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1. Cognitive Experiments Give a Glimpse into the Ancient Mind

   ... and archaeologists from Denmark, South Africa and Australia takes up the challenge. They used engravings on ...

   ancient-origins - 03/03/2020 - 23:01

2. Students Unearth Rare Treasures at Lost Biblical City of Ziklag

   ... 32 archaeology students from the Macquarie University in Australia, began work at the archaeological site in Khirbet ...

   Ed Whelan - 14/04/2020 - 23:00

3. Reviving The Ancient Intuitive Skill of Dowsing

   ... practices among the Arunta, an indigenous tribe of central Australia . A dowser, from an 18th-century French book about ...

   Elyn and Gary - 26/10/2020 - 17:46

4. An Ancient Mine with Links to the Search for Life on Mars: Rio Tinto Reopens

   The Rio Tinto mine in Spain is set to re-open after being closed in 2001 due to declines in production, EMED Mining announced to Australian Mining. Reportedly one of the oldest mines in the world, with evidence of the first mining taking place in 3000 BC, Rio Tinto mine has also been a useful site for astrobiology researchers.

   Alicia McDermott - 21/07/2015 - 14:40

5. Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny

   ... reef and ran aground on a small chain of islands near Australia. The captain and skipper escaped the wreck, and in ...

   ancient-origins - 18/03/2016 - 23:32

6. Dragons: Exploring the Ancient Origins of the Mythical Beasts

   ... coast of India, throughout Indonesia, and south along Australia’s northern coastline. The Nile crocodile is ...

   Kerry Sullivan - 07/08/2016 - 21:43

7. The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege

   ... anniversary of the trials made headlines in Japan and Australia. The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of ...

   ancient-origins - 02/05/2020 - 17:00

8. Traditional Funerary Rites Provide a Glimpse at Mystery Neolithic Vietnamese Culture

   3,000 years ago, a small community on a Vietnamese island disappeared. No one is certain why, but even their very existence is a surprise. Luckily for archaeologists, it seems that their traditional funerary rites could provide clues to practices in the past.

   Alicia McDermott - 25/04/2018 - 13:58

9. Are You Related to a Cabbage? The DNA Evidence for Evolution

   ... populations all around the world: Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Maybe we can prove that we share ...

   ancient-origins - 12/09/2018 - 02:09

10. Bananas Helped Ancient Lapita Culture Colonize Oceania

    ... of scurvy. Researchers from the University of Otago and Australia National University were analyzing remains found in ...

    Ed Whelan - 21/01/2020 - 22:04

11. World’s Largest Geoglyphs Found in India’s Thar Desert

    ... . The previous record was held by “The Marree Man” in Australia, which is 4,200 meters (2.6 miles) long, but the ...

    Sahir - 27/05/2021 - 22:47

12. How Prehistoric Primates Survived Deadly Snake Venom

    The story of human evolution is one peppered with the acquisition of a variety of adaptive traits that have been acquired over thousands of years. While we take many of these for granted today, each of them was integral to our survival. Now, a new study published in BMC Biology has posited that, contact with certain neurotoxic snakes helped Afro-Asian primates develop resistance to snake venom.

    Sahir - 11/12/2021 - 17:55

13. Neolithic Fisherman Died by Drowning 5,000 Years Ago, New Research Shows

    ... for the analysis included scientists from Chile, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Their research has broken ...

    Nathan Falde - 01/03/2022 - 13:58

14. Forbidden Places: Top 15 Sites You’re Not Allowed to Visit (Video)

    ... is  Uluru , the iconic sandstone monolith in central Australia. Despite being a popular tourist destination, the ...

    Joanna Gillan - 12/03/2023 - 15:58

15. Ex US Military Veteran claims to have worked with aliens

    Charles James Hall, a Vietnam Veteran, has given a fascinating interview on an Australian news morning show, where he claimed that he had worked with Aliens in the Nellis Nevada Air Force base.

    ancient-origins - 30/03/2013 - 12:18

16. Left in the Dark

    This is a totally new way of looking at the evolution of the human brain. It is so totally fresh, unexpected and hitherto un-thought-of that it will probably take a long time before evolutionary anthropologists and psychologists begin to take it on board; but it will make an impact, of that there is no doubt. It will be, it must be, taken very seriously in any discussion of human origins.

    ancient-origins - 28/07/2013 - 02:18

17. Rose Flem-Ath

    ... is precipitated by the British nuclear tests in Maralinga, Australia and involves a biological threat incubated in a ...

    ancient-origins - 03/01/2013 - 08:14

18. Epic Battle between Goths and Greeks Revealed in Long Lost Ancient Text

    ... and Caillan Davenport of the University of Queensland in Australia, used spectral imaging to enhance the ancient text ...

    Mark Miller - 20/03/2016 - 00:06

19. Ancient Tattoos: Archaeologists find Blood and Pigments on 3,000-Year-Old Obsidian

    Australian archaeologists have examined prehistoric obsidian tools from the Nanngu site in the Solomon Islands and have determined they may have been used for tattooing people. The 3,000-year-old chips of volcanic glass-like rock have residues of ochre, charcoal and blood and traces of wear that the researchers replicated by using other pieces of obsidian to make tattoos on pigskin.

    Mark Miller - 08/07/2016 - 00:39

20. Fancy Sipping a Pint in a 1700-Year-Old Tree? You Can at The Baobab Tree Bar

    ... has also been found in Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, and Australia. This tree can grow up to a height of 25 meters (82 ...

    dhwty - 08/04/2017 - 18:58

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