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October 10, 2020
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Anglo-Saxon Warlord Found by Detectorists Could Redraw Map of Post-Roman Britain

Oct. 5, 2020 — A discovery by a metal detectorist on club outing proved to be a significant burial with the remains of an imposing warlord, along with ...

A Tale of Two Cesspits: DNA Reveals Intestinal Health in Medieval Europe and Middle East

Oct. 5, 2020 — Analysis of 14th-15th century latrines in Jerusalem and Riga, Latvia identifies some of the microbes resident in the guts of these pre-industrial ...

World's Largest DNA Sequencing of Viking Skeletons Reveals They Weren't All Scandinavian

Sep. 16, 2020 — Invaders, pirates, warriors - the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and ...

To Recreate Ancient Recipes, Check out the Vestiges of Clay Pots

Sep. 11, 2020 — UC Berkeley archaeologists have discovered that unglazed ceramic cookware can retain the residue of not just the last supper cooked, but earlier meals as well, opening a window onto gastronomic ...
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DNA from an Ancient, Unidentified Ancestor Was Passed Down to Humans Living Today

Aug. 6, 2020 — A new analysis of ancient genomes suggests that different branches of the human family tree interbred multiple times, and that some humans carry DNA from an archaic, unknown ...

Accelerated Bone Deterioration in Last 70 Years at Famous Mesolithic Peat Bog in Peril

July 29, 2020 — Alarming results from a 2019 survey of well-known archaeological site Ageröd reveal drastic bone and organic matter deterioration since the site's initial excavations in the 1940s, suggesting ...

Foxes Have Been Eating Humans' Leftovers for 42,000 Years

July 22, 2020 — The diets of ancient foxes were influenced by humans, and these small carnivores might be tracers of human activity over ...

Breakthrough in Studying Ancient DNA from Doggerland That Separates the UK from Europe

July 16, 2020 — Scientists have studied sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) from sediment deposits in the southern North Sea, an area which has not previously been linked to a tsunami that occurred 8150 years ...

Hyksos, 15th Dynasty Rulers of Ancient Egypt, Were an Internal Takeover

July 15, 2020 — The Hyksos, who ruled during the 15th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, were not foreign invaders, but a group who rose to power from within, according to a new ...

New Method Solves Old Mystery: Hafnium Isotopes Clinch Origin of High-Quality Roman Glass

July 9, 2020 — Archaeological glass contains information about the movement of goods and ancient economies, yet the understanding of critical aspects of the ancient glass industry is fragmentary. Until now, it has ...

First Confirmed Underwater Aboriginal Archaeological Sites Found Off Australian Coast

July 1, 2020 — Ancient submerged Aboriginal archaeological sites await underwater rediscovery off the coast of Australia, according to a ...

New Zealand's Ancient Monster Penguins Had Northern Hemisphere Doppelgangers

June 30, 2020 — New Zealand's monster penguins that lived 62 million years ago had doppelgangers in Japan, the USA and Canada, a new study has ...

Ancient Maya Reservoirs Contained Toxic Pollution

June 26, 2020 — Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city were so polluted with mercury and algae that the water likely was undrinkable. Researchers found toxic levels of pollution in two central reservoirs in ...

Non-Tobacco Plant Identified in Ancient Pipe for First Time

June 26, 2020 — People in what is now Washington State were smoking Rhus glabra, a plant commonly known as smooth sumac, more than 1,400 years ago. The discovery marks the first-time scientists have identified ...

Massive Prehistoric Circle Near Stonehenge

June 22, 2020 — Archaeologists have discovered a major new prehistoric monument only a short distance away from Stonehenge. Fieldwork and analysis have revealed evidence for 20 or more massive, prehistoric shafts, ...

Eruption of Alaska's Okmok Volcano Linked to Period of Extreme Cold in Ancient Rome

June 22, 2020 — Scientists and historians have found evidence connecting an unexplained period of extreme cold in ancient Rome with an unlikely source: a massive eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano, located on ...

Ancient Societies Hold Lessons for Modern Cities

June 19, 2020 — Today's modern cities, from Denver to Dubai, could learn a thing or two from the ancient Pueblo communities that once stretched across the southwestern United States. For starters, the more ...

Ancient Genomes Uncover Irish Passage Tomb Dynastic Elite

June 17, 2020 — Archaeologists and geneticists have shed new light on the earliest periods of Ireland's human history. Among their incredible findings is the discovery that the genome of an adult male buried in ...

Origins of the Beloved Guinea Pig

June 16, 2020 — New research sheds light on guinea pig domestication and how and why the small, furry animals became distributed around the ...

Tropical Disease in Medieval Europe Revises the History of a Pathogen Related to Syphilis

June 11, 2020 — Plague was commonplace in medieval times, so finding its victims in a 15th century Lithuanian graveyard was no surprise. However, discovering one woman with a second disease, yaws -- a close relative ...

Ancient Origin for Key Hormone System: Sea Cucumbers

June 11, 2020 — A key set of proteins that help regulate hormones necessary for many essential functions in humans and other vertebrates have ancient origins in much simpler creatures such as sea cucumbers, says a ...

Entire Roman City Revealed Without Any Digging

June 8, 2020 — For the first time, archaeologists have succeeded in mapping a complete Roman city, Falerii Novi in Italy, using advanced ground penetrating radar (GPR), allowing them to reveal astonishing details ...

Ancient DNA Provides New Insights Into the Early Peopling of the Caribbean

June 4, 2020 — According to a new study by an international team of researchers from the Caribbean, Europe and North America, the Caribbean was settled by several successive population dispersals that originated on ...

Pinpointing the Origins of Jerusalem's Temple Mount

June 3, 2020 — Integrating radiocarbon dating and microarchaeology techniques has enabled more precise dating of the ancient Wilson's Arch monument at Jerusalem's Temple Mount, according to a new ...
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