archaeology

Oldest Wheel And Cart Tracks in the World Discovered in Northern Germany

May 28, 2022 Jack Roberts

The early wheel and cart paved the way for many advances in technology. (Image: Mariya Chulkova via Dreamstime)

5,000-Year Population History of Xinjiang

April 18, 2022April 6, 2022 Troy Oakes

Overlook of tombs in high altitudes excavated from Jierzankale site in Tashikuergan, Kashi region. (Image: YAN Xuguang via Kashi Daily)

Origins of the Avars Explained With Ancient DNA

June 6, 2022April 5, 2022 Troy Oakes

Reconstruction of an Avar-period armored horseman based on Grave 1341/1503 of the Derecske-Bikás-dűlő site (Image: Ilona C. Kiss via Déri Museum, Debrecen)

Mysterious Giant Stone Jars Found in India

April 4, 2022 Troy Oakes

Giant stone jars found at Herakilo site. (Image: via Tilok Thakuria)

Excavation Unearths 1,500-Year-Old Mystery

April 5, 2022March 27, 2022 Troy Oakes

Archaeologists unearth the lead-lined coffin. (Image: via Pre-Construct Archaeology (PCA))

The Antikythera Mechanism Gives Up More of Its Secrets

April 6, 2022March 18, 2022 Troy Oakes

Discovered in a shipwreck on the floor of the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism is an intricate high-tech relic from an ancient age. (Image: via Wikipedia)

Rare Pictish Symbol Stone Found Near Famous Battle Site

April 7, 2022March 14, 2022 Troy Oakes

Pictish symbol stonefrom at the Aberlemno site.

Only 200 Pictish symbol stones are known to exist. A carved Pictish symbol stone uncovered in a field in Aberlemno. (Image: via University of Aberdeen)

Why the 30,000-Year-Old Figurine Venus of Willendorf Still Fascinates

April 26, 2022March 11, 2022 Jack Roberts

Venus of Willendorf limestone statuette.

Venus of Willendorf, also called Woman of Willendorf or Nude Woman, is an Upper Paleolithic female figurine and is perhaps the most familiar of some 40 small portable human figures. (Image: via Wikipedia)

New Clues Answer Questions to Early Civilization in the United States

April 8, 2022March 9, 2022 Troy Oakes

Female archaeologist with mastadon bones.

Using radiocarbon techniques, researchers were able to date the artifacts origins to about 14,550 years ago. (Image: via Florida State University)

175,000-Year-Old Underground Circles Built by Neanderthals

April 9, 2022March 6, 2022 Troy Oakes

The finding of 175,000-year-old structures deep inside a cave in France suggests that Neanderthals ventured underground and were responsible for some of the earliest constructions made by hominins. (Image: via Natural History Museum, London)

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