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Earliest Chocolate Drink Of The New World
November 19, 2007 — The earliest known use of cacao -- the source of our modern day chocolate -- has been pushed back more than 500 years thanks to new chemical analyses of pottery excavated at an archaeological site at ... > full story -
Cultic City And Fortress Unearthed In Southern Turkey
October 30, 2007 — New excavations in southern Turkey have revealed the remains of a massive bastion fortification dating to the Hittite Imperial Period (ca. 1300 BC). Sirkeli Höyük, one of the largest ... > full story -
How Old Tree Rings And Ancient Wood Are Helping Rewrite History
October 27, 2007 — Archaeologists are rewriting history with the help of tree rings from 900-year-old trees, wood found on ancient buildings and through analysis of the isotopes (especially radiocarbon dating) and ... > full story -
Devastating Earthquake May Threaten Middle East's Near Future, Geologist Predicts
October 3, 2007 — The best seismologists in the world don't know when the next big earthquake will hit. But a geologist now suggests that earthquake patterns recorded in historical documents of Middle Eastern ... > full story -
Even Without Math, Ancients Engineered Sophisticated Machines
October 2, 2007 — Move over, Archimedes. A researcher at Harvard University is finding that ancient Greek craftsmen were able to engineer sophisticated machines without necessarily understanding the mathematical ... > full story -
Ancient 'Escape Tunnel' Discovered In Israel
September 10, 2007 — In excavations in the City of David aimed at exposing the main road in Jerusalem from the time of the Second Temple period, the city's main drainage channel was discovered. According to the writings ... > full story -
Ancient Human DNA Extracted From Yucca Leaves Spat Out
September 5, 2007 — In a groundbreaking study, two Harvard scientists have for the first time extracted human DNA from ancient artifacts. The work potentially opens up a new universe of sources for ancient genetic ... > full story -
Angkor -- Medieval 'Hydraulic City' -- Unwittingly Engineered Its Environmental Collapse
September 5, 2007 — The architects of Cambodia's famed Angkor -- the world's most extensive medieval "hydraulic city" -- unwittingly engineered its environmental collapse, say scientists. This revelation supports a ... > full story -
First Beehives In Ancient Near East Discovered
September 4, 2007 — Archaeologists revealed that the first apiary (beehive colony) dating from the Biblical period has been found in excavations in Israel's Beth Shean Valley. This is the earliest apiary to be revealed ... > full story -
Ancient Pig DNA Study Sheds New Light On Colonization Of Europe By Early Farmers
September 3, 2007 — The earliest domesticated pigs in Europe, which many archaeologists believed to be descended from European wild boar, were actually introduced from the Middle East by Stone Age farmers, new research ... > full story
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