ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND 1,000-YEAR-OLD MAYA SETTLEMENT IN CENTRAL BELIZE (Heritagedaily 09/12/2022)
The site was identified at a Mennonite farming community, where the remains of collapsed Maya dwellings appear as white mounds that pocket the landscape.
Israel acquires rare ancient papyrus with Hebrew inscription (Phys.org 09/08/2022)
Israel has acquired a previously unknown ancient papyrus bearing a Hebrew inscription dated to around 2,700 years ago that had long been in possession of a Montana resident, the country’s antiquities authority said Wednesday.
Oldest medical amputation on record was performed on a Stone Age child in Borneo 31,000 years ago (Live Science 09/07/2022)
The early removal of a leg was performed on a young hunter-gatherer.
Archaeologists discover monumental evidence of prehistoric hunting across Arabian desert (Phys.org 09/06/2022)
Archaeologists at the University of Oxford’s School of Archaeology have used satellite imagery to identify and map more than 350 monumental hunting structures known as “kites” across northern Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq—most of which had never been previously documented.
Neanderthals died out 40,000 years ago, but there has never been more of their DNA on Earth (Phys.org 09/05/2022)
Neanderthals have served as a reflection of our own humanity since they were first discovered in 1856. What we think we know about them has been shaped and molded to fit our cultural trends, social norms and scientific standards. They have changed from diseased specimens to primitive sub-human lumbering cousins to advanced humans.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE REVEALS NEW INSIGHTS INTO ETRUSCAN IDENTITY (Heritagedaily 09/01/2022)
The site was discovered in 2017 during a construction project, revealing a settlement and associated burials, which was investigated by researchers at the time but never published. The settlement is one of few Etruscan sites untouched by looters in antiquity or modernity, allowing researchers to analyse grave goods that are relatively intact, and further understand…
Look into the eyes of a Stone Age woman in this incredibly lifelike facial reconstruction (Live Science 09/01/2022)
You can view the virtually reconstructed face of a woman who lived about 5,700 years ago in what is now Malaysia, now that researchers have put a face to a person whose full identity remains a mystery.
EXCAVATION REVEALS NEW INSIGHTS INTO ICENI PEOPLE DURING ROMAN PERIOD (Heritagedaily 08/30/2022)
The Iceni were an Iron Age tribe, who inhabited the flatlands and marshes of present-day Norfolk, Suffolk, and parts of Cambridgeshire. They allied with Rome during Claudius’ conquest of Britain in AD 43, however, Roman encroachment after the death of the Iceni King, Prasutagus, led to tribal revolts against Roman occupation.
RESEARCHERS DOCUMENT 1,000-YEAR-OLD PAINTINGS EXCAVATED IN SUDAN (Heritagedaily 08/29/2022)
The paintings were found in 2021 by the University of Khartoum, University of the Nile Valley (NVU) and Sudanese archaeologists. The church has a primary nave and two small side naves, constructed from dried mud brick and a lining layer of burnt bricks. Several Greek inscriptions have been identified on some of the surviving walls,…
STUDY CHALLENGES VIEWS ON WHAT DROVE MAJOR CHANGES IN ANCIENT GREEK SOCIETY ON CRETE (Heritagedaily 08/24/2022)
An analysis of tools on the island of Crete is challenging the long-held beliefs about what drove major changes in ancient Greek society, according to a paper published in the journal PLOS One by Tristan Carter and Vassilis Kilikoglou.
MOUNDS IDENTIFIED AS OLDEST MAN-MADE STRUCTURES IN NORTH AMERICA (Heritagedaily 08/24/2022)
Mounds located on the Louisiana State University (LSU) campus have been identified as the oldest known man-made structures in North America.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER PEARLS AND DECORATED BEADS IN NORSE SETTLEMENT (Heritagedaily 08/23/2022)
The early settlement of Iceland is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the 9th century AD. The reasons for the migration are uncertain, but later in the Middle Ages Icelanders themselves tended to cite civil strife or a shortage of arable land as the cause.