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New DNA Study Challenges Christopher Columbus’ Genoese Origins
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (363+ words) New genetic research is raising fresh questions about the origins of Christopher Columbus, offering a possible link to a noble lineage in northwestern Spain. The findings introduce scientific data into a centuries-old debate over the birthplace of the famed explorer,…...
Iron Age rulers and power structures are being decoded through DNA and archaeological discoveries
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (929+ words) The powerful families who ruled the nomads of the Eurasian steppe some 2,500 years ago kept power within their bloodlines. A new study of ancient DNA finds that members of the Scythian elite were often close relatives, even when their graves…...
Dr Toby Driver documents 5,000-year-old Archaeological Site near Welshpool
21+ hour, 23+ min ago (270+ words) Back-to-back heatwaves and drought exposed an archaeological site near Welshpool in Powys, where Dr Toby Driver identified a rectangular Neolithic long barrow about 5,000 years old. The dry spell also brought other buried remains into view across Wales, giving archaeologists a…...
Archaeology breakthrough as back-to-back heatwaves expose breathtaking lost sites across Wales
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (543+ words) Mind-blowing archaeological discoveries which bring history back to life Some of these marks had not been visible for 'two or three decades' A prolonged period of extreme heat and minimal rainfall has exposed a wealth of hidden archaeological remains across…...
Heatwave reveals lost archaeological sites across Wales
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (723+ words) New details have been collected of buried Roman buildings at Caerhun Roman fort in Conwy Lost archaeological sites have emerged in grasslands across Wales after a prolonged spell of hot and dry weather. Wales has seen about 5% of the average…...
Areni Cave 1: Prehistoric Life and Winemaking in the Arpa River Valley nomination on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (39+ words) 1Lurer Areni Cave 1: Prehistoric Life and Winemaking in the Arpa River Valley nomination on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List...
6,200-Year-Old Settlement in Greece Had a Double Ring of Protective Ditches
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (588+ words) A 6,200-year-old settlement discovered in Greece was surrounded by a double ring of protective ditches, revealing how early farming communities planned for security and environmental threats. New research shows that Paradimi, a prehistoric settlement in Greek Thrace, was also founded…...
News - Two Iron Age Axes Evaluated
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (84+ words) News July 23, 2026 Digs & Discoveries July/August 2026 Why Neolithic and Bronze Age farmers in the Alps built their villages on stilts How a trailblazing ruler pulled her realm back from the brink Is a Native American origin story embedded in Ohio’s…...
How ancient humans made their beds: 200,000-year-old grass reveals a prehistoric cleaning routine
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (554+ words) The Times of India...
25,000-year-old Cloggs Cave reveals ancient grass burning for magic, healing, and cursing | Archaeology News Online Magazine
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (513+ words) A 25,000-year record from Cloggs Cave in southeastern Australia shows how the GunaiKurnai people’s Old Ancestors used plants during ritual activities. Researchers studied tiny plant remains called phytoliths to trace how grasses were brought into the cave, burned, and placed…...