Stone tool tells the story of Neanderthal hunting (Phys.org 22/07/21)
A newly discovered leaf point from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hohle Fels Cave documents the evolution of hunting
Siege ramps and breached walls: Ancient warfare and the Assyrian conquest of Lachish (Phys.org 09/11/21)
In the ninth to the seventh centuries BCE, it was all about the siege ramp, an elevated structure that hauled battering ramps up to the enemy’s city walls and let the Neo-Assyrians soldiers wreak havoc on their enemies
Archaeologists unveil the tomb of Ramesses II’s scribe (Heritage Daily 09/11/21)
Archaeologists from the Faculty of Archaeology at Cairo University have unveiled the tomb of ” Ptahemwia” (Ptah Em-Wia), at Saqqara, Egypt
Astonishingly Preserved Roman Slave Quarters Unearthed in Pompeii After 2,000 Years (ScienceAlert 08/11/21)
An immaculately preserved room, once inhabited by slaves, has been discovered in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy, said The Archaeological Park of Pompeii
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A Child of darkness (EurekAlert 04/11/21)
The first partial skull of a child of Homo naledi begins to give us insight into all stages of life of this remarkable species
Not even extreme cold stopped the first modern humans from settling in Iberia’s interior (Phys.org 03/11/21)
In western Europe, the contested region is the Iberian Peninsula, considered the last region to be occupied by modern humans as they spread throughout Eurasia
Archaeologists have mapped the capital of the Mongolian Empire (Heritage Daily 03/11/21)
Archaeologists have mapped Karakorum, the capital of the Mongolian Empire using advanced geophysical methods
Archaeologists discover complete Maya canoe in southern Mexico cenotes (Heritage Daily 31/10/21)
Underwater Archaeologists have discovered a Maya canoe during works for the Maya Train, a multi-billion-dollar project through five southern Mexican states
The surprising origins of the Tarim Basin mummies (Phys.org 27/10/21)
To their great surprise, the researchers found that the Tarim Basin mummies were not newcomers to the region at all, but rather appear to be direct descendants of a once widespread Pleistocene population that had largely disappeared by the end of the last Ice Age
Study finds nearly 500 ancient ceremonial sites in southern Mexico (Phys.org 26/10/21)
The find transforms previous understanding of Mesoamerican civilization origins and the relationship between the Olmec and the Maya people
Oldest known footprints of pre-humans identified in Crete (Heritage Daily 24/10/21)
Footprints left by pre-humans, dating back at least six million years ago has been identified by researchers on the island of Crete