Archaeology Villagers Turn Archaeologists; Dig Out Centuries-old Nandi Statues Near Mysuruweather.com - TWC India Edit Team Whispers from the past have come to life! The villagers of Arasinakere, 20 km south of Mysuru, have unearthed two giant Nandi statues buried …
Humanity A "Game-Changing" 10,000-Year-Old Neolithic City Has Been Unearthed Near JerusalemScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill A giant human settlement dating back to the Stone Age has been discovered near Jerusalem, and researchers say it's not just the largest of its kind …
Culture The Romanovs’ Last Spectacular Ball Brought to Life in Color Photographs (1903)openculture.com - by Josh Jones In 1903, the Romanovs, Russia’s last and longest-reigning royal family, held a lavish costume ball. It was to be their final blowout, and perhaps …
Humanity The 'Ghosts' of 2 Unknown Extinct Human Species Have Been Found in Modern DNAScienceAlert - Michelle Starr When modern humans started emerging from Africa and spreading throughout Eurasia, they found many places already occupied by older hominids such as …
Entertainment (Australia) 'It's a game changer': 9,000-year-old Neolithic city found near Jerusalemabc.net.au A huge prehistoric settlement discovered near Jerusalem by Israeli archaeologists offers new insight into how civilizations developed around the end …
Jerusalem A ‘game changer’: Vast, developed 9,000-year-old settlement found near Jerusalemtimesofisrael.com - By Amanda Borschel-Dan An unprecedentedly vast Neolithic settlement — the largest ever discovered in Israel and the Levant, say archaeologists — is currently being …
Science Huge 9,000-year-old Stone Age settlement, one of the largest in the world, discovered in IsraelFox News - James RogersArchaeologists in Israel have discovered a huge Neolithic settlement near Jerusalem, which they say is one of the largest ever found. The prehistoric settlement was uncovered during excavations by the
Science Ancient Mongolian Nests Show Dinosaurs Protected Their Eggsscientificamerican.com - Jonathan Lambert, Nature magazine An exquisitely preserved dinosaur nesting site discovered in the Gobi Desert shows that some of these prehistoric animals nested in groups and, like …
Genetics Ancient DNA extracted from Neanderthal fossils of Gibraltar for the first timephys.org - Natural History Museum A new collaborative study, led by the Natural History Museum and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, has extracted ancient DNA …
Archaeology The First Vikings - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - ANDREW CURRY According to historians, the Viking Age began on June 8, A.D. 793, at an island monastery off the coast of northern England. A contemporary chronicle …
Ancient History The Grand Strategy of Classical Spartaancient.eu - Paul Rahe In ancient Lacedaemon, as in all enduring political communities, there was a symbiotic relationship between the form of government chosen, the way of …
World News Archaeologists unearth prehistoric 9,000-year-old ‘city’ near Jerusalem - watchjpost.com - JERUSALEM POST STAFF Thousands of Neolithic arrow-heads, as well as art and jewelry, were found in a site once housing about 3,000 people. Dear Reader, As you can imagine, …
History The making of the Bayeux Tapestry: who made it, how long did it take, and how has it survived?historyextra.com The Bayeux Tapestry tells one of the most famous stories in British history – that of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, particularly the battle …
News Early humans breastfed their young for a year, study saysCNN - By Ashley Strickland, CNN(CNN) — Three million years ago, Australopithecus africanus was one of the first human ancestor species to live across the southern African grasslands and forests. A new study of fossil teeth suggests
Humanity Traces of two unknown archaic human species turn up in modern DNAnewatlas.com - Michael Irving Fossils are the most reliable way we can piece together the history of humans, but some clues have been inside us all along. The human genome can …
Humanity Ancestors of modern humans had sex with at least FIVE different archaic human species as they headed out of Africadailymail.co.uk - Victoria Bell Genetic analysis has revealed that the ancestors of modern humans interbred with at least five different archaic human groups as they left Africa and …
Roman Empire Roman coin stash 'may have been linked to Boudiccan revolt'BBC NewsA hoard of Roman coins found in a field may have been hidden there during the Boudiccan revolt, an expert has said. The trove of 60 denarii, dating between 153BC and AD60-61, was found in a field near
Dinosaurs Dinosaurs: now in coloursciencefocus.com - John Pickrell Eight years ago, as a bitter cold gripped the forests north of Alberta, Canada, a worker in a bitumen mine noticed a clang as his excavator hit …
Humanity Southeast Asia was crowded with archaic human groups long before we turned uptheconversation.com - João Teixeira Around 55,000-50,000 years ago, a population of modern humans left Africa and started on the long trek that would lead them around the world. After …
Dinosaurs 140 Million Years Ago, a Bird-Like Dinosaur Swallowed a Lizard Whole. Here’s Why Its Final Meal Is Exciting Researcherssmithsonianmag.com - Jason Daley About 140 million years ago a microraptor—a bird-like dinosaur with four feathered wings—was zipping around in what is today northeastern China when …
Jerusalem Exclusive: Archaeologists confirm contested tale of the Crusades, 920 years after battlegeekwire.com - Alan Boyle GeekWire aerospace and science editor Alan Boyle reports on a significant archaeological find during his Middle East science tour. JERUSALEM — Exactly …
Fossils UW team helps rewrite evolution of birds with new discoverymadison.com - Olivia Herken A fossil of a small, bird-like dinosaur that was found accidentally could be the key to figuring out the relationship between modern birds and their …
Iron Age Jar with winged bulls flanking palmettes | Iran | Iron Age III | The Metmetmuseum.org Glazing and glassmaking have a long history in the ancient Near East. A glaze is a layer of glass over a ceramic body. The first objects with a …
Science Scientists may have found one of the oldest Christian churches in the worldFox News - Christopher CarboneScientists may have discovered one of the oldest Christian churches in the world by using muon radiography to scan a mysterious subterranean building located in the ancient Russian city of Derbent, on
Science Ancient bird foot found in amber has bizarrely long toesNational Geographic - Michael GreshkoThe fossilized limb from Myanmar has feet unlike anything seen in any other bird, living or dead. If you could time-travel to Myanmar 99 million years ago, you’d see forests aflutter with toothed cousins
Greenland Viking History Is Melting Away in Greenlandscientificamerican.com - Stephanie Pappas Lining the fjords of Greenland are remnants of Viking-era Norse outposts that flourished for less than 500 years before they were mysteriously …
Science Rare fossil in a fossil reveals a dinosaur's surprising last mealNational Geographic - Michael GreshkoThe discovery not only uncovers a new species of ancient lizard, it shakes up our understanding of the food web 140 million years ago. In Hinduism’s Vedic mythos, the deity Indra does battle with a dragon
Science Enigmatic skull may be the oldest modern human outside Africa. But questions abound.National Geographic - Maya Wei-HaasA controversial study argues that early Homo sapiens were in Greece by 210,000 years ago, sparking intense debate. Along the rugged coastline of southern Greece, our ancient human relatives may have sojourned
History ‘Seditious’ Pressed Glass Jewel Found in 18th-Century North Carolina Tavernsmithsonianmag.com - Jason Daley In 1776, British troops razed the town of Brunswick, an important pre-Revolutionary port on North Carolina's Cape Fear River. For decades, …
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