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Focaccia’s origins traced back 9,000 years to Neolithic Mesopotamia, not Rome
New archaeological research has revealed a sophisticated culinary tradition dating back to the Late Neolithic period, between 7000 and 5000...
Egyptian-German archaeology team discovers Ptolemaic temple pylon in Sohag
A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission, led by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the University of Tübingen, has uncovered...
Neanderthals were the first fossil collectors, new evidence from Prado Vargas Cave reveals
Recent findings from the Prado Vargas Cave in northern Spain have unveiled a remarkable aspect of Neanderthal behavior: their apparent...
Italian police recover looted Etruscan sarcophagi
Italian authorities have successfully recovered a remarkable collection of Etruscan artifacts, valued at $8.4 million, following an investigation that unraveled...
Archaeological mission unearths 7,700-year-old shell crafting site in Kuwait
The Kuwaiti-Polish archaeological mission has made remarkable discoveries at the Bahra 1 site in Kuwait’s Subiya Desert, shedding light on...
Researchers uncover an 18th-century forgery in medieval collection
Historians at the University of Göttingen have identified a medieval document in their collection as a forgery from the 18th...
Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens had different burial practices, study suggests
New research published in L'Anthropologie reveals the burial practices of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals during the Middle Paleolithic period in...
65,000-year-old Neanderthal ‘tar factory’ found in Gibraltar cave
A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Vanguard Cave, part of the Gorham’s Cave complex in Gibraltar, has unveiled a 65,000-year-old tar-making...
Archaeologists discover early Christian basilica in Aquileia
Archaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) have uncovered a remarkable early Christian basilica...
Late Bronze Age swords of the Balearic Islands: a fusion of local and foreign innovations
A recent study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences examines the Late Bronze Age swords of the Balearic Islands in...