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Neanderthal Carvings in a Gibraltar Cave Reveal Some of Europe’s Oldest Known Artwork
Some argue, however, that Homo sapiens are responsible for the etchings
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Huge Wine Cellar Unearthed at a Biblical-Era Palace in Israel
Residue from jars at a Canaanite palace suggest the ruler preferred his red with hints of mint, honey and juniper
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A new Smithsonian Channel show reveals groundbreaking research that may explain what really went on there
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Egyptians were embalming their dead as far back as 4,100 B.C.
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Irbil, Iraq, has a long, long, long history
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Mummies From Around the World Had Hardened Arteries
Mummies from cultures across the globe have one thing in common—plaque in their arteries
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Ancient Tooth Plaque Shows Our Ancestors Used to Feast on Weeds
Purple nutsedge is a pest today, but thousands of years ago it was probably valued for its cavity-preventing properties
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Some Ancient Assyrians Ignored the Advent of Writing for Thousands of Years
It took thousands of years for Assyrians to finally give up primitive record-keeping methods
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Wrestling Was Fixed, Even in Ancient Rome
New analysis of an ancient document reveals classical roots of fake wrestling
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Humans Have Been Messing With China’s Yellow River for 3,000 Years
When humans try to tame nature things rarely go according to plan
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When Trees Are Cut Down, Angkor’s Temples Begin to Crumble
People usually think of trees’ destructive impacts on Angkor, but they also protect those iconic temples
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More Than 200 Hidden Paintings Were Discovered on the Walls of Angkor Wat
Researchers discovered the images by digitally enhancing photos of the temple’s walls
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These Cold War Satellite Images Revealed 10,000 Undiscovered Archaeological Sites
Images of the Middle East from the 1960s showed thousands of archaeological sites—some of which have already been destroyed
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Could Noah’s Ark Float? In Theory, Yes
Basic physics suggests that an ark carrying lots of animal cargo could float, but science doesn’t support other facets of the biblical tale
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Ancient Wandering Shepherds Spread Crops Across Eurasia
The nomadic shepherds of central Asia joined east and west
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Where Are All the Babies in Archaeological Sites?
To figure out whether ancient people cremated their babies, archaeologists set some piglets on fire
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Conches Evolved To Be Smaller Because of Hungry Humans
Conches began maturing when they were smaller in order to breed before humans snatched them up
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This 3,000-Year-Old Human Skeleton Reveals the Earliest Known Example of Cancer
Skeletal scans of the remains, which were found in Sudan, shows the cancer had spread before the victim died
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Neanderthal Hunters Probably Didn’t Herd Mammoths Off Cliffs
Not that it’s impossible, in general; it just probably didn’t happen at this one particular spot
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The Mystery of This 500-Year Old Mummy Is Only Beginning To Be Solved
For more than a century, no one in Germany knew where this mummy came from
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