Ancient Origins | (Page 720)Reconstructing the story of humanity's past

A woolly mammoth reproduction; the animal the hunters faced 45,000 years ago must have been awesome.

15 January, 2016 - 21:53 Mark Miller

A Mammoth-Sized Find: Humans Living in the Arctic 10,000 Years Earlier May Push Back Other Important Migration Dates Too

Evidence of an epic battle between a woolly mammoth and some hunters in the Arctic Circle about 45,000 years ago suggests that people lived there 10,000 years earlier than previously thought. The...

Replicas of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond – The Mountain of Light.

15 January, 2016 - 14:54 Olga Gonzalez

Mountain of Light: The History and Lore of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond

One of the most famous diamonds in the world, and once considered to be the world’s largest, the Koh-i-Noor is deeply shrouded in mystery and myth, alongside factual origins. The diamond in its...

The School of Athens, fresco by Raphael (1509–1510), of an idealized Academy.

15 January, 2016 - 00:45 Natalia Klimczak

Caves in Paradise: The Elite School of Aristotle

Thirty kilometers (18.6 miles) from Vergina, a place where the tomb of Philip II is located, there is a city called Naoussa. Naoussa was a place where nymphs were worshiped for centuries, and the...

The Walanae River at Paroto, east of Talepu, where some of the tools were found. Inserts: Professor Mike Morwood in 2009 examining stone artifacts collected near Talepu and Hand stencils in the Cave of Fingers.

14 January, 2016 - 21:45 Mark Miller

Sulawesi Discoveries: Earliest Human Occupation Pushed Back 60,000 Years and Some of the Oldest Cave Paintings in the World

New research on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi shows the possible presence of an archaic species of hominins there dating back more than 100,000 years—at least 60,000 years earlier than the island...

14 January, 2016 - 17:52 Alicia McDermott

Further Tales of the Family of the Iceman Come to Light

Just last week it became known that the Iceman (also known as Ötzi) was infected with the bacterium H. pylori when he was killed. Now, researchers looking at his mtDNA have pinpointed the origins of...

Newly discovered artifacts at ancient ruins in Honduras believed to be the legendary ‘White City’.

14 January, 2016 - 14:53 aprilholloway

New Discoveries at Ancient ‘White City’ Ruins in Honduras May Shed Light on Mysterious Civilization

Just three days into excavations at archaeological ruins in the jungle of Honduras - believed to be the legendary ‘White City’ – and researchers have already unearthed a dozen ancient artifacts which...

Re-creation of the port at Eridu, an ancient “Court of the King of the World”.

14 January, 2016 - 03:42 MarkPinkham

The Royal Road of the King of the World, and the Ancient Center of the Earth

The Royal Road of the King of the World is a 20-degree band around the Earth that has 30 degrees north latitude as its center. This band is not, technically, the geographical center of the Earth,...

The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1771.

14 January, 2016 - 00:45 valdar

Alchemy and Immortality – The Tale of Nicolas Flamel and the Lapis Philosophorum

For mankind, immortality has always been a remarkably fascinating idea. Throughout time, the quest to eliminate death in order to achieve indefinite life in the physical body has taken various forms...

Excavations are underway at Longvek, a site that was capital of Cambodia after Angkor fell in the 15th century.

13 January, 2016 - 21:51 Mark Miller

New Discoveries at Ancient Cambodian Capital Dispel Old Beliefs

After the Siamese (Thai) people sacked Angkor in 1431 AD, the usual view is that Cambodia descended into a centuries-long dark age of isolation at the new capital its people established, called...

19th century watercolor of the Tomb of the Dancers.

13 January, 2016 - 14:53 ancient-origins

Ancient Burial Rituals Prove You Can Take it With You ... and What You Take Says a lot

Death is inevitable, but what death shows us about the social behaviors of the living is not. And recent University of Cincinnati research examining the ancient bereavement practices from the Central...

Anonymous Venetian Orientalist painting, The Reception of the Ambassadors in Damascus, 1511, the Louvre.

13 January, 2016 - 03:48 dhwty

Damascus: The Ancient City that was Fought Over by Numerous Civilizations is Facing its Biggest Crisis Today

The city of Damascus, which lies in the southwestern part of Syria, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. This city is located in a desert oasis on the eastern foothills of...

Archaeologists work from scaffolding to excavate a roundhouse that collapsed into the river after a fire.

13 January, 2016 - 00:51 Mark Miller

Houses from 3,000 Years Ago Are Among Best-Preserved of the Era in Britain

Archaeologists in England are making headway excavating two remarkably well-preserved Bronze Age dwellings that were burned in a fire and collapsed from their stilts into a river below about 3,000...

The prosthesis of the man with a fused knee, femur and tibia helped him walked, which would have been difficult for him otherwise.

12 January, 2016 - 21:40 Mark Miller

Chinese Man with Fused Knee used a Prosthetic Leg with a Horse Hoof Tip 2,200 Years Ago

A man of modest means who lived in China 2,200 years ago had a deformed leg and compensated with a prosthesis with a horse hoof on the end of it. The discovery was made in a tomb in an ancient...

Two examples of Meroitic Hieroglyphs (not found at Abu Erteila)

12 January, 2016 - 14:54 Natalia Klimczak

Archaeologists Find Hieroglyphics That Shed New Light on the Golden Age of the Meroitic Civilization

A team of Italian and Russian archeologists says that they have made one of the most important discoveries connected with the history of Nubia. According to the Sudan Antiquities Service, the...

Bottlenose Dolphin, dolphins jumping at sunset.

12 January, 2016 - 03:52 ancient-origins

Pre-Colombian Seafarers of Panama may have been Dolphin Hunters

Precolombian seafarers left what is now mainland Panama to settle on Pedro González Island in the Perlas archipelago about 6,000 years ago, crossing 50-70 kilometers (31-44 miles) of choppy seas --...

Divers with one of the Nanhai No. I’s artifacts.

12 January, 2016 - 00:50 Alicia McDermott

More Artifacts from a Song Dynasty Chinese Shipwreck Revealed

A Chinese cargo ship from the Song Dynasty that was salvaged from the depths of the South China Sea in 2007 has revealed more of its rich cargo to archaeologists. Gold, silver, and copper artifacts...