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When Did We First Clothe Ourselves?
From the discovery of a 5,500-year-old linen dress in Egypt to the analysis of fragmented fibers dating back…
Waterlogged Site In Zambia Unveils 476,000-Year-Old Wooden Structure
A groundbreaking discovery in Zambia has unveiled the oldest wooden structure known to humanity, predating Homo sapiens’ appearance…
Ancient cave art: how new hi-tech archaeology is revealing the ghosts of human history
Author provided Paul Pettitt, Durham University and Alistair Pike, University of Southampton New details of our past are…
65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation
May Nango sharing stories about Mamukala wetlands with her grandson, in 2015. Anna Florin (courtesy of GAC), Author…
A Crusader’s Sword Was Found Off the Coast of Israel
The Crusades were a series of expeditions by western European Christians who felt pressured to respond to years…
Israeli Dig Yielded a 2,700-Year-Old Toilet For the Rich
The true impact of our modern sensibilities to our everyday lives compared to what others had in the…
DNA Analysis Reveals the Origins of the Etruscans
For nearly 2,400 years since their civilization first appeared on historical accounts and records, the mystery of the…
Jerusalem’s Tech Park Had a 2,000-Year-Old Quarry Underneath
Situated in Northwest Jerusalem is a high-tech industrial park named Har Hotzvim. Sometimes referred to as the “Campus…
Fossilized Handprints on Ancient Tibetan “Mud” Could Be the Oldest Parietal Art
Researchers publishing in the journal Science Bulletin may have found the oldest evidence of parietal art—immobile artwork commonly…
A Bronze-Age City May Have Been Destroyed By an Exploding Asteroid
3,600 years ago, in a city sitting 11.3 km (7 mi) northeast of the Dead Sea in what…