Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
For the first time, scientists have unveiled chemical evidence that wine was consumed on a large scale in ancient Troy, contradicting earlier assumptions that it was a drink of the elite. Scientists from the Universities of Tübingen, Bonn, and Jena…
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 skull long thought to belong to Arsinoë IV, sister of Cleopatra, has been confirmed to be the remains of a boy with developmental disorders, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The research, led by…
A bioarchaeologist with the University of Reading has discovered one of the most unusual human and animal remains from the Romano-British period in a Roman quarry shaft located in Surrey, England. At the Nescot site in Ewell, Ellen Green discovered…
Archaeologists at the University of Mississippi, in collaboration with medical experts, have unearthed a rare medical anomaly in the burial site of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum. The discovery, detailed in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, pertains to the preserved…
An international team of researchers, led by Peruvian bioarchaeologist Luis Pezo-Lanfranco, has shed new light on a tumultuous period in the Central Andes, specifically in the Supe Valley region of present-day Peru, during the transition from the fifth to the…
Researchers led by Dr. Fuzuki Mizuno from the Toho University School of Medicine have unveiled the complete mitochondrial genome sequences of ancient individuals from Teotihuacan, the colossal Mesoamerican city known as the “birthplace of the gods.” Teotihuacan, established in the…
Archaeologists excavating an ancient Egyptian cemetery in Amarna have uncovered a rare find—a mature ovarian teratoma within the pelvis of a woman who lived over 3,000 years ago, according to a Live Science report. This remarkable discovery, detailed in a…
Scientists from Western University have successfully confirmed the genuineness of a South American tsantsa, commonly known as a shrunken head, as actual human remains. This significant development contributes to the global effort to decolonize and safeguard Indigenous history while promoting…
A new study that combines archaeological, historical, and bioarchaeological data sheds new light on the early Islamic period in Syria. Initially aiming to concentrate on an era much more ancient, the research squad inadvertently stumbled upon what they believe to…
