6+ hour, 12+ min ago   (900+ words) Gabriel Barkay, a leading figure in biblical archaeology whose many discoveries in and around Jerusalem, including a pair of silver amulets from the seventh century B.C. that contained a priestly inscription, changed how historians understood early Jewish life, died on Sunday…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (838+ words) AKTAU, Kazakhstan " The Toyota 44 bounced across a roadless, barren plain. Behind, a cloud of pale dust shimmered in the sun. Ahead, a formation of bleached rocks shot skyward. Our SUV was heading straight at it. And it was not slowing…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (581+ words) Today it seems obvious: Dip a sharp object in a poisonous substance, and then use that weapon to take down your prey. But when did human beings figure out this deadly strategy? It remains as mysterious as the dawn of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (273+ words) The destructive nature of fire has shaped how archaeologists understand early funerary practices. A discovery in Malawi now calls some of those assumptions into question. "It's the earliest evidence for intentional cremation in Africa, the oldest in situ adult pyre…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (215+ words) Volunteers restoring rock pools at Ogmore By Sea in the Vale of Glamorgan have uncovered more than 400 hobnailed leather boots dating back to the Victorian era. The shoes have been blackened by time but still mostly intact, started appearing in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (414+ words) Is it a case of life imitating Ark? Archaeologists might have discovered a major milestone in the quest to prove Noah's Ark's existence " pottery fragments near the supposed site of the Biblical boat. Prof. Dr Faruk Kaya of Agri Ibrahim…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (499+ words) We've known for certain, for quite some time, that the day Mount Vesuvius famously erupted, blanketing the Roman city of Pompeii in ash, killing everyone in this blast zone, entombing them for eternity, happened on August 24, 79 CE. And yet, new…...

3+ week, 17+ hour ago   (394+ words) For more than a decade, the "Beachy Head Woman" was treated like a cultural Rorschach test. Found in a box in southern England and dated to Roman-occupied Britain, her skull convinced researchers that she must have come from some distant…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (356+ words) Scientists recently discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans " and it's far older than scholars previously believed. The study, which was published in the journal Nature on Dec. 10, centered around a site in Barnham, England,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (212+ words) The key to identifying who built the baptistery was how much its architecture is inspired by the ancient Pantheon in Rome. By the 11th century, the Pantheon had become a church officiated only by the pope. Once you take Pope Nicholas…...