Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Archaeologists in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, have unearthed a well-preserved ancient settlement dating back 2,500 years, belonging to the Yue State of the early Warring States period (475-221 BCE). This important discovery clarifies ancient Chinese building techniques, urban planning, and daily…
A recent discovery in Tinshemet Cave, central Israel, is changing the way we look at early human interactions. Archaeologists have found human burials from the Middle Paleolithic period, and they revealed that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens not only lived in…
Archaeologists in Ostia Antica, the ancient port city near Rome, have made an amazing discovery—a Mikveh, a Jewish ritual bath, from the late 4th or early 5th century CE. This is a new discovery about the long-standing Jewish community in…
New information on a mass burial found at the Bayanbulag site in Mongolia, which is thought to hold the remains of Han warriors who participated in the Han-Xiongnu War, has been revealed by a recent bioarchaeological study. The study, which…
A new exhibition showing the personal items of a mystery 18th-century man, known as the Arnish Moor Man, has opened at the Kinloch Historical Society on the Isle of Lewis. The collection, comprising a well-preserved knitted bonnet and other items,…
Dark skin was widespread across the continent for a considerably longer period than previously believed, according to a DNA study that has completely changed our perception of the appearance of ancient Europeans. In the study, 348 ancient human genomes from…
In the Turpan Basin of the Xinjiang region, China, archaeologists uncovered remarkable evidence of a 2,200-year-old woman whose teeth were stained red with the highly poisonous mercury-based mineral known as cinnabar. While this discovery sheds light on the spiritual and…
Iranian archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of human habitation in Ghamari Cave dating back 40,000 to 80,000 years. The cave is located near Khorramabad in Iran’s Lorestan Province. Among the discoveries were stone tools, animal bones, and pottery. These items…
More than a decade ago, after three decades of searching, metal detectorists Reg Mead and Richard Miles uncovered one of the biggest Celtic hoards ever found. The Le Câtillon II hoard contained about 70,000 silver coins, gold torques, and jewelry,…
The frozen landscapes of Svalbard, a remote archipelago of Norway in the Arctic, have hidden a special archaeological find for years—graves from the 17th and 18th centuries that belong to European whalers. However, rising temperatures are fast becoming a menace…
