Alepotrypa Cave, located in the Peloponnese in Greece, is home to one of the largest Neolithic burial sites in Europe.
Located in the rugged area of Mani, the cave is part of the Caves of Diros complex. It was inhabited...
Malta is home to some of the oldest and arguably most mysterious megalithic structures known to man, older than the Pyramids and Stonehenge.
Malta's ancient temples date back to 3600 to 2500 BC. Some theorists, such as Graham Hancock, the...
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of sophisticated baking practices in the Fertile Crescent during the Late neolithic period, dating back to 7000–5000 BC. Among their discoveries are flatbreads that may be precursors to Italian focaccia, prepared using specialized clay trays.
The...
Archaeologists have recently discovered 345 Neolithic stone circles in Saudi Arabia, which are believed to date back around 7,000 years and serve a different purpose to other similar structures.
Stonehenge is perhaps the best known of the standing stone circle...
A new academic report, centered on ancient DNA taken from 108 prehistoric individuals uncovered at nine burial sites in Sweden and Denmark, may show that an ancient form of the plague could have been widespread among Europe's early farmers,...
The Aravissos Hoard is an assortment of six Neolithic gold artifacts from around 4,500 to 3,200 BC, including two ring-shaped pendants, two band-shaped ellipsoidal sheets, one disc-shaped sheet, and one ring, found accidentally in the area of Aravissos, near...
Cyprus was settled by hunter-gatherers thousands of years ago than previously thought according to new research.
The settling of the Mediterranean island is commonly regarded as a Neolithic phenomenon, initiated by farming populations from the mainland following demographic pressures.
However, new...
The findings made at three archaeological sites in South Africa may show that ancient humans have been wearing footwear for over a hundred thousand years, much older than previously thought.
In South Africa, archeologists discovered 153,000-year-old footprints in May 2023....
French archaeologists have used ancient DNA to create large family trees from the distant past. These family trees show how people were related over many generations and comprise the most expansive record of family history to ever exist.
The family...
People from ancient Greece and the Aegean Sea region were the first farmers in Britain, according to a study published recently in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
According to the study, titled "Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early...
