Archaeology Bahamas Were Settled Earlier Than Believed (Archeology) 4 Mar 2021 It’s believed early settlers to the islands eventually changed the landscape of the Bahamas. Humans were present in Florida by 14,000 years ago, and until recently, it was believed the…
Archaeology New Technology Allows Scientists First Glimpse of Intricate Details of Little Foot’s Life (Archeology) 2 Mar 2021 In June 2019, an international team brought the complete skull of the 3.67-million-year-old Little Foot Australopithecus skeleton, from South Africa to the UK and achieved unprecedented imaging resolution of its…
Archaeology Ancient Egyptian Manual Reveals New Details About Mummification (Archeology) 28 Feb 2021 Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen Egyptologist Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient…
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…