Year: 2025
Ancient Peruvians Survived Climate Catastrophe Through Adaptation, Not War
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…
Peru’s Mysterious “Band of Holes” May Have Been Ancient Marketplace and Accounting System
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…
How Eating Carrion Drove Human Evolution and Survival
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…
Ancient Maya Site Was Massive Cosmogram Depicting Universal Order
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…
Prague Archaeologists Excavate Graves of Anti-Communist Resistance Fighters
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…
Massive Roman Cremation Cemetery Reveals Burial Rituals in Southern France
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…