Middle Pleistocene fire use: The first signal of widespread cultural diffusion in human evolution Researchers from the University of Leiden and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands propose that the first clear example of widespread cultural diffusion in human evolution occurred around 400,000 years ago. They propose this on the basis of changes in … Continue reading Fire Record Shows Cultural Diffusion Took Off 400,000 Years Ago (Archeology) →

Archaeologists from the Universities of Manchester and Cardiff have discovered the origins of Arthur’s Stone, one of the UK’s most famous Stone Age monuments. Manchester’s Professor Julian Thomas, who led the excavation, says the imposing Herefordshire tomb is linked to nearby ‘halls of the dead’, which were discovered in 2013 by a team led by … Continue reading Archaeologists Reveal Origins Of Famous Stone Age Monument (Archeology) →

Archaeologists have uncovered 2,640- to 2,550-year-old clay moulds for casting spade coins as well as fragments of finished spade coins at Guanzhuang in Xingyang, Henan province, China. The technical characteristics of the moulds demonstrate that the site — which was part of the Eastern Zhou period (770-220 BCE) bronze foundry — functioned as a mint … Continue reading World’s Earliest-Known Coin Mint and Spade Coin Discovered in China (Archeology) →

The origin and date of the appearance of prehistoric cave art continues to be debated. Among the sites discussed, the Spanish cave of Ardales where a stalagmitic flow is colored red in places: the coloring would date almost 65,000 years¹ but part of the scientific community had until then attributed it to a natural flow of iron … Continue reading Neanderthals Painted The Andalusian Cave of Ardales Well (Archeology) →

New insights come on anniversary of Cromwell’s death and ahead of the final part of the ‘Wolf Hall’ trilogy which hits West End later this year. The magnificent London mansion of Thomas Cromwell has been revealed for the first time in an artist’s impression, following a new study which examines the building in unprecedented detail. … Continue reading Thomas Cromwell’s Tudor London Mansion Revealed in Unprecedented Detail (Archeology) →