Popular Archaeology

Exploring the Human Past

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Archaeologists use AI to create prehistoric video game

Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen have used AI and free digital tools to create a dynamic and educational video game about the Stone Age.

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New methodology to decipher how human ancestors moved

A new approach to reconstructing locomotion in hominids.

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Why Archaeologists Are Turning to Inflatable Docks for Remote Dig Sites

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A new fossil face sheds light on early migrations of ancient human ancestor

A 1.5-million-year-old fossil from Gona, Ethiopia reveals new details about the first hominin species to disperse from Africa.

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Why Archaeology Matters: Teaching Human Origins and Cultural Heritage in the Classroom

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Ancient Nubian tattooing practices

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Fingerprint of ancient seafarer found on Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat

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Never before seen artifacts uncover a story of deep global connectivity and sophistication far before 1st millennia BCE

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Pompeii offers insights into ancient Roman building technology

MIT researchers analyzed a recently discovered ancient construction site to shed new light on a material that has endured for thousands of years.

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Severe drought linked to the decline of the hobbits 61,000 years ago

New study links climate stress to the disappearance of early human species Homo floresiensis, the ‘hobbits’ of Flores.

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Archaeologists use lasers to locate ancient settlements and artifacts on Greek Islands
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Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story connecting Roman Britain to the ancient classical world

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Becoming human in southern Africa: What ancient hunter-gatherer genomes reveal

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New archaeological study challenges the paleo diet, revealing humans have always eaten processed plant foods

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Humanity’s earliest datable record for a total solar eclipse allows scientists to derive accurate measurements of Earth’s ancient rotation speed and provides independent validation of solar cycle reconstruction in the 8th century BCE.

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New open-access database has revealed 483 Bronze Age settlements in western Anatolia, helping to redraw the political and economic geography of the Late Bronze Age.

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Humans took two routes to reach the ancient landmass Sahul around 60,000 years ago

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Famous Easter Island statues were created without centralized management

Model shows monuments arose from numerous independent working groups.

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Logging in European Antiquity

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Neandertal women and children were the victims of selective cannibalism at Goyet

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