archaeology

Macaques use stones as hammers to smash open food items like shellfish and nuts.

Stone flakes made by modern monkeys trigger big questions about early humans

4:40pm March 10, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Monkeys using stones to crack open nuts generate many stone flakes accidentally that look exactly like the ones archaeologists have long thought early humans made intentionally as tools. Oops.

A new study of ancient human remains finds that horse riding may have been common as early as 4,500 to 5,000 years ago.

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Scientists find signs of horse riding in ancient human remains

5:04pm March 03, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Researchers have found evidence of horseback riding in skeletal remains of people who lived about 5,000 years ago, adding to a body of research on when people first started using horses to get around.

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Policemen are silhouetted against the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt, in 2012.

A scan discovers a sealed, 30-foot-long hallway inside a Giza pyramid

11:52am March 02, 2023

by The Associated Press

The corridor is perched above the ancient wonder's main entrance, authorities said. The function of the chamber is unknown, although such corridors often lead to further archaeological discoveries.

A view inside what was the dome of the historic Habib-i Najjar Mosque in Antakya.

Turkey's Antakya is in ruins after the quake, erasing cultural and religious heritage

9:48am February 25, 2023

The city of Antakya, known in antiquity as Antioch, was at the crossroads of civilizations for centuries. After the Feb. 6 earthquake, many of its centuries-old monuments and sites lie in ruins.

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Statues at the site of the discovery of two dozen well-preserved bronze statues from an ancient Tuscan thermal spring in San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy on Nov. 3.

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Discovery of ancient bronze statues in Italy may rewrite Etruscan and Roman history

5:01am December 03, 2022

by Sylvia Poggioli

The discoveries shed light on what the Italian Culture Ministry calls a "unique multicultural and multilingual haven of peace" between Etruscans and Romans at a time when they were mostly at war.

Crates are brought out of King Tut's tomb in 1923, shortly after its discovery.

100 years after unearthing King Tut's tomb, archaeologists make new discoveries

5:00am November 07, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

Uncovered coffins, papyrus documents and other artifacts have recently been found at the Saqqara site in Giza, Egypt. It coincides with a new accusation that jewelry was stolen from the site.

This photo shows two carved standing stones at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan's eastern desert. A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday that it had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine.

Archaeologists find a 9,000-year-old shrine in the desert in Jordan

9:35pm February 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

Researchers said the find "sheds an entire new light on the symbolism, artistic expression as well as spiritual culture of these hitherto unknown Neolithic populations."

A panel of the mosaic discovered by a team of archaeologists in England. The researchers say it shows the body of Hector returning to his father, King Priam (right), in exchange for his weight in gold.

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First they found a dead king's body. Now they've uncovered an ancient mosaic

3:42pm November 26, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

A rare Roman mosaic is the latest discovery from a crack team of British archaeologists.

Archaeologist Ferudun Ozgumus stands in what is believed to be a Byzantine-era substructure in Istanbul.

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Beneath Istanbul, Archaeologists Explore An Ancient City's Byzantine Basements

4:27pm July 23, 2021

by Durrie Bouscaren

Below the surface of the sprawling, modern metropolis is a different world. Archaeologists are gaining insights into the city's ancient past by examining the basements of ordinary buildings.

The Italian Culture Ministry said the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo was "one of the most significant places in the world for the history of Neanderthals."

'An Extraordinary Discovery': Archeologists Find Neanderthal Remains In Cave Near Rome

2:03pm May 09, 2021

by H.J. Mai

Archeologists unearthed the remains of nine Neanderthals, dating from 50,000 to 100,000 years ago, in a discovery the Italian culture minister said will be "the talk of the world."