News July 25, 2013
MADRID, SPAIN—A flint blade dating to 1.4 million years ago has been uncovered in Elephant Chasm cave at Atapuerca. Human remains dating to 1.2 million years ago had been found in the same cave in 2007. The fossilized shoulder blade of a child estimated to be 800,000 years old was also freed from a block of calcified clay that was discovered in 2005.
Off the Grid November/December 2025
Letter from Mongolia November/December 2025
Why the nomads of the Uighur Empire constructed a medieval urban center like no other
Digs & Discoveries November/December 2025
Digs & Discoveries November/December 2025
Features May/June 2013
Archaeologists are tracking the disappearance of a remarkable type of pottery to rewrite the story of a culture’s decline
Features May/June 2013
A forgotten graveyard, the dawn of modern medicine, and the hard life in 19th-century London
Features May/June 2013
The surprising discovery of an Anglo-Saxon feasting hall in the village of Lyminge is offering a new view of the lives of these pagan kings
Letter from Turkey May/June 2013
Archaeologists conduct the first-ever survey of the legendary WWI battlefield at Gallipoli
Artifacts May/June 2013
Ceramic figurines were part of a cache of objects found at an Iron Age temple uncovered at the site of Tel Motza outside Jerusalem
