Mariners may have been travelling the Aegean Sea even before the end of the last ice age, according to new evidence from researchers, in order to extract coveted volcanic rocks for pre-Bronze Age tools and weapons. A new technique which dates obsidian — volcanic glass which can be fashioned into tools — suggests that people were mining for obsidian in
Mating with Neanderthals and another group of extinct hominids, Denisovans, strengthened the human immune system and left behind evidence in the DNA of people today, according to new research. The findings add to the growing body of evidence that modern humans who left Africa around 65,000 years ago mated with Neanderthals and Denisovans — two archaic species that lived in
Εarly manlike creatures may have been smarter than we think. Recent archaeological finds from the Mediterranean show that human ancestors traveled the high seas. A team of researchers that included an N.C. State University geologist found evidence that our ancestors were crossing open water at least 130,000 years ago. That’s more than 100,000 years earlier than scientists had previously thought.
An international group of speakers will share their in-depth knowledge of the site of Knossos with a general audience. The site was made famous by the excavations of Sir Arthur Evans, under the auspices of the British School at Athens; his legacy has allowed research to continue there to the present day. This study day will help to celebrate the
Απολιθώματα προϊστορικών ζώων ηλικίας 2 περίπου εκατομμυρίων ετών ανακαλύφθηκαν στην περιοχή του Σέσκλου, δίνοντας στους επιστήμονες πολύ σημαντικές πληροφορίες για τα χαρακτηριστικά της περιοχής κατά το μακρινό παρελθόν. Πρόκειται για πολύ σημαντικά ευρήματα, τα οποία ανήκουν σε μεγαλόσωμους ελέφαντες, αντιλόπες, γαζέλες, ίππους και άλλα ζώα της προϊστορικής περιόδου, τα οποία αποκαλύπτουν την εικόνα της χλωρίδας και της πανίδας πριν από
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DNA tests on British prehistoric mummies revealed they were made of body parts from several different people, arranged to look like one person. The four bodies discovered in 2001 on South Uist, in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides were the first evidence in Britain of deliberate mummification. It is thought the body parts may have come from people in the same families.
Σπάνια ευρήματα ανακαλύφθηκαν στην σπηλιά του Κύκλωπα, που βρίσκεται στο νησί Γιούρα των Βορείων Σποράδων, στη διάρκεια πολύμηνης ανασκαφικής έρευνας που διενήργησε η Εφορεία Παλαιοανθρωπολογίας – Σπηλαιολογίας Νότιας Ελλάδος, με επικεφαλής τον κ. Αδαμάντιο Σάμψων, καθηγητή προϊστορικής αρχαιολογίας στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Αιγαίου. Ο ερευνητικός άθλος της ομάδας, που τόλμησε να προσεγγίσει το θρυλικό σπήλαιο κάτω από εξαιρετικά αντίξοες συνθήκες, απέφερε
Μέσα από τη γη θα φαίνεται ότι αναδύεται το μουσείο που πρόκειται να κατασκευαστεί στην Ελεύθερνα, με τα χαράκια και την τοπική χλωρίδα να το περιβάλλουν και να το δένουν απόλυτα με το φυσικό περιβάλλον. Το μουσείο που θα είναι το τέταρτο στην Ελλάδα που κατασκευάζεται εντός αρχαιολογικού χώρου μετά τη Βεργίνα, την Ολυμπία και τους Δελφούς υπολογίζεται σύμφωνα με
The astonishing discovery in the Sardinian countryside (Italy) of a small drystone wall entirely made of broken standing stones – many carved with stylised human figures – could make the site at Cuccuru e Lai, near Samugheo, one of the most important prehistoric sanctuaries of the island. Mauro Perra, archaeologist manager of the Villanovaforru Museum, said that the finding could
«Λαβύρινθος δίχως μίτο» είναι ο τίτλος του δεύτερου κατά σειρά ντοκυμαντέρ από το National Geographic, που σχετίζεται με το δήμο Φαιστού και θα προβληθεί το Σάββατο 20 Αυγούστου στις 11.00 το πρωί στο Πολύκεντρο Μοιρών. Υπενθυμίζεται ότι για πρώτη φορά το National Geographic ασχολήθηκε με το δήμο Φαιστού, μέσω του ντοκυμαντέρ για το Δίσκο της Φαιστού στη σειρά Ancient X
A new German Documentary about Atlantis and the eruption of Thera.
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With much sadness we have learned that Hans-Günter Buchholz, Professor Emeritus of Giessen University, passed away peacefully at the age of 91 on Friday 24 June at his home in Langgöns, Germany.
Buchholz was born on 24 December 1919 in Fürstenwalde/Spree (Berlin). He started to study Archaeology and Ancient History as a prisoner of war in the US and received
A remarkable 33,000 year old dog from a cave in the Siberian Altai mountains shows evidence of dog domestication, the earliest ever found. The extraordinary preservation of the dog from the Razboinichya Cave, including skull, mandibles and teeth, allowed a Russian-led international team of archaeologists to conduct a complete morphological examination. They were able to compare this specimen with examples
A LARGE building dating as far back as 1200 BC and a female goddess figurine were only some of the fascinating finds following five-week long excavations at the Late Bronze harbour city of Hala Sultan Tekke in Larnaca. Inside the 30 by 20m building were both living and working spaces containing spindle whorls and loom weights, which indicate the production
The 5,000-year-old skeleton of a woman was recently found in Aosta Valley (Northern Italy). “The Lady of Introd”, as it has been nicknamed, was in perfect conditions, but the archaeologists found no sign of any burial items apart from the bones themselves. The tomb was discovered in the small Alpine village of Introd, today home to about 600 people and
