An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets (Scientific American 14/12/21)
Scientists have a new understanding of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism that challenges assumptions about ancient technology
‘Humans were not centre stage’: how ancient cave art puts us in our place (The Guardian 12/12/21)
In our self-obsessed age, the anonymous, mysterious cave art of our ancient ancestors is exhilarating
Ethiopian monoliths are 1,000 years older than previously thought (Heritage Daily 09/12/21)
Researchers from Washington State University have suggested that the giant stone monoliths of southern Ethiopia are 1,000 years older than previously thought
2,700-year-old leather armor proves technology transfer happened in antiquity (Phys.org 08/12/21)
Researchers at the University of Zurich have investigated a unique leather scale armor found in the tomb of a horse rider in Northwest China
Roman crucifixion: First example in UK found in Cambridgeshire (BBC 08/12/21)
The first example of a Roman crucifixion in the UK has been unearthed in a small Cambridgeshire village, archaeologists said
Ancient footprints suggest a mysterious hominid lived alongside Lucy’s kind (Science News 01/12/21)
The 3.66-million-year-old tracks from East Africa are unique, comparisons show
Peru archeologists find mummy up to 1,200 years old (Phys.org 01/12/21)
Archeologists in Peru working on a site in the outskirts of the capital Lima have unearthed a mummy believed to be between 800 and 1,200 years old—and, surprisingly, bound with rope
Molecular analysis reveals the oldest Denisovan fossils yet (Phys.org 30/11/21)
An international team, led by researchers from the Universities of Vienna and Tübingen, and the Max Planck Society, has identified five new human fossils from the key site of Denisova Cave in southern Siberia
The superfoods that fueled ancient Andeans through 2,500 years of turmoil (Phys.org 30/11/21)
What if Indigenous diets could save our politically and ecologically strained planet? The answer may lie in the success of an ancient civilization high in the Andes Mountains, where not much grows
Pre-Inca mummy found in Peru (BBC 27/11/21)
Archeologists think the mummy, found near Lima, could be up to 1,200 years old
Extraordinary Roman Mosaic and Villa Discovered Beneath Farmer’s Field in Rutland, East Midlands (Historic England 25/11/21)
Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK. Today, a rare Roman mosaic and surrounding villa complex have been protected as a scheduled monument by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England