Archaeology Ancient Roman Breastfeeding: Cities Followed the Rules, Rural Areas Did Their Own Thing Why Ancient Roman Cities Followed Breastfeeding Rules—But Rural Areas Ignored Them The question of when to stop breastfeeding is as relevan...
Archaeology Ancient Roman Breastfeeding: Cities Followed the Rules Illustration of a bustling ancient Roman city, showing urban life and architecture When we think of ancient Rome, we often imagine grand cit...
Archaeology The Secrets Hidden in Hazelnuts: A Glimpse into Ancient Woodlands An archaeologist employs pollen samples extracted from the soil to unravel the evolving plant life of a location, complementing the author...
Archaeology Delving into the reasons behind the subpar preservation of human remains in a town near Pompeii during the eruption of Vesuvius. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of geologists hailing from the University of Roma Tre has unraveled the long-standing mystery of wh...
Archaeology The oldest known physical evidence of drug use in Europe is uncovered through hair analysis. Around 3,000 years ago, inhabitants of Mediterranean islands consumed psychoactive plants, according to evidence found in the cave remains. ...
Archaeology Recent findings suggest that one of the crew members aboard the sunken warship Vasa was a woman. The Vasa Museum houses the Swedish frigate Vasa (1628). Photographer: Anneli Karlsson, Vasa Museum/SMTM The human remains discovered on boar...
Archaeology Yamnaya People Were Likely Skilled Horseback Riders, Study Suggests According to a report presented on March 3 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting and published in Scien...
Archaeology New Discovery: 23,000-Year-Old Southern Iberian Individual Links Human Groups Before and After Last Glacial Maximum in Western Europe In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a previously unknown population of humans who lived in southern Iberia 23,000 year...
Archaeology Footprints claimed as evidence of ice age humans in North America need better dating, new research claims These footprints in New Mexico have the potential to rewrite the history of the Americas. BENNET AND OTHERS/SCIENCE The preserved footprints...
Archaeology Discovery of bronzes rewrites Italy’s Etruscan-Roman history A statue is seen at the site of the discovery of twenty-four well-preserved bronze statues from an ancient Tuscan thermal spring in San Casc...
Archaeology Genetic analysis of Neolithic people from Mesopotamia shows blend of demographics The toddler from Cay008's cranium. the Science Advances website (2022). Reference: 10.1126/sciadv.abo3609 Working with one colleague fro...
Archaeology ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER 2,700-YEAR-OLD INTRICATE ROCK CARVINGS IN ANCIENT NINEVEH Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania discovered intricate rock carvings in Nineveh, an ancient city. Nineveh was an ancient Up...
Archaeology King Tut’s tomb still has secrets to reveal 100 years after its discovery The tale of the boy king, whose tomb was discovered in 1922, is not yet complete. Archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of ancien...