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Rock Art and Footprints Reveal How Ancient Humans Responded to Volcanic Eruption
New study dates the preserved footprints to 4,700 years ago, a full 245,000 years later than previously suggested
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Burial Mound Found on Kindergarten Playground Was Used for 2,000 Years
Thirty sets of human remains from the mound in southwest France show locals buried their dead in the same spot from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
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Worn-Out Teeth Expand the Narrative of the Ancient Egyptian Career Woman
Wear patterns suggest a woman buried in the ancient city of Mendes processed papyrus reeds, a job women were not previously known to do
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Pompeii Fixed Potholes With Molten Iron
A new study suggests the Romans knew how to melt iron and used it to fill in wheel ruts and cavities on their stone streets
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When It Comes to Waging War, Ants and Humans Have a Lot in Common
In both humans and social insects, the capacity to engage in total war seems to hinge on population numbers
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1,000-Year-Old Pouch From Bolivia Contains Traces of Five Mind-Altering Drugs
The ingredients include coca leaves and two compounds used in modern ayahuasca rituals
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Archaeologists Uncover an Ancient Roman Game Board at Hadrian’s Wall
The cracked stone board was likely used to play ludus latrunculorum, Rome’s favorite game
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Beer Fueled Diplomacy in This Ancient Empire
Analysis shows a brewery at a Wari outpost in the mountains of southern Peru strengthened bonds with friends and neighbors
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For the First Time in 300 Years, Pilgrims Can Climb These Holy Marble Steps
Worshippers can kneel up the 28 steps some believe Jesus ascended to receive his death sentence
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Thanks to Facial Reconstruction, You Can Now Look Into the Eyes of a Neolithic Dog
The collie-sized canine was buried in a cavernous tomb on Scotland’s Orkney Islands around 2,500 B.C.
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Computer Analysis Says ‘Beowulf’ Is the Work of a Single Author
Academics have argued about the origins of the Old English epic for two centuries
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Recently Uncovered Thermopolium Reminds Us That Romans Loved Fast Food as Much as We Do
Similar snack counters dug up throughout Pompeii were once destinations for on-the-go Romans looking for a quick bite
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Which Came First, Vengeful Gods or Complex Civilizations?
A new study pushes back against the hypothesis that moralizing gods were necessary to keep large societies civil
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Bronze Age Irish ‘Bog Butter’ Is Actually Made From Dairy, Study Finds
It previously was not clear whether the strange swampy snack originated from milk or animal fats
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Secrets of Stonehenge Found in Quarries 180 Miles Away
Archaeologists believe the builders popped out “ready-made” bluestones at a quarry in Wales and dragged them overland to Salisbury
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How an ‘X-Ray Gun’ Is Telling Us More About the Java Sea Shipwreck
Researchers used X-ray fluorescence to find the origins of porcelain recovered from the vessel to help pinpoint which port the ship first departed from
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Was Alexander the Great Pronounced Dead Prematurely?
A new theory suggests he was only paralyzed when he was declared dead, but it’s impossible to prove he had Guillain-Barré Syndrome with the existing facts
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New Exhibition Highlights Story of the Richest Man Who Ever Lived
Read about Mansa Musa, emperor of Mali, who once disrupted Egypt’s economy just by passing through
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Oops: 4,500-Year-Old Stone Circle Turns Out to Be 1990s Replica
Discovered in Scotland last November, the recumbent circle was made by a local farmer interested in the ancient monuments
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Easter Island Statues May Have Marked Sources of Fresh Water
A spatial analysis of the island’s moai and ahu seem to line up with ancient wells and coastal freshwater seeps
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