Mathematical secrets of ancient tablet unlocked after nearly a century of study
At least 1,000 years before the Greek mathematician Pythagoras looked at a right angled triangle and worked out that the square of the longest...
Researchers document early, permanent human settlement in Andes
Using five different scientific approaches, a team including University of Wyoming researchers has given considerable support to the idea that humans lived year-round in...
Archaeology 2020 – January – February (Edition 1)
Welcome to the first edition of Archaeology 2020. Every two months the Archive publishes a new update covering some of the most important archaeological...
Ancient writing in Turkey dates back to 2000 BC
Clay tablets dating back 4,000 years show the beginnings of writing and literacy in ancient Anatolia, in the middle of modern-day Turkey, according to...
Science Says: A big space crash likely made Uranus lopsided
By SETH BORENSTEIN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Uranus is a lopsided oddity, the only planet to spin on its side. Scientists now think they know how...
People may have lived in Brazil more than 20,000 years ago
by Bruce Bower
People hunted giant sloths in the center of South America around 23,120 years ago, researchers say — a find that adds to...
Aliens could conquer Earth by following ‘dangerous’ maps NASA ‘foolishly’ sent into space
Back in the optimistic early days of space exploration, everyone thought it was a great idea to offer aliens a chart telling them how...
Chaco Canyon’s ancient civilization continues to puzzle
By Bruce Bower
Chaco Canyon is a land of extremes. Summer heat scorches the desert canyon, which is sandwiched between sandstone cliffs nearly two kilometers...
Olmecs Revealed – 478 Cosmic Structures Discovered
A report published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour on October 25th, 2021, revealed the discovery of 478 ceremonial complexes in the Mexican states...
Dead heads: Turkish site reveals more evidence of neolithic ‘skull cult’
Fragments of carved bone unearthed at an ancient site on a Turkish hillside are evidence that the people who spent time there belonged to...
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