A magazine devoted to ancient history.

Warning! The article doesn’t really answer the question it poses in the headline, but provides an interesting overview of the debate surrounding the topic....

“One of the fascinating aspects of the drainage system was its egalitarian design....

“ What's surprising to researchers is that the settlement of Pingliangtai shows little evidence of social hierarchy. Its houses were uniformly small and show no signs of social stratification or significant inequality amongst the population. Excavations at the town's cemetery likewise found no evidence of a social hierarchy in...

“A team of underwater excavators diving in Lake Ohrid, between Macedonia and Albania, have discovered an ancient stilted village protected by 100,000 defensive wooden spikes. Built around 8,000-years-ago, this is potentially the oldest stilted village ever discovered in Europe.”

“ In another step towards unraveling the intricate tapestry of human history, a huge database of prehistoric sites spanning a history from 3 million to 20,000 years ago has been unveiled. This achievement marks the culmination of 150 years of research and is set to revolutionize our understanding of human evolution. The...

“The culmination of almost a decade of research and excavation, this large-scale steppe pyramid in Kazakhstan—which dates back to the 2nd millennium BC—languished in relative obscurity for countless centuries. Nothing like it has ever been discovered in the Central Asian steppes, making it an especially exciting find.“

“Our results indicate a morphological distinction between the ilia of Neanderthals and anatomically modern neonates. Although AR-63 is slightly outside recent variability, it clearly differs from the Neanderthals. We propose that this is due to its belonging to an early modern human lineage whose morphology differs slightly...

The fossils from the Jehol Biota in China show us that very early in bird evolution they switched from predatory behaviors to using their wings to fly into trees so they could eat the fruits, seeds, and leaves of plants like so many species do today," said Dr. Li Zhiheng from IVPP, corresponding author of the study.

“The results of the study show that the HLD 6 mandible has mosaic morphological features of early modern humans, “characterized by a robust corpus and relatively gracile symphysis and ramus. The moderately developed mental trigone and a clear anterior mandibular incurvation of the HLD 6 mandible are reminiscent of Late...

While discussing the veneration of animals by the ancient Egyptians, the Greek historian Herodotus claimed that when a cat died, all members of that household would shave off their eyebrows as a visible sign of respect and grief.

We’ve known about the cave for awhile but just found the entrance! Exploration set for 2024....

The use of meteorite derived metals fascinates me— very interesting to see how this one may have moved through trade networks

Over 70 years after her severed skull was first discovered buried deep within a cave in the Czech Republic.

A new study reveals two massive family trees which open a window into the lives of the people of this prehistoric community.

An international team of linguists and geneticists has achieved a significant breakthrough in our understanding of the origins of Indo-European, a family of languages spoken by nearly half of the world's population....

DNA analysis of 34 individuals buried at Machu Picchu revealed that many traveled alone from throughout the Inca Empire....

A Bronze Age salt production technique from Transylvania and western Ukraine. Here, the authors focus on a third technique used in Romania and western Ukraine. Building on excavations at Băile Figa and a series of wooden troughs found there, the authors conduct experiments to elucidate how these objects may have been used in...

Did the pterosaurs, flying reptiles from the days of the dinosaurs, practice parental care or not? New research by scientists shows that pterosaurs were indeed caring parents – but only the larger species....

Excavated in the 1990s, the legendary Schöningen spears from Germany....

A team of archaeologists and environmental researchers have been exploring early Polynesian presence on Aotearoa New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands.

In the remote hinterlands of southern Siberia, Russian archaeologists recently unearthed something unprecedented.

A field campaign provides important new insights into the Late Neolithic period in Southeastern Europe.

Nomadic animal-herders from the Eurasian steppe mingled with Copper Age farmers in southeastern Europe centuries earlier than previously thought....

The El Gigante rockshelter in western Honduras is among only a handful of archaeological sites in the Americas that contain well-preserved botanical remains spanning the last 11,000 years. Considered one of the most important archaeological sites discovered in Central America in the last 40 years, El Gigante was recently...