History & Archaeology

Hunting equipment reveals weaponry from the Neolithic period

Three Neolithic arrows recovered from Los Murciélagos Cave: arrow shafts made from reeds and wood (top) and details of bound tendon fibers, feathers and...

News about the production of the Nebra sky disk

The Nebra Sky Disk – a unique work of art from the early Bronze Age. © Juraj Lipták/State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology...

Was there a rock sanctuary in Athribis?

Access to the north tower of the temple pylon in Athribis, in which the archaeologists discovered a chamber and reliefs of gods in the...

Archaeologists find oldest alphabetic characters

These characters, carved into a 4,400-year-old clay tablet, could be the oldest evidence of alphabetic writing. © Glenn Schwartz/Johns Hopkins University ...

How seals became the first writing

These Mesopotamian clay tablets bear symbols of the proto-cuneiform script, the preforms of which also appear as motifs on seal cylinders. © CDLI -...

Laser scanning reveals large Mayan city

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a sprawling Mayan city in the Mexican rainforest. © Marcello Canuto / Tulane University ...

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