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Ancient Seal May Add Substance to the Legend of Samson
August 13, 2012 — An ancient seal depicting a man and a lion in hand-to-paw combat places the Biblical story of Samson in the archaeological setting of Beth Shemesh during the 12th century BCE, researchers ... > full story -
Earliest Use of Mexican Turkeys by Ancient Maya
August 9, 2012 — A new study shows the turkey, one of the most widely consumed birds worldwide, was domesticated more than 1,000 years earlier than previously ... > full story -
Ancient Records Shed Light on Italian Earthquakes (Aquila Area)
August 3, 2012 — When a damaging earthquake struck the area of L'Aquila in central Italy in 2009, it was the latest in the region's long history of strong and persistent quakes. But according to a new study the ... > full story -
Giant Moa Had Climate Change Figured out
August 3, 2012 — An international team of scientists has used ancient DNA from bones of giant extinct New Zealand birds to show that significant climate and environmental changes did not have a large impact on their ... > full story -
Archeologists Unearth Extraordinary Human Sculpture in Turkey
July 30, 2012 — A beautiful and colossal human sculpture is one of the latest cultural treasures unearthed by an international team at the Tayinat Archaeological Project excavation site in southeastern ... > full story -
Feces Fossils Show Connection Between Native-Americans, Diabetes: Did Fat-Hoarding Genes Develop from the Nature of Ancient Feasts?
July 24, 2012 — A new analysis suggests Natives' "thrifty" gene may not have evolved from a feast-and-famine lifestyle, but from high-fiber, low-fat diets in ancient ... > full story -
El Zotz Masks Yield Insights Into Maya Beliefs
July 18, 2012 — A team of archaeologists has made a new discovery at the Maya archaeological site in El Zotz, Guatemala, uncovering a pyramid believed to celebrate the Maya sun god. The structure's outer walls ... > full story -
Largest Ancient Dam Built by Maya in Central America
July 16, 2012 — Archeologists have identified the largest ancient dam built by the Maya in Central America. They reveal new details about sustainable water and land management among the ancient ... > full story -
Giving Ancient Life Another Chance to Evolve: Scientists Place 500-Million-Year-Old Gene in Modern Organism
July 11, 2012 — Using a process called paleo-experimental evolution, researchers have resurrected a 500-million-year-old gene from bacteria and inserted it into modern-day Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. This ... > full story -
Engineering Technology Revealing Secrets of Roman Coins
July 10, 2012 — Archaeologists and engineers are examining buried Roman coins using the latest X-ray imaging technology. Originally designed for the analysis of substantial engineering parts, such as jet turbine ... > full story
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