Archaeology
Archaeology
The oldest pyramid?
Monument in Indonesia may be older than the pyramids in Egypt
By Redação
Archaeology
Artifacts returned to Argentine museum
Argentine museum recovers 6,400 artifacts smuggled into Spain
By Redação
Archaeology
Historical archaeology investigates period from colonization to dictatorship
Excavations help reinterpret historical events by linking material culture, written documents, and oral testimonies
By Diego Viana
Archaeology
The dexterous rock carvers of 12,000 years ago
Lithic instruments found in Pará were carefully crafted 12,000 years ago
By Redação
Archaeology
Pre-Hispanic sculpture
Ritual table used in ancient Mayan ceremonies restored
By Redação
Hydrology
Underground canals in the desert
Map of 28,000 kilometers of underground canals in Morocco could help revitalize the water system for current inhabitants
By Redação
Archaeology
Brazilian archaeological sites online
Website provides information on 3,769 dated artifacts from 1,249 Brazilian archaeological sites
By Redação
Genetics
Luzio, similar to current Indigenous people
The oldest skeleton in São Paulo was a descendant of the people that populated the Americas 16,000 years ago
By Redação
Archaeology
Mayan city emerges from a forest in Mexico
Ancient Mayan city found in ecological reserve in southeastern Mexico
By Redação
Archaeology
Fossil was a giant honeybee hive
Giant honeybee nest mistaken for a fossil, leading to erroneous geological conclusions
By Redação
Archaeology
Iron staples inside the walls of Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris may have been the first to use iron extensively in its construction in the twelfth century
By Redação
Archaeology
Potentially oldest artifacts found in the Americas
16,000-year-old artifacts in the US may represent the oldest evidence of the first tool-making technology
By Redação
Environment
The ups and downs of Lake Titicaca
The rising water levels of Lake Titicaca flooded its banks and forced Indigenous peoples to migrate to higher ground
By Redação
Archaeology
Cambridge returns artifacts from archaeological collection to Nigeria
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is set to return 116 brass, ivory, and wooden artifacts to Nigeria
By Redação
Archaeology
Neanderthals were highly carnivorous
They lived in family groups and ate almost exclusively meat
Archaeology
A 4,000-year-old comb for removing head lice
Archaeologists find 4,000-year-old comb for removing head lice
By Redação
Archaeology
Azerbaijan tried to erase Armenian culture
Report identifies attempted erasure of Armenian culture in Nakhchivan
By Redação
Archaeology
Pesticides affecting the past
Chemicals used to combat agricultural pests can also damage archaeological artifacts
By Redação
History
Mercenaries fought against the Carthaginians alongside the Greeks
Mercenaries fought against the Carthaginians alongside the Greeks in 480 B.C.
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The rise and fall of Tupi
The rise and fall of Tupi
Speakers of the language may have numbered 4 to 5 million a millennium ago but began declining sharply before Europeans arrived on the continent
Paleontology
The first bipedal hominids
Considered the oldest representative of the human lineage, the species Sahelanthropus tchadensis lived around seven million years ago
By Redação
Archaeology
Ancient peoples dug up the dead
Digging up the dead and then burying them again with adornments was a common mortuary practice for ancient South American peoples
By Redação
HISTORY
Possible origin of the Black Death
Black Death may have originated in the region of Eurasia that is now Kyrgyzstan, west of China
By Redação
archeology
Genome of Vesuvius victim sequenced for the first time
Genome of Vesuvius victim sequenced for the first time by group of researchers
By Redação