Archaeology Medieval Containers Hint at Thriving Wine Trade in Islamic Sicily (Archeology) 23 Feb 2021 Researchers at the University of York have found chemical residues of grapes in medieval containers indicating a prosperous wine trade in Islamic Sicily. They found that a type of container…
Archaeology New Dating Techniques Reveal Australia’s Oldest Known Rock Painting, and It’s a Kangaroo (Archeology) 22 Feb 202122 Feb 2021 Two-meter kangaroo painting thought to be 17,300 years old A two-metre-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia's Kimberley region has been identified as Australia's oldest intact rock painting. Using…
Archaeology CT Scans of Egyptian Mummy Reveal New Details About the Death of a Pivotal Pharaoh (Archeology) 17 Feb 2021 New interpretations based on medical imaging suggest Seqenenre-Taa-II was executed by multiple attackers and embalmers had skillfully concealed some head wounds A CT scan study of the mummy of Pharaoh…
Archaeology Neanderthals and Homo sapiens used Identical Nubian Technology (Archeology) 15 Feb 2021 New analysis of a fossil tooth and stone tools from Shukbah Cave reveals Neanderthals used stone tool technologies thought to have been unique to modern humans Long held in a…
Archaeology On the Origin of Our Species (Archeology) 11 Feb 2021 New research suggests that genetic and fossil records will not reveal a single point where modern humans originated Experts from the Natural History Museum, The Francis Crick Institute and the…
Archaeology Ancient Seashell Resonates After 18,000 Years (Archeology) 11 Feb 2021 Almost 80 years after its discovery, a large shell from the ornate Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees has been studied by a multidisciplinary team from the CNRS, the Muséum de…
Archaeology Human Eye Beats Machine in Archaeological Color Identification Test (Archeology) 10 Feb 2021 Aruler and scale can tell archaeologists the size and weight of a fragment of pottery – but identifying its precise color can depend on individual perception. So, when a handheld…
