Year: 2025
Ancient Rock Carvings Uncovered in Ecuador Point to Shared Amazonian Cultural Traditions
Archaeologists have identified a panel containing approximately 30 ancient rock carvings in Santiago de Méndez canton, Morona Santiago province, marking a new discovery in Ecuador’s Amazonian archaeological record. Officials from the National…
Stolen Hercules Fresco Finds Its Home After Decades in U.S. Collection
Archaeologists at Pompeii have identified the original location of a looted fresco fragment depicting the infant Hercules strangling serpents, solving a mystery that began when the artwork was stolen years ago from…
Maya Medical Systems Used Living Organisms as Precision Surgical Tools
Maya medical systems deployed living organisms as precision surgical tools centuries before germ theory existed. Recent archaeological evidence shows these practitioners selected leeches, maggots, and even human hair not for symbolic value…
Ancient Rock Art in Texas-Mexico Borderlands Endured 4,000 Years
Hunter-gatherers in what is now southwestern Texas and northern Mexico created rock art for more than 4,000 years, maintaining consistent imagery and techniques that depicted their conception of the universe. The tradition,…
The Thermal Engineering Behind Tiwanaku’s Agricultural Success
At nearly 3,850 meters above sea level, frost arrives almost nightly on Bolivia’s Altiplano. Modern visitors struggle to breathe. Yet between 500 and 1100 CE, tens of thousands of people not only…
Were Wolves Kept and Nursed by Ancient Seal Hunters?
On this windswept island in the middle of the Baltic Sea called Stora Karlsö, archaeologists digging in a cave have made an unexpected find. It turns out that the archaeologists have unearthed…