World’s oldest mummy found in Portugal (Live Science 14/03/22)
Previously undeveloped photos reveal 8,000-year-old signs of mummification — the earliest evidence found anywhere in the world
Unknown symbols written by the lost ‘painted people’ of Scotland unearthed (Live Science 23/03/22)
The symbols may represent a naming system
Greenland’s Vikings may have vanished because they ran out of water (Science 23/03/22)
New study spotlights drought, rather than temperature or other reasons, as key to Norse disappearance
Ancient migrants carrying maize from south were early Maya ancestors, says study (Phys.org 22/03/22)
New research published this week by University of New Mexico archeologist Keith Prufer shows that a site in Belize was critical in studying the origins of the ancient Maya people and the spread of maize as a staple food
Researchers reveal the burial rituals of the “oldest city in the world” (Heritage Daily 20/03/22)
An international team of researchers have provided new insight into the burial rituals of Çatalhöyük, considered the “oldest city in the world”
Egypt displays recently discovered ancient tombs in Saqqara (Phys.org 20/03/22)
Egypt on Saturday displayed recently discovered, well-decorated ancient tombs at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo
Lunch Break Science #42 | Kelly Stewart
Meet primatologist Dr. Kelly Stewart and learn about her fascinating career studying mountain gorillas and primate conservation.
Ritual starfish offerings found in the Aztec Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan (Heritage Daily 15/03/22)
Archaeologists excavating in the Templo Mayor site, located in the former Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in Mexico City have uncovered over 160 starfish placed as ritual offerings
Human-Shaped Sarcophagus Found in Newly Revealed Tombs Beneath The Notre-Dame (Science Alert 16/03/22)
Several tombs and a leaden sarcophagus likely dating from the 14th century have been uncovered by archaeologists at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris
Collectors in the prehistoric world recycled old stone tools to preserve the memory of their ancestors (Phys.org 14/03/22)
A first-of-its-kind study at Tel Aviv University asks what drove prehistoric humans to collect and recycle flint tools that had been made, used, and discarded by their predecessors
Archaeologists have uncovered two pre-Hispanic temples in the Tehuacán el Viejo archaeological zone (Heritage Daily 13/03/22)
Archaeologists excavating within the archaeological zone of Tehuacán Viejo in Puebla, Mexico, have announced the discovery of two pre-Hispanic temples
Shackleton’s lost Endurance ship discovered beneath Antarctic sea (Live Science 09/03/22)
The wreck discovery is ‘a milestone in polar history.’