A team of student volunteers in northern France has uncovered an unexpected piece of history during an archaeological dig. While excavating the remains of a Gaulish village near Dieppe on Monday, they found an earthenware pot containing a glass vial....
Almost a decade into a project examining the late Republican city of Fregellae, 100 kilometers (62.13 miles) from Rome, archaeologists have firmly pieced together the assault and devastation of the city in 125 BC. Unearthing the oldest villa in the...
By David Danks & Mike Kirby/The Conversation A self-driving taxi has no passengers, so it parks itself in a lot to reduce congestion and air pollution. After being hailed, the taxi heads out to pick up its passenger – and tragically...
Recent archaeological excavations produced evidence showing that the first humans to live in the Great Lakes region of North America built a summer hunting camp in southwestern Michigan, approximately 13,000 years ago during the Late Pleistocene epoch. In an article...
A fascinating new study has potentially discovered a huge interbreeding zone for Neanderthals and Homo sapiens from the late Pleistocene (c.129,000 and c.11,700 years ago) who lived in parts of Southeast Europe and Southwest Asia. Narrowing down the list of...
Excavations at Neanderthal sites in Europe have produced many eye-opening finds that have forced scientists to re-examine previously held beliefs about the capabilities of this long-extinct human cousin. This has happened yet again, as a result of a stunning discovery...
A new archaeological study has come to some incredible conclusions on the dramatic Roman siege of Masada, the legendary stronghold which served as the stage for the last stand of Jewish rebels against the Roman Empire almost 2,000 years ago....
By Anders Götherström & Ricardo Rodriguez Varela/The Conversation In a new study, we have sequenced DNA from a Christian community in medieval Spain that lived in artificial caves carved into a rocky outcrop. This is one of several medieval cave communities known...
A Viking ship replica's voyage turned tragic when it capsized off the coast of Norway on August 28, 2024, leading to the tragic death of an American archaeologist. The victim of this tragedy is identified as 29-year-old Karla Dana from...
By Dylan Gaffney & Daud Aris Tanudirjo/The Conversation In the deep human past, highly skilled seafarers made daring crossings from Asia to the Pacific Islands. It was a migration of global importance that shaped the distribution of our species – ...
