News November 8, 2024

Details of Ice Age Engravings Examined in Germany

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Drawing of engraved lines (left) on a schist plaquette (right) from Gönnersdorf, Germany
Robitaille et al., 2024, PLOS ONE

News November 8, 2024

DNA From Pompeii’s Dead Analyzed

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Plaster casts in the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii, Italy
Courtesy Pompeii Archaeological Park
Scientist Brandi L. MacDonald collects ocher and clay raw materials in Eswatini, southern Africa
University of Missouri

News November 7, 2024

Analysis Identifies Mysterious Burial in Belgium

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Shoulder blades and hip bones from the skeletal remains unearthed at Pommerœul, Belgium
Veselka et al. 2024, Antiquity
Ephedra macrofossils (a and b) and modern cone bracts (c and d)
J. Morales
Excavation of King Arthur's Hall, Cornwall, England
Historic England

News November 6, 2024

Study Investigates the Origins of Writing

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Cylinder seal (left) and its imprint on clay (right)
Franck Raux © 2001 GrandPalaisRmn, Musée du Louvre
Clutha Archaeology Group

News November 5, 2024

Major Paleolithic Site Excavated in Central Asia

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Yossi Zaidner and team
Photo: Henrik Pihl, Arkeologerna CC BY