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Megalithic Structures Are Not Mass Graves of Plague Victims from a Neolithic Outbreak
When we think of deadly pandemics, the plague often comes to mind, especially because of the devastation it caused during the Middle Ages. However, new research has revealed that the plague-causing ...
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A horse jaw with an embedded projectile, found in north Spain, reveals a previously unknown hunting strategy in the Paleolithic
Horse hemimandible from layer L3 of La Garma: (a) occlusal surface; (b) lingual face with a lithic object embedded Credit: M. Cueto et al. 2024 A discovery made in the cave of La Garma (Cantabria, ...
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Juggernaut, the origin of the word that defines a destructive, uncontrollable, and unstoppable force
To define the plague that devastates the world in her novel The Last Man, Mary Shelley (also the author of Frankenstein) writes: Like Juggernaut, it proceeds crushing the being of all who stand in the ...
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How Much Did It Cost to Transport Goods in the Roman World? A Study Focused on Britain Reveals That Maritime Routes Were the Cheapest
A study recently published in the Journal of Archaeological Science has analyzed the relative costs of transporting goods by different means in late Roman Britain, challenging some long-held notions ...
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Matching Dinosaur Footprints Found on Opposite Shores of the Atlantic Reveal Ancient Crossing Point in the Cretaceous Period
An international team of researchers, led by Southern Methodist University (SMU) paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs, has ...
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The Intriguing Magic Sphere that Was Found at the Foot of the Acropolis of Athens
Although at first glance one might think that the figure represented on the 30-centimeter-diameter marble sphere preserved in ...
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Impressive Roman-era wall paintings, discovered at Ashkelon in the 1930s, revealed to the public for the first time
For the first time ever, two ancient vaulted tombs dating back at least 1,700 years, adorned with magnificent murals ...
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Astronomers Find Most of the Universe is Darkness, and Its Light Has Been Fading for 10 Billion Years
Scientists have taken a virtual trip to the far reaches of our solar system to measure the faint glow that fills the universe, called the cosmic optical background. This glow is the dim light left ...
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The Discovery of an Ancient Game Board from Bronze Age Challenges Its Egyptian Origin
The fifty-eight holes board from Çapmalı. Credit: W. Crist et al. A recent archaeological study has revealed that an ancient ...
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Roman Military Camp Found at an Altitude of Over 2,000 Meters in the Swiss Alps
Excavations at the newly discovered Roman camp in the Swiss Alps. Credit: Andrea Badrutt / Chur Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery high in the Swiss Alps: a Roman military camp located ...
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The Romans Surrounded Masada with Towers and a Wall Over 4 Kilometers Long in Just Two Weeks
A recent archaeological study on the Roman siege system at Masada, published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology, reveals new and important findings about this historic conflict of the 1st century CE.
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Quarters, Warehouses, Weapons, and a Bronze Sword of Ramesses II Discovered in the Fort That Protected Northern Egypt from the Sea Peoples
An Egyptian archaeological mission, led by Dr. Ahmed Said El-Kharadly of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has discovered a series of mudbrick architectural units, including military barracks for ...