7,000-year-old settlement discovered in Jerusalem indicates advanced livelihood of prehistoric humans
The finds are suggestive of a well-advanced settlement in Jerusalem in prehistoric times.
Siberian Neanderthals were having sex with modern humans 35,000 years earlier than thought
Neanderthals and early modern humans met and interbred 100,000 years ago in Levant.
Easter Island: Prehistoric warfare did not bring about collapse of Rapa Nui population
Artefacts found on Easter Island were not spears of war, but tools used by the early civilisation.
Byzantine era Greek pithos weighing 300kg discovered in Black Sea
The pithos weighs 300kg and is 1.5m long. It is believed to date back to the fourth century Byzantine Empire.
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Secrets of 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy portraits revealed through forensic technology
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Ancient Egypt: Artefacts belonging to first woman pharaoh Hatshepsut found
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8,500-year-old graves with man buried in upright position found in Germany
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Ancient Rome: Luxury sunken city where Julius Caesar spent summers was built with imported marble
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Earliest migrants in ancient Roman Empire came from North Africa and the Alps as slaves
Migrants were mainly men and children, and may have originated from North Africa or the Alps.
Matt Atherton Feb 10, 2016
Watch Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical inventions come to life in a new Science Museum exhibition
39 historically accurate models based on machine sketches by Da Vinci are now on display at the Science Museum.
Mary-Ann Russon Feb 10, 2016
9,200-year-old fermented fish bones discovered in Sweden show early signs of settlement
As many as 30,000 fermented fish bones were recovered from the site.
Sanskrity Sinha Feb 10, 2016
Rhinconichthys: Evidence of extinct bony fish with huge mouth discovered in Japan and US
Fossilised remains discovered of two extinct Rhinconichthys species that lived 92 million years ago.
Matt Atherton Feb 09, 2016
Late Antique Little Ice Age: Volcanic eruptions helped trigger fall of Eastern Roman and rise of Arab Empire
Researchers claim global cooling 1,500 years ago triggered major social upheaval in Europe and Asia.
Hannah Osborne Feb 08, 2016
3,500-year-old seal depicting Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III found in Israel
The white-coloured seal is carved in the shape of a scarab, represents Thutmose III seated on a throne.
Sanskrity Sinha Feb 05, 2016
Unknown chapter in human history: DNA reveals 'major population turnover' in Europe 14,500 years ago
Study finds new group of humans took over Europe after last Ice Age with similarities to modern-day Asians.
Matt Atherton Feb 04, 2016
Stonehenge: Bones of 14 elite women reveals gender equality 5,000 years ago
Stone Age human remains discovered at Aubrey Hole 7 in 2008 found to comprise 'around half' belonged to women.
Matt Atherton Feb 04, 2016
Myanmar: Giant erection discovered on a fossilised 99-million-year-old spider
A fossilised relative of the daddy-long-legs has been encased in amber with a very large surprise.
Matt Atherton Feb 03, 2016
Well-preserved 2,000-year-old Roman fresco excavated in London
It is one of the earliest surviving frescos from Roman Britain.
Sanskrity Sinha Feb 03, 2016
Egypt: 4,500-year-old boat discovered buried beneath tomb 'to sail owner through underworld'
Archaeologists excavating Abusir South find 18m-long boat beneath tomb of wealthy individual.
Hannah Osborne Feb 02, 2016
Roasted tortoise was favoured food of Palaeolithic people who occupied Qesem Cave in Tel Aviv
Archaeologists find evidence of early humans feasting on tortoises at 400,000-year-old site.
Hannah Osborne Feb 02, 2016
Neanderthal extinction driven by cultural level of modern humans
Competition with modern humans, not epidemics or climate change, caused Neanderthal extinction.
Hannah Osborne Feb 01, 2016
Preservationists race to capture cultural monuments with 3D images
Destruction of heritage sites by extremist groups spurs new scientific practice, transforming archaeology
Herbert Maschner Jan 30, 2016
China: 3,600-year-old cosmetic sticks made from cattle heart found buried with female mummies
The sticks were covered with a layer of hematite powders, one of the most widely used red pigments.
Sanskrity Sinha Jan 29, 2016
Ancient tablets show Babylonians tracked Jupiter with geometry 1,400 years before Europeans
Recently discovered Babylonian tablet served as key to show how they tracked Jupiter 2,000 years ago.
Hannah Osborne Jan 28, 2016
Crete: Sculptures of Greek gods Artemis and Apollo discovered in ancient city of Aptera
Very well preserved 2,000-year-old statuettes of Artemis and Apollo uncovered in Aptera, Chania.
Hannah Osborne Jan 27, 2016
Turkey: Church discovered in world's biggest underground city in Nevşehir with never-before-seen frescos
Church frescoes do not appear in any other church,and appear to show the Ascension and Last Judgement.
Matt Atherton Jan 27, 2016
10,000-year-old mammoth remains found in Oregon
A construction crew digging at the football ground of Oregon State University discovered the remains.
Sanskrity Sinha Jan 27, 2016
Bodies of 800 infants and children found in Lancashire burial ground by archaeologists
High child mortality linked to lack of good sanitation and medicine.
Rachel Middleton Jan 27, 2016
Eotrachodon: 83 million-year-old 'ugly' duck-billed dinosaur skeleton discovered in Alabama
A 20-30ft hadrosaurid species has been discovered that lived in Appalachia on the American east coast.
Matt Atherton Jan 26, 2016
Oldest human footprints in American Southwest discovered in Tucson
Dating back 2,500 years, there are dozens of foot prints that archaeologists believe are of ancient farmers.
Shalet Jimmy Jan 24, 2016
World's oldest case of scurvy found in 5,000-year-old infant skeleton in Egypt
Remains of a child dating to between 3800 and 3600BC discovered in Egypt may be the oldest known case of scurvy.
Sanskrity Sinha Jan 23, 2016
Hunter-gatherer massacre: First record of human murder shows brutal slaughter of men, women and children
The first record of early human conflict was found in Kenya, with 27 individual skeletons being identified.
Matt Atherton Jan 20, 2016
Neolithic tomb: Biggest analysis of burial site shows ancient Spanish families lived and died together
A wide analysis of a tomb at Alto de Reinoso shows 47 closely-related individuals were all buried together.
Matt Atherton Jan 20, 2016
Dracoraptor: 200 million-year-old Jurassic 'Dragon robber' dinosaur discovered in Wales is miniature relative of T.Rex
One of the world's oldest known species of Jurassic dinosaur has been discovered near Penarth Beach - the Dracoraptor hanigani.
Matt Atherton Jan 20, 2016
Submerged ancient palace of China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang discovered
Seaside palace of first emperor of Qin dynasty discovered off Suizhong coast.
Hannah Osborne Jan 20, 2016
One of York's decapitated Roman 'gladiators' came from the Middle East
Mystery origins of Roman-age decapitated bodies revealed through whole genome analysis.
Hannah Osborne Jan 19, 2016
Ancient Egypt: Cosmic particles inside Bent Pyramid set to shed light on how it was built
Scan Pyramids scientists begin analysing muons collected inside Egypt's Bent Pyramid.
Hannah Osborne Jan 18, 2016
Inscription with names of Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky's murderers discovered in Russian church
It also briefly mentions what happened on 29 June 1174, when the prince was murdered.
Shalet Jimmy Jan 17, 2016
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