Researchers at the University of Zurich have investigated a unique leather scale armour found in the tomb of a horse rider in Northwest China.
Design and construction details of the armour indicate that it originated in the Neo-Assyrian Empire…
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Liangzhu, Venice of the Stone Age, Collapsed Due To Climate Change
In the Yangtze Delta, about 160 kilometres southwest of Shanghai, the archeological ruins of Liangzhu City are located. There, a highly advanced culture blossomed about 5,300 years ago, thanks to the engineering of large hydraulic…
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“Volcanic winter” likely contributed to ecological catastrophe 250 million years ago
A team of scientists has identified an additional force that likely contributed to a mass extinction event 250 million years ago.
Its analysis of minerals in southern China indicate that volcano eruptions produced a “volcanic winter” that…
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The world’s oldest mercury poisoning revealed in Copper Age Iberia
A recent paper published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology and in which researchers from the University of Seville participate, explores the complex relationship between humans and mercury over time.
In this article, entitled…
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Genetically Rescued Organism: Toward A Solution For Sudden Oak Death
Sudden oak death, caused by the pathogen Phythophthora ramorum, is one of the most ecologically devastating forest diseases in North America, responsible for the deaths of millions of oaks and tanoaks along the coast.
Science to the rescue?…
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Map of Earth’s Asteroid and Meteor Impact Craters
Impact craters are caused when the planet is struck by solid objects travelling at high velocity, producing shock waves and the compression of material to form a circular crater.
In impacts with large objects, material can be displaced and ejected…
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Why archaeology will be the next harbour for technology
We are entering a golden era of archaeological discoveries where technology will be at its core.
Today archaeologists are equipped with the newest technological tools that allow identifying hidden structures in a matter of hours. Laser scanners…
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3D technology reveals the mysterious Rongorongo language of Easter Island
Researchers have created a three-dimensional model of a tablet covered in the mysterious Rongorongo handwriting from Easter Island, revealing lost symbols that are invisible to the naked eye.
Rongorongo is a system of glyphs discovered in the 19th…
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Researchers present evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed a biblical city in the Jordan Valley
In the Middle Bronze Age (about 3600 years ago or roughly 1650 BCE), the city of Tall el-Hammam was ascendant.
Located on high ground in the southern Jordan Valley, northeast of the Dead Sea, the settlement in its time had become the largest…
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Archaeologists to bring the prehistoric landscape of Doggerland to life
A project led by the University of Bradford, involving 15 universities and 63 heritage collections, will bring the prehistoric landscape of Doggerland back to life using advanced mapping techniques.
Doggerland is a submerged land mass beneath what…
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