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Clear Evidence of 4,000-Year-Old Trading Post Unearthed Near Abu Dhabi
... belong to a period when the UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, and south Asia were involved in an enormous maritime trade, with the ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 05/06/2017 - 22:55
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More Revelations From St. Catherine’s Monastery Include Lost Ancient Languages
Scientists have found languages not used since the “Dark Ages” among ancient manuscripts revealed at the St. Catherine’s monastery in Egypt. It is the latest findings to be released from the 1,500-year-old site that last month provided the earliest copies of texts from Greek physician Hippocrates.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 30/08/2017 - 01:58
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Across Atlantic Ice: The Origin of America's Clovis Culture
Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Distinctive stone tools belonging to the Clovis culture established the presence of these early New World people. But are the Clovis tools Asian in origin? Drawing from original archaeological analysis, paleoclimatic research, and genetic studies, noted archaeologists Dennis J. Stanford and Bruce A.
ancient-origins - 10/11/2017 - 18:27
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Norwegian Vikings Cultivated Cannabis
... Magu: The Hemp Goddess Who Healed Ancient Asia Cannabis: A Journey Through the Ages Wearing it, Smoking ...
ancient-origins - 28/12/2017 - 01:53
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The Bizarre Tales of Four Lesser Known English Mermaids
... the mythologies of northern Europe, the Near East, Europe, Asia , and Africa. Famously, Christopher Columbus claimed ...
ashley cowie - 02/10/2018 - 14:03
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The Comoros Archipelago and An Aged Tradition of Public Spaces
... settled on the archipelago were peoples from South-East Asia, Madagascar, Arabia, and also Swahili speakers from the ...
Ed Whelan - 15/01/2019 - 00:38
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Sufetula, A Once Affluent Roman City Fit for the Gods
Unexpectedly perhaps, North Africa has a great many historic sites and Tunisia, with its long and illustrious history, is a country with particularly notable archaeological wonders. The archaeological site of Sbeitla, better known as Sufetula, has well preserved Roman and Byzantine ruins since the city played a major role in the history of North Africa.
Ed Whelan - 16/03/2019 - 00:58
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Small Drop In Fertility Rate May Have Led To Neanderthal Extinction
... the study, is estimated to have peaked in both Europe and Asia around 70,000 years ago. New findings on Neanderthal ...
ashley cowie - 21/06/2019 - 18:52
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Ancient Equestrian Tactics Used Against New Foe
Police forces around the world are deploying horses to maintain social control as communities begin to crack under the pressure of social restrictions.
ashley cowie - 04/05/2020 - 22:55
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Archaeology Student Discovers Viking Trading Station in Northern Norway
A Norwegian archaeology student has found a remote Viking settlement that will change the history of Viking Age Norway. The intrepid discoverer, Tor-Kjetil Krokmyrdal, is a Norwegian master’s student from the Arctic University of Norway (UiT) who recently published details of his unexpected discovery of a Viking trading station in his archaeology master’s thesis.
ashley cowie - 21/07/2020 - 18:56
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New Finds Made Near Famous Roman Legion Base in Britain
Archaeologists have made some impressive new finds at an important Roman site in Britain. The finds are in an area that was once part of a large, Roman legionary camp and barracks. These discoveries are throwing new light on the Romans legions in Britain and how military bases led to the development of urban centers in ancient times.
Ed Whelan - 21/08/2020 - 18:00
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20,000-Year-Old Woman Burned In Fiery Death Ritual
... one of the largest Epipalaeolithic sites in western Asia, located in the eastern Jordanian steppe . The woman's ...
ashley cowie - 18/02/2021 - 17:56
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World’s Largest Rhino Species Ever Found in Chinese Animal Graveyard
China continues to be a land of mystique and wonder, with many facets of its culture and society yet to be fully understood. But it is also a country known for amazing dinosaur fossils and the latest find is extraordinary! At a prehistoric animal graveyard in Gansu, northwestern China, an enormous ancestor to the modern-day rhinoceros has been discovered.
Sahir - 22/06/2021 - 18:51
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Cave Paintings Among the Oldest in Europe
... (50,000 to 10,000 years ago) in Europe and southwest Asia. The exceptional display of art combined with the age of ...
aprilholloway - 24/09/2013 - 01:38
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10 Must See Ancient Cities to Add to Your Bucket List
... one of the largest and wealthiest cities in all of Central Asia - owing much to its strategic position on the lucrative ...
Aleksa Vučković - 29/11/2021 - 17:57
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Court decides that German museum has right to ancient artefact from Iraq
It is sad when common sense doesn’t prevail in simple matters like an ancient artefact that belongs to a country. Well, in this case the object of desire is a 3,000-year-old Assyrian gold tablet. The tablet was excavated about 100 years ago from the Ishtar Temple in Iraq by German archaeologists. The item was then taken to the German museum called Vordeasiatiches and then disappeared.
johnblack - 15/11/2013 - 23:43
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Diabetes gene may come from Neanderthals
Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells in the body do not use insulin properly. It is an illness which is known to disproportionately affect Hispanics/Latinos in the United States, but scientists have been unclear as to the reason why. However, a new study suggests that it may be due to a genetic link which began thousands of generations ago.
aprilholloway - 27/12/2013 - 22:20
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Chinese New Year 2022 and the Legend of Nian
Millions of people across China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan and other countries around the world are today celebrating the Lunar New Year and welcoming in the Year of the Tiger as part of an ancient custom that dates back at least 3,400 years.
Joanna Gillan - 01/02/2022 - 14:00
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Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World
... crumbled or were overrun by invading cultures in Europe, Asia, the Far East and central and South America. Even the ...
ancient-origins - 22/08/2020 - 17:06
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A Master of Symbology: How Mithridates Eupator United the Foes of Rome
Pop culture usually depicts the relationship between Greeks and the East as tumultuous. This is due mainly to the three wars Greece fought against Persia, featured in films like 300 by Zack Snyder. While the Persian wars (c. 5th century BC) tell us something about the relationship between Greece and the East, that doesn't mean these two cultures were never allies.
Thanos Matanis - 18/02/2022 - 18:00