The collie-sized canine was buried in a cavernous tomb on Scotland’s Orkney Islands around 2,500 B.C. Some 4,500 years ago, a collie-sized dog with pointed ears and a long snout comparable to that of the European grey … Continued
Analysis shows a brewery at a Wari outpost in the mountains of southern Peru strengthened bonds with friends and neighbors. Centuries before the rise of Inca Empire, the Wari culture ruled the Andean highlands. Between 600 and … Continued
The ingredients include coca leaves and two compounds used in modern ayahuasca rituals. Archaeologists have found a pouch in a burial site at the Cueva del Chilano rock shelter in Bolivia that contains traces of five psychoactive substances. The … Continued
The cracked stone board was likely used to play ludus latrunculorum, Rome’s favorite game ife in the Roman legions is often presented as constant excitement, with endless military campaigns subduing people throughout Europe and the Near East. But … Continued
Wear patterns suggest a woman buried in the ancient city of Mendes processed papyrus reeds, a job women were not previously known to do Women could choose from at least seven professions in ancient Egypt: priestess, musician, … Continued
Thirty sets of human remains from the mound in southwest France show locals buried their dead in the same spot from the Stone Age to the Iron Age The story of Le Tumulus des Sables burial mound starts out … Continued
Long thought to be primarily women’s work, new analysis of ceramic fragments shows both sexes created pottery at Chaco Canyon. In the Pueblo communities of New Mexico and Arizona, pottery is a skill that is traditionally passed down from grandmothers … Continued
Grape seeds dating back to medieval and Roman periods share many similarities with the wine grapes we enjoy today Vin jaune, literally “yellow wine,” is not your typical French white. The rare wine is made in the Jura region … Continued
The show features frescoes, preserved fruit, cooking utensils and vessels recovered from Pompeii At the House of the Vestals in Pompeii, feasts were punctuated by an eerie reminder of one’s mortality: namely, a monochrome floor mosaic depicting a skeleton carrying two … Continued
On Monday, August 21, people living in the continental United States will be able to see a total solar eclipse. Humans have been alternatively amused, puzzled, bewildered and sometimes even terrified at the sight of this celestial phenomenon. A range of social … Continued