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Archaeologists found a noblewoman buried next to her husband 1,000 years ago, with the top of her skull missing
Archaeologists in Eisleben, Germany, have uncovered the 1,000-year-old remains of an elite couple, adding a layer of mystery due to...
Archaeologists found a medieval skeleton with an iron prosthetic hand in Germany
Researchers have unearthed the well-preserved skeleton of a man with a sophisticated iron prosthetic hand, in Freising, Bavaria, Germany. The...
Untouched 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb uncovered in Italy
A 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb, untouched since its creation, has been opened by archaeologists in the Vulci Archaeological Park in central...
Humans first interbred with Neanderthals 250,000 years ago, much earlier than thought
A recent study suggests that Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans, or Homo sapiens, engaged in interbreeding much earlier than previously...
15th-century painting depicts Acheulean handaxe!
Art and archaeology converge in an exciting discovery as researchers from Dartmouth and the University of Cambridge uncover the earliest...
Medieval Christogram tattoo found in Nubian burial
A team of scientists, including Kari A. Guilbault of Purdue University, was studying a 1,300-year-old body unearthed in a cemetery...
Seaweed and freshwater plants fed prehistoric Europeans, study finds
New research provides compelling evidence that seaweed and freshwater plants were key elements of the prehistoric European diet, offering valuable...
Scientists digitally reconstruct skull of a 12 million-year-old great ape
A recent study has successfully reconstructed the partially impaired skull of a great ape species, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, that lived approximately...
An unlooted 1800-year-old Roman sarcophagus discovered in France
Archaeologists in northeastern France have unearthed an unlooted, unopened Roman-era sarcophagus dating back to the second century CE. This remarkable...
New study reveals enslaved people were the first cowboys in the Americas
The widely held image of American cowboys as rugged, white figures who tamed the Wild West is undergoing a transformation...