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300-Million-Year-Old Forest Discovered Preserved in Volanic Ash
February 20, 2012 — Pompeii-like, a 300-million-year-old tropical forest was preserved in ash when a volcano erupted in what is today northern China. Paleobotanists have reconstructed this fossilized forest, lending ... > full story -
Water Management and Climate Change in Ancient Maya City
February 20, 2012 — There are new findings from inside a cave and a key cultural and religious center for the ancient ... > full story -
Fossilized Pollen Unlocks Secrets of Ancient Royal Garden
February 16, 2012 — The garden at the 2,500-year-old palace of Ramat Rahel in Israel hasn't been in bloom for more than two millennia. But now researchers say that pollen recovered from its plaster walls will permit ... > full story -
The Fermented Cereal Beverage of the Sumerians May Not Have Been Beer
January 17, 2012 — Archaeological finds from cuneiform tablets and remnants of different vessels from over 4,000 years ago show that even around the dawn of civilization, fermented cereal juice was highly enjoyed by ... > full story -
First Physical Evidence of Tobacco in Mayan Container
January 11, 2012 — Anthropologists and other scientists have used ultra-modern chemical analysis technology to analyze ancient Mayan pottery for proof of tobacco use in the ancient culture. They discovered the first ... > full story -
In Ancient Pompeii, Trash and Tombs Went Hand in Hand
January 4, 2012 — Trash and tombs went hand in hand in ancient Pompeii. That's according to research that provides new insights into daily life of that city before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD ... > full story -
Scientists Crack Medieval Bone Code
January 3, 2012 — The existence of brucellosis, an infectious disease still prevalent today, has now been confirmed in ancient skeletal ... > full story -
Ancient Meat-Loving Predators Survived for 35 Million Years
December 6, 2011 — A species of ancient predator with saw-like teeth, sleek bodies and a voracious appetite for meat survived a major extinction at a time when the distant relatives of mammals ruled the ... > full story -
Soybean Adoption Came Early by Many Cultures, Archaeologists Say
November 17, 2011 — Human domestication of soybeans is thought to have first occurred in central China some 3,000 years ago, but archaeologists now suggest that cultures in even earlier times and in other locations ... > full story -
Archeologists Discover Huge Ancient Greek Commercial Area on Island of Sicily
November 14, 2011 — The Greeks were not always in such dire financial straits as today. German archeologists have discovered a very large commercial area from the ancient Greek era during excavations on ... > full story
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