travel - By Jessica BatemanOne of Greece’s top archaeologists, Eleni Korka, recently made the biggest discovery of her 40-year career: the mythical city of Tenea, which was built by Trojan prisoners of war. It was a baking hot day
Bronze Age The enigma of bronze age tinphys.org - Heidelberg University The origin of the tin used in the Bronze Age has long been one of the greatest enigmas in archaeological research. Now researchers from Heidelberg …
Science Famous 'Lovers of Modena' Skeletons Were Young Men, New Analysis FindsGizmodo - George Dvorsky A new analysis of the Lovers of Modena—a pair of 1,600-year-old skeletons found buried with their hands clasped together—reveals the pair as being …
Science Mass Graves in Russia Tell the Grim Story of Mongol InvasionWIRED - Condé Nast Archaeologists excavated part of the old city center of Yaroslavl, Russia, between 2005 and 2010 as part of an effort to restore its cathedral. …
Archaeology Israel’s Prehistoric Hunters Had a Varied Toolkit - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—According to a Times of Israel report, elephant fat and bone residues have been detected on 500,000-year-old flint blades unearthed …
Culture Found: A Windfall of Neanderthal Footprints in FranceAtlas Obscura - Isaac Schultz Of the variety of ancient hominins who have roamed this planet, Neanderthals are among the most recently departed. Long stigmatized as lumbering, …
Archaeology Archaeologists Find Mass Grave at Nazi Camp in Czech Republichaaretz.com - DPA Archaeologists have uncovered a mass grave at the site of a former Nazi concentration camp in the Czech Republic, the Museum of Romani Culture said …
Archaeology Well-Preserved Brick Vault Found in Anatolia - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni İZMIR, TURKEY—The Daily Sabah reports that a well-preserved brick vault has been unearthed in the ancient city of Metropolis. Serdar Aybek of Manisa …
Science Bones of Roman Britons provide new clues to dietary deprivationphys.org - University of Bradford Researchers at the University of Bradford have shown a link between the diet of Roman Britons and their mortality rates for the first time, …
Archaeology 15 Mind Bending And Mysterious Archaeological Finds Throughout Historyboredpanda.com - Nancy Jacob The life of an archaeologist is a long one full of study and searching. When you think about archaeology, your first thought is probably the famous …
Science Trove of Neanderthal Footprints Provide an Unprecedented Glimpse Into Prehistoric LifeGizmodo - George Dvorsky Scientists in France have discovered hundreds of fossilized footprints belonging to a single group of Neanderthals. At 80,000 years old, the prints …
Australopithecus Australopithecus anamensis Skull Discovered in Ethiopia - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni LEIPZIG, GERMANY—Science Magazine reports that a nearly complete skull dating to 3.8 million years ago has been discovered in Ethiopia. Cleveland …
Neanderthals Denisovan Finger Muddies Picture of Human Evolutionhaaretz.com - Ruth Schuster berkeleThe more we learn about human evolution, the cloudier our chronicle becomes. The latest broadside from science is that even though the …
Archaeology Archaeologists find ancient skeleton buried with ‘2,100 year old iPhone’metro.co.uk - Basit Mahmood Archaeologists were stunned to discover an ‘iPhone’ buried with the body of a woman, in a grave which they believe to be over 2,000 years old. The …
Stonehenge Drought Has Revealed Spain's Long-Submerged 'Stonehenge'Atlas Obscura - Alyssa McMurtry This summer has been unusually scorching across Europe and beyond, and things have only grown more intense in the already hot and dry region of …
History The finding of the oldest human skull changes evolution scienceQuartz - Hester HanegraefThe recent discovery of a 3.8m-year-old cranium (skull without the lower jaw) is the hottest topic of conversation among palaeoanthropologists right now. But fossils are found all the time, so why is cranium
DNA A 4,500-old woman from Rakhigarhi spoke this week, and made Indians ask ‘Who are we?’theprint.in - Mohana Basu A woman’s skeleton from 2500 BC has finally spoken. A team of Indian and international scientists and archaeologists — who conducted a genetic …
Science (India) Genome of nearly 5000-year-old woman links modern Indians to ancient civilizationsciencemag.org - Michael Price At roughly the same time that ancient Egyptians were constructing their first great pyramids and Mesopotamians were building monumental temples and …
Fossils Lost Denisovan bone reveals surprisingly human-like fingernature.com - Ewen Callaway Photos of missing fossil show these ancient hominins had slimmer digits than their Neanderthal relatives. A new analysis of a finger bone used to …
DNA Aryan invasion theory gets a setback from DNA study of 2500 BC Rakhigarhi skeletonstheprint.in - Fatima Khan New Delhi: The study of DNA samples of the skeletons found in Rakhigarhi, an Indus Valley Civilisation site in Haryana, has found no traces of the …
Science Archaeologist Reveals How Ancient People Thousands Of Years Ago Looked Back In Their Dayboredpanda.com - Wanita Young Have you ever wondered what our ancestors looked like during their time? An archaeologist who also works as a sculptor decided to recreate the faces …
