Fossils found in Moroccan cave may be a close Homo sapiens ancestor
The fossilized lower jawbones of two adults and a toddler, as well as teeth, a thigh bone, and some vertebrae, were unearthed in a cave in Casablanca, Morocco.
Archaeology
'Grandpa, look what we found': Huckabee family uncovers ancient coins in West Bank caves
Roman-era necropolis, ancient workshops unearthed in Egypt’s western Nile Delta
Pottery fragments found near Ararat renew debate over site of Noah’s Ark
Celtic teenager buried face down in Dorset pit may reveal Iron Age human sacrifice
"This has the sense of a body thrown into a pit, with hands potentially tied," archaeologist Miles Russell said.
Over 1,000 artifacts stolen from Oakland Museum storage four days before Louvre jewel heist
The break-in occurred around 3:30 a.m. on 15 October, when one or more intruders slipped into the museum’s 9,000-square-meter warehouse outside downtown Oakland.
Grand Egyptian Museum opens as world's largest archaeological museum
The 1.2 billion dollar project, backed by Japanese loans, unites over 5,000 treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb under one roof for the first time since 1922.
6,300-year-old 'gum' yields DNA clues to Neolithic life
A University of Copenhagen team analysed thirty tar lumps from nine Alpine lake settlements, detecting male DNA on tool adhesives and female DNA on pottery repairs.
Bone tools and beads from 13,000 years ago unearthed in Direkli Cave, Turkey
Prof. Erek: "The differentiation of this tool industry and use of varied materials point to the period's industrial development."
Foundation Rock Decoded: INAH Reveals Sixth-Century Maya Powerhouse Queen Ish Chak Ch'iena
During her reign, Ch'ak Ch'een oversaw construction of the Group D ballcourt, finished on December 8, 573, newly deciphered glyphs indicate.
Rainbow leads detectorist David Moss to 15,000-Coin Roman jackpot in North Wales
Moss slept in his car for three nights to guard the pots, then drove four hours to hand the estimated 15,000 coins to National Museum Cardiff for analysis.
Oldest coin in Saxony: 2,200-year-old Celtic gold piece found near Leipzig
State archaeologist Smolnik presents the two-gram quarter stater, calling it the smallest find ever displayed and proof of the value of citizen-scientist cooperation.
Son of Egyptian worker claims his father, not Carter, found Tutankhamun’s tomb
The 84-year-old Luxor man said his father, Hussein Abdel-Rasoul, was 12 when he pointed British archaeologist Howard Carter to a tilted stone on Luxor’s West Bank in Nov 1922.
High-status seventh-century Avar warrior grave uncovered at Aba-Székesfehérvár border in Hungary
Volunteers from the Szent István Király Museum crafted a bespoke wooden crate to safely extract a fragile sabre, an exceptionally rare Avar weapon.
