Tag: archaeology

When imagining what archaeologists find during excavations of ancient human remains, we might think only of bones — dry, silent, ...

Archaeologists excavate part of the medieval wall system in MongoliaGideon Shelach-Lavi et al. 2025 Long before the Great Wall of ...

Brains preserved for hundreds of years can contain intact proteinsAlexandra Morton-Hayward It is now possible to obtain proteins from preserved ...

Artistic mediums certainly change. While modern humans have paint and paper, ancient humans had ochre and pebbles. However, both work ...

Ħaġar Qim, a megalithic temple complex in southern MaltaFelix Choo / Alamy Stock Photo Several 5000-year-old temples in Malta seem ...

Ancient snail shells helped archeologists re-evaluate the age of the oldest known wooden weapons collection: a site in Lower Saxony, ...

Archaeological evidence of names holding significance over thousands of years has been uncovered in an interdisciplinary study from multiple Israeli ...

Between 1637 and 1697, thousands of bodies were buried beneath a historic hospital in Milan. Designed to accommodate the dead ...

We typically associate mummies with ancient Egypt — or sometimes cheesy old horror movies. Now a newly described mummy from ...

The ancient Egyptians were astute astronomers. They often depicted the cosmos atop coffins. A new survey of such artwork suggests ...