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A Maya Settlement with 80 Buildings, Vaults, and Mural Painting Discovered Beneath a Mound in Quintana Roo
20+ hour, 50+ min ago (48+ words) The discovery of the archaeological site known as El Jefeci'o, located in the municipality of Oth'n P. Blanco, Quintana Roo, occurred as a result of a citizen report that alerted authorities to the presence of pre-Hispanic remains in the region. The…...
The earliest clay beads of Humanity, found in Natufian sites from 15, 000 years ago, bear 50 fingerprints of children, adolescents, and adults
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (125+ words) An international team of archaeologists, led by Laurent Davin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the supervision of Professor Leore Grosman, has documented the oldest assemblage of clay ornaments in Southwest…...
Discovery Shows a Complicated Construction Technique Thought to Be Roman Was Used 8, 000 Years Earlier at the Neolithic Site of Motza
14+ hour, 19+ min ago (1529+ words) A team of archaeologists has discovered at the Neolithic site of Motza, near Jerusalem, that the inhabitants of the time already mastered a sophisticated technique to produce plaster by burning dolomite'a finding that pushes back the first documented use of…...
The Debate That Reveals How the Roman Empire Operated on Its Frontiers: Was Pontius Pilate a Procurator or a Prefect?
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (757+ words) An academic study analyzes ancient sources and the famous "Pilate Stone" to resolve a centuries-old debate: Was he governor, procurator, or prefect? A recent article by researcher Wojciech J. Kosior, from the University of Rzeszow (Poland), published in the Journal of…...
How Leonardo da Vinci Captured in the Mona Lisa the Symptoms of a Disease Not Described Until Three Centuries Later
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (731+ words) A scientific article published in 2008 revealed that the famous painting of the Mona Lisa could contain the first visual evidence of a genetic disease called familial hypercholesterolemia. In 1506, Leonardo da Vinci finished his most famous painting: the portrait of Madonna…...
Archaeologists Reconstruct the Escape of a Man Who Tried to Protect Himself from the Eruption of Vesuvius with a Mortar in Pompeii
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (710+ words) Excavations in the Porta Stabia necropolis have uncovered the remains of two victims of the 79 A. D. eruption. One of them, an adult, died under the rain of lapilli while covering his head with a terracotta container. The digital model proposes a…...
Ancient Roman 1, 000-Liter Vessels Found in Ostia Contained Fish Sauce and Were Repaired with Lead, Silver, and Tin
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1155+ words) A study reveals that the enormous "dolia" of Rome's port city stored degraded proteins and were coated with pine resin, while their metal reinforcements incorporated precious metals. The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science by Caroline Cheung of…...
Over 100 Game Boards Discovered Carved in the Ruins of the Ancient Greek City of Ptolemais in Libya
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (481+ words) The inscriptions, carved into stone blocks and building remains, reveal the daily distractions of shepherds who occupied the site when it was already a city in ruins. The researcher has worked with the current residents of Tolmeita, the town that…...
A Roman Bronze Cup Found in central Spain was Made in Northern Britannia and Names the Forts of Hadrian's Wall
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (1232+ words) The "Berlanga Cup," made in northern Britannia almost 1, 900 years ago, is the second piece of its kind found in Spain and the only one that mentions the forts of the eastern sector of the Roman wall The researchers used chemical…...
A Roman Ship from the Republican Era Sunk 2, 200 Years Ago Reveals the History and Locations of Its Repairs in the Adriatic
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (606+ words) French and Croatian researchers analyze the layers of tar and beeswax from the Ilovik-Par'ine 1 shipwreck, located off the modern coast of Croatia, and manage to reconstruct the vessel's maintenance routes through the pollen grains preserved in the coatings. The study…...