1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (900+ words) Advanced soil analysis uncovers hidden details of Mesolithic clothing at Skateholm cemetery More than 7,000 years ago, along the southern coast of what is now Sweden, hunter-gatherer communities gathered to bury their dead with extraordinary care. Now, groundbreaking scientific analysis has…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (318+ words) Plants and aquatic foods played key role in diets of early hunter gatherers Millennia-old pottery remains from across Europe reveal that ancient communities in the region made elaborate meals using a much greater variety of plant and animal products than…...

3+ hour, 9+ min ago  (425+ words) A hoard of 18 Iron Age gold coins discovered in a field by a metal detecting history professor has sold for "33,200 at auction. The coins are the largest known find from the reign of Iron Age king Dubnovellaunos, who ruled the…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (717+ words) A remarkable hoard of Roman artefacts has been unearthed during a major pipe laying project through the Norfolk countryside. The 15 items - one of which depicts the hero Hercules - have been described by experts as having "no parallel, locally or nationally…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago  (279+ words) The Imastanen social archaeology collective, dedicated to the protection of pre-Hispanic remains in Tenerife, has called this week for the Cabildo of Tenerife to enhance the safeguarding of the malpa's environment in La Rasca, Arona. This area contains Guanche remains…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago  (463+ words) A man was "surprised" to find a famous shipwreck revealed by a low tide." Mike Jackson was out for an early morning dog walk on March 4, on Bulverhythe beach in St Leonards, when he came across the wreckage." However, the…...

6+ hour, 29+ min ago  (335+ words) A triceratops skeleton that spent decades in a Wyoming museum is going under the hammer as the market for dinosaur fossils soars. Named Trey, the 5.3-meter-long herbivore will be auctioned online March 1731 on Joopiter, the platform founded by musician Pharrell…...

6+ hour, 43+ min ago  (380+ words) Mummified skull reveals woman had life-saving surgery 2,500 years ago It turns out humans were doing complex surgery on each other much sooner than anyone anticipated (Web Desk) - (Web Desk) - Stunned scientists have discovered that a woman had life-saving surgery on…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago  (320+ words) ROME: A marble bust that has stood for centuries in one of Rome's basilicas has been re-attributed to Michelangelo after nearly 200 years in obscurity, following a document-based investigation. The sculpture, which depicts Christ the Saviour, has been preserved in the…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago  (639+ words) Observing how chimps interact with crystals may help us understand why our ancestors started collecting them thousands of years ago and why we still do today. Crystal shops popping up on every corner show that surrounding ourselves with beautiful-looking rocks…...