Archaeologists working in Peru’s Supe Valley have uncovered compelling evidence of how the Americas’ oldest known civilization weathered a devastating climate crisis 4,000 years ago. The recent discovery of Peñico, a 3,800-year-old settlement, reveals that the ancient Caral people responded to prolonged drought by relocating and adapting rather than engaging in violent conflict over dwindling
A decades-old archaeological puzzle in Peru’s Pisco Valley may finally have an answer. More than 5,200 circular depressions carved into the hillsides of Monte Sierpe have baffled scientists since aerial photographs revealed their existence in 1933. Advanced drone mapping and soil analysis now point to a surprising dual purpose: an ancient trading hub that imperial
A new study challenges long-held assumptions about human evolution by repositioning carrion consumption as a fundamental survival strategy rather than a primitive behavior our ancestors abandoned. The research, published in the Journal of Human Evolution, presents scavenging as a consistent and highly efficient practice that shaped our species from the earliest hominins to modern populations.
A 3,000-year-old Maya complex in southeastern Mexico functioned as a city-sized map of the cosmos, new research reveals. Aguada Fénix, the oldest and largest monumental architecture in the Maya region, was designed as a cosmogram representing how its builders conceived universal order and the passage of time. The artificial plateau with connecting causeways, canals and
Archaeologists in Prague are searching for the remains of three Czechoslovak soldiers executed by the Communist regime nearly 80 years ago, offering their families a chance for proper burial after decades of waiting. The excavation at Ďáblice Cemetery targets Vilém Sok, Miloslav Jebavý, and Karel Sabela—men who fought Nazis during World War II only to
Archaeologists excavating in southern France have uncovered more than 160 cremation burials that illuminate Roman funerary practices between the first and third centuries A.D. The graves, discovered at the ancient city of Olbia on the French Riviera, reveal detailed cremation processes and unique methods for honoring the dead through liquid offerings. Olbia began as a