Boat was discovered in freshwater pool during construction of a tourist train to the ruins of Maya city A wooden canoe used by the ancient Maya and believed to be more than 1,000 years old has turned up in southern Mexico almost completely intact, offi…
Lidar reveals hundreds of long-lost Maya and Olmec ceremonial centers
The sites suggest cultural links between the two Mesoamerican civilizations.
The proof’s in the poop: Austrians have loved beer, blue cheese for 2,700 years
They also ate primarily cereal grains, supplemented with beans, fruits, nuts, or meat.
Archaeologists uncover ruins of medieval wine factory at Israel’s Yavne site
Five winepresses, treading floor, warehouses, and pottery kilns among the major finds.
Historic England to offer virtual flights over ancient landscapes
Aerial Archaeological Mapping Explorer will allow users to see landscapes from England’s pastA digital aerial archaeology tool will allow people to discover previously unknown details about local landscapes, including prehistoric hill forts, Roman sett…
That village near Gomorrah got too hot for Lot
The city’s destruction was associated with some unknown high-temperature event. An interdisciplinary research team claims that the ancient city of Tall el-Hammam (present-day Jordan) was destroyed by a meteor, or comet which detonated in mid-air. It ma…
23,000-year-old footprints suggest people reached the Americas early
People may have walked along the shore of a lake in New Mexico 23,000 years ago.
Gold of the Great Steppe review – the breathtaking lives of history’s ‘barbarians’
Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeFrom their astounding burial mounds to their dazzling horses dressed up as mythical beasts, this exhibition about Kazakhstan’s ancient nomads shows the power of archaeology to revive the deadA young archer was buried around…
Pompeii tomb reveals formerly enslaved man’s rise to wealth and power
The tomb’s inscription also offers the first evidence of Greek theater in the city.
‘Genetic fossil’: intact DNA from woman who lived 7,200 years ago discovered in Indonesia
Skeleton of hunter-gatherer found in Leang Panninge cave sheds light on ancient human migrationArchaeologists have discovered ancient DNA in the remains of a woman who died 7,200 years ago in Indonesia, a find that challenges what was previously known …