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Terrace Farming Unearthed at Ancient Desert City of Petra
January 2, 2013 — New archaeological research dates the heyday of terrace farming at the ancient desert city of Petra to the first century. This development led to an explosion of agricultural activity, increasing the ... > full story -
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Maya Scholar Debunks World-Ending Myth
December 20, 2012 — As we hurtle toward the end of 2012, the conversation about a certain date with roots in an ancient Maya calendar has reached a fever pitch. Dec. 21, 2012, has taken over popular culture this year: ... > full story -
Study of Pipestone Artifacts Overturns a Century-Old Assumption
December 18, 2012 — In a new study, the first to actually test pipestone from quarries across the upper Midwest, researchers conclude that those who buried ceremonial pipes in a famous mound site in southeastern Ohio ... > full story -
Crisis in Syria Has Mesopotamian Precedent, Experts Say
December 18, 2012 — New research has revealed intriguing parallels between modern day and Bronze-Age Syria as the Mesopotamian region underwent urban decline, government collapse, and ... > full story -
Too Many Antibiotics? Bacterial Ecology That Lives on Humans Has Changed in Last 100 Years
December 13, 2012 — A new study has demonstrated that ancient DNA can be used to understand ancient human microbiomes. The microbiomes from ancient people have broad reaching implications for understanding recent ... > full story -
Dead Guts Spill History of Extinct Microbes: Fecal Samples from Archeological Sites Reveal Evolution of Human Gut Microbes
December 12, 2012 — Extinct microbes in fecal samples from archaeological sites across the world resemble those found in present-day rural African communities more than they resemble the microbes found in the gut of ... > full story -
Chemical Analysis Reveals First Cheese-Making in Northern Europe 7,000 Years Ago
December 12, 2012 — Archeologists have the first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Northern Europe made cheese more than 7,000 years ... > full story -
Roman Settlement and Possible Prehistoric Site Uncovered in Northern Italy
December 11, 2012 — Using archaeological expertise and modern technology, archeologists recently discovered a Roman settlement and possible prehistoric site in northern ... > full story -
Mining Ancient Ores for Clues to Early Life
December 10, 2012 — An analysis of sulfide ore deposits from one of the world's richest base-metal mines confirms oxygen levels were extremely low on Earth 2.7 billion years ago, but also shows that microbes were ... > full story -
First Harbor of Ancient Rome Rediscovered
December 10, 2012 — Archaeologists had unearthed the great ancient monuments of Ostia, but the location of the harbor which supplied Rome with wheat remained to be discovered. Thanks to sedimentary cores, this "lost" ... > full story
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