Stone Age discovery shows Homo sapiens survived in the Kalahari (Phys.org 08/17/2022)
Researchers have discovered Homo sapiens did indeed live and survive in the Kalahari Desert more than 20,000 years ago.
THE NATIVE AMERICAN MOUND BUILDERS (Heritagedaily 08/17/2022)
19th century academics theorised that the Native Americans were too primitive to be associated with the mounds, instead, implying that they belonged to a lost culture that disappeared before the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
PREHISTORIC PEOPLE USED CRYSTALS TO MARK BURIAL SITES (Heritagedaily 08/15/2022)
Archaeologists from the University of Manchester, in collaboration with the University of Cardiff and Herefordshire County Council, have discovered rock crystals during excavations at Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire, England.
EXCAVATION REVEALS LIFESTYLE OF ROMAN MIDDLE-CLASS IN POMPEII (Heritagedaily 08/10/2022)
Pompeii was a Roman city, located in the modern commune of Pompeii near Naples in the Campania region of Italy.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNEARTH ANCIENT OLMEC RELIEFS (Heritagedaily 08/08/2022)
The Olmec are the earliest known Mesoamerican civilisation (also referred to as the “mother culture” of Mesoamerica). The name ‘Olmec’ comes from the Nahuatl word: Ōlmēcatl or Ōlmēcah, meaning ‘rubber people’.
Tikal: The iconic ancient Maya city in Guatemala (Live Science 08/7/2022)
Dozens of Maya elite are buried within Tikal’s temples.
Ancient Egyptian temple to the sun cult uncovered near Cairo (Live Science 08/5/2022)
The temple had been ritually demolished in ancient times.
New discovery may be one of the four lost Ancient Egyptian “sun temples” (Heritagedaily 07/30/2022)
Archaeologists excavating in Abusir, south of Cairo near Saqqara, Egypt, have discovered the ruins of what may be one of the four lost Ancient Egyptian “sun temples”.
Prehistoric footprints found in Utah desert (Heritagedaily 07/27/2022)
Ghost tracks found in salt flats have been identified as prehistoric footprints from the last ice age.
Ice age children frolicked in ‘giant sloth puddles’ 11,000 years ago, footprints reveal (Live Science 07/25/2022)
More than 11,000 years ago, young children trekking with their families through what is now White Sands National Park in New Mexico discovered the stuff of childhood dreams: muddy puddles made from the footprints of a giant ground sloth.
Floors in ancient Greek luxury villa were laid with recycled glass (Phys.org 07/25/2022)
Although this 1700 years old luxury villa was excavated and examined both in 1856 and in the 1990s, it still has secrets to reveal.
Lunch Break Science #45 | Dr. Carol Ward
Meet Dr. Carol Ward, a scientist from the Leakey Foundation, and hear from her what fossils tell us about the evolution of the way we move and more!