Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
An amazing archaeological discovery in Romania is throwing new light on the advanced stoneworking skills of the Dacians, an ancient civilization that thrived in the Carpathian region prior to the Roman conquest. While trekking in a forested area near Hunedoara…
A set of prehistoric wooden spears found over two decades ago in Schöningen, Germany—then estimated to be between 300,000 and 400,000 years old—may be as young as 200,000 years old, according to new research published in Science Advances. This revised…
In a rare discovery, archaeologists working in Leuven, Belgium, unearthed a Roman-era wooden water pipe that was remarkably preserved from the Roman imperial period, dating back between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. The find, described by the city council…
A stunning collection of ancient artifacts from the Dvaravati period has been discovered at the historic Wat Thammachak Sema Ram temple complex in Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The discovery, announced by Thailand’s Fine Arts Department, was made during conservation work…
Archaeologists have uncovered breathtaking findings regarding an ancient Egyptian fort in the Sinai Desert north of Egypt, offering an unprecedented glimpse into the industrial and military activity that once thrived there over 2,000 years ago. Archaeological excavations at Tell Abu…
Two previously long-misidentified shipwrecks off Costa Rica’s southern coast have at last been conclusively determined to be 18th-century Danish slave ships, rewriting one chapter in local and Danish maritime history. For decades, the wrecks—resting in shallow water near Cahuita National…
In a new paper published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, researchers from the University of Wollongong in Australia have discovered that Neanderthals had precise control over the angle at which they struck stone cores to produce tools, offering new information…
Archaeologists have unearthed what may be the oldest known tattooing tools linked to the ancient Maya civilization. Found at Actun Uayazba Kab—Handprint Cave—in central Belize, the two stone artifacts seem to have been used for puncture-style tattooing, a method common…
In a remarkable breakthrough blending archaeology and advanced 3D technology, Oxford University archaeologist Professor Juan de Lara has shown how the ancient Greeks used advanced lighting techniques to transform the inside of the Parthenon into a stage of divine spectacle.…
An amazing new find is expanding our understanding of Maya Blue—one of the most enigmatic and enduring pigments of the ancient world. Dean E. Arnold, adjunct curator of anthropology at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and professor…
