Archaeology

Science

Did Coronavirus-like Epidemic Cause the Collapse of Indus Valley Civilization?

In a book, Dr. David Clark revealed that Cholera emanated from India and then spread across the world in the past two centuries

3 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Science

4,000-year-old Woman's Skeleton in Crouching Position Puzzles Archaeologists in Germany

The woman skeleton was found by two researchers during excavation work for a wind turbine in Uckermark in Brandenburg

7 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Society

US Orders to Return Ancient Gilgamesh Dream Tablet to Iraq

Considered to be the oldest work of literature, the ancient tablet is a part of the Epic of Gilgamesh

9 days ago

By Parwinder Sandhu

Science

Neanderthals had a knack of choosing the right kind of animal bones to make tools, finds study

A new study by researchers from UC Davis has found that Neanderthals specifically chose bovine bones to make tools to turn hide into leather

19 days ago

By Jeevan Biswas

Science

Largest ever DNA study on people from ancient Andes civilization reveals how they used to live

The largest genome study has revealed who are the inhabitants of the Andes region and when they started living in the region, as well as how they moved around

20 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Tourists smile and cheer as they take a souvenir photo in front of the Sphinx at the Giza Pyramids

Society

Why is Egypt moving ancient sphinxes to Cairo's Tahrir Square?

Egyptologists and academics suggest the transfer of the ancient artefacts could be an effort to erase the country's contemporary history

20 days ago

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Science

Raptors were not pack hunters like how 'Jurassic Park' led us to believe, scientists say

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh presented a new theory that raptors may not have been pack hunters as depicted in Steven Spielberg's 'Jurassic Park'

21 days ago

By Jeevan Biswas

Clarkeiteuthis montefiorei attacking Dorsetichthys bechei

Science

Fossil preserves a 200 million-year-old wild encounter of a 'squid' savagely attacking prey

The study, an analysis of a fossil discovered in the 19th century on the coast of southern England, found a squid-like creature attacking a fish and preserved within the reliquiae

21 days ago

By Jeevan Biswas

Science

3 skeletons of African slaves discovered in Mexico reveal the horrors of Spanish colonialism

Researchers from the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Human History have discovered three skeletons of African slaves in a mass grave from the 16th century in Mexico City

27 days ago

By Jeevan Biswas

Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities

Science

Archaeologists discover 3,600-year-old Egyptian teenage mummy littered with beautiful bridal jewelry

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered an ancient mummy of a teenage girl along with beautiful bridal jewelry

27 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Adalatherium Skeleton 3D reconstruction with external features

Science

Scientists unearth 66-million-year-old fossil of a 'bizarre' mammal called 'crazy beast' in Madagascar

The 66-million-year-old mammal fossil is known as Adalatherium, which means "crazy beast" in Greek and Malagasy, was discovered in Madagascar

28 days ago

By Jeevan Biswas

wool tunic found in melting glacier in south Norway

Science

Climate change impact? Norway's melting glaciers reveal Viking-era artefacts

Researchers found over thousands of year old around 100 artefacts in Norway after climate change revealed a new archaeological site

Apr 20, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

Scientists finally know why ancient humans kept these mysterious stone balls

Archaeologists found 30 stone balls in Qesem Cave in Israel from which they came to know about the usage of these tool in ancient times

Apr 18, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Ancient

Science

Researchers discover lost fragment of ancient continent in Canada's Baffin Island

The geologists found these ancient fragments while exploring samples from diamond exploration in Canada's Baffin Island

Mar 21, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Stone block with relief at Karnak Temple Thutmosis II

Science

Egyptologists discover treasure chest which may reveal clues to Thutmose II's lost tomb

Ancient Egyptian stone chest containing the sacrificial goose may help the researchers to find the long lost tomb of pharaoh Thutmose II

Mar 13, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

75-million-year old dinosaur skeletons found with fossilized chromosomes, preserved DNA, what next?

After studying dinosaur fossil found in northwest Montana that belongs to the genus Hypacrosaurus, palaeontologists revealed the shocking truth

Mar 2, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

'Welcome to Armageddon': Archaeologists still tantalized by the secrets of ancient Israel cities

After a century of digging, archaeologists are still divided by the secrets of the thousands of year old ancient site in Israel, dubbed Armageddon

Mar 1, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

Ancient stone tools from India reveal how humans survived Toba volcano eruption 74,000 years ago

As per a theory, 74,000 years ago, Toba volcanic super-eruption left the global human population with just a few thousand survivors

Feb 27, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Ancient

Peter Ungar with the jaw of a dog-like canid at the Moravian Museum in the Czech Republic

Science

Researchers discover evidence of dog domestication 28,500 years ago during Ice Age

Recent teeth analysis of 28,500-year-old fossil showed that two groups of canids had different diets

Feb 23, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Ancient

Science

Researchers stunned after seeing this 46,000-year-old bird which looks like it died few days ago

46,000-year-old female horned lark was taken to Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm where scientists conducted research to find out the history of the ancient world

Feb 22, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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