1+ day, 41+ min ago  (331+ words) Researchers studying Ethiopia's Afar Rift have reported what could be the oldest known evidence of human cremation. The finding comes from sediments about 100, 000 years old in the Middle Awash region, an area with one of Africa's richest records of early…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (479+ words) For decades, archaeologists argued that cities grew alongside inequality. As settlements expanded, wealth often moved toward rulers, priests, and elite families. A new study on Mohenjo-daro presents a different story. Researchers from the University of York examined housing patterns in…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (410+ words) A small bone dental bridge found in a 19th century burial in Porto is giving researchers a rare look at early dental care in Portugal. The object, described in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, marks the first documented fixed bone dental…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (375+ words) Archaeologists working at the site of Sheffield Castle have completed a detailed survey of a medieval well hidden beneath the former fortress. The structure once supplied fresh water to people living inside the castle walls and played an important role…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (450+ words) Scientists faced a major obstacle for years. Traditional ancient DNA studies often require researchers to cut, scrape, or drill into material samples. Archivists and conservation experts rarely allow such methods on rare manuscripts because even small damage matters when dealing…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (497+ words) 2, 300-year-old Iron Age riverside structure discovered beneath German city Archaeology News Online Magazine 2, 300-year-old Iron Age riverside structure discovered beneath German city Archaeologists working in the Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg have uncovered a rare Iron Age structure buried deep along…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (372+ words) Archaeologists working in Saudi Arabia's Al'Qassim Region have uncovered a large group of Abbasid-era gold jewelry at the Dariyah archaeological site. The find dates back more than 1, 100 years and points to the wealth and trade activity linked to the settlement…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago  (445+ words) Neanderthal groups living along the southern coast of Europe gathered shellfish through every season around 115, 000 years ago, according to a new study from researchers working in Spain. The work focused on remains from Los Aviones Cave and adds fresh evidence…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (433+ words) A new study from Cyprus suggests pigeons lived alongside humans and were already moving toward domestication nearly 3, 400 years ago. The findings push back the earliest direct evidence for pigeon domestication by almost a thousand years and offer a different view…...

4+ day, 21+ min ago  (368+ words) Archaeologists in northern Italy have uncovered an ancient sanctuary with inscriptions in the Venetic language during road construction work in the municipality of Ponso, in the Province of Padua. The site emerged during the construction of the first section of…...