Archaeology & Discoveries
“We Saw the Stone, But Not the Circle”: Bronze Age Monument Found in England
Near the city of Matlock in Derbyshire lies Farley Wood, a sprawling mix of pine for logging amidst old growth harking back to an ancient time when dense forests covered the British…
Rewriting Human Evolution: Not One Lineage of Man, but Two?
A new study from a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge has upended centuries of theory as to the origins and evolution of… us. We are not who we thought…
Mysterious Egyptian Tomb May Be From Lost “Abydos” Dynasty
It never rains but it pours when it comes to the tombs of ancient Egyptian pharaohs, said nobody ever, but the metaphor certainly seems appropriate at the moment. A month ago we…
Study of Ancient Genes Reveals a Dark Skinned Europe Until 3,000 Years Ago
A new study of ancient DNA has completely changed our understanding of the peoples who lived in Stone Age and Bronze Age Europe. It was only about 1000 BC, well into the…
LiDAR Reveals Neolithic Romanian Fortress Towns
Another day, another fascinating LiDAR discovery, this time in the Romanian county of Neamț. Archaeologists have used the pulsed laser technology to uncover ancient human settlements hidden in the dense forests of…
Flagstones: Oldest Prehistoric Circle may be the Blueprint for Stonehenge
Something happened in Britain five and a half thousand years ago, which marked a transition in social and ritual activity we are still piecing together. In a relatively short space of time,…