对坟墓中埋藏的石器进行的一项新的调查提供了证据，表明在新石器时代开始时，男性和女性之间存在着不同类型的劳动分工。西班牙高等科研理事会（CSIC）的Alba Masclans及其同事在开放性期刊《PLOS ONE》上发表了这些发现。以前的研究表明，在向新石器时代过渡期间，欧洲存在着性别分工，当时耕作方式遍及整个欧洲大陆。然而，许多问题仍然存在，即不同的任 ...

据耶鲁大学考古学家Richard Burger领导的一项新研究显示，位于秘鲁南部的15世纪著名印加遗址马丘比丘(Machu Picchu)比之前认为的还要古老几十年。Burger和一些美国机构的研究人员们使用加速器质谱(AMS)--一种先进的放射性碳年代测定法--在安第斯山脉东侧的印加帝王帕恰库提(Pachacuti)的纪念性建筑群和曾经的乡村庄园中发现的20世纪早期的人类遗骸。 他

一名新南威尔士大学的数学家在一块拥有3700年历史的泥板上揭示了应用几何学的起源，这块泥板在伊斯坦布尔的一家博物馆里就这么藏了一个多世纪。这块被称为Si.427的石碑于19世纪晚期在现在的伊拉克中部地区被发现，但直到新南威尔士大学科学家的探测工作今天被披露，它的意义才被人知道。最令人兴奋的是，Si.427被认为是已知最古老的应用几何学例子。另外， ...

This grave in France was reopened during the early Middle Ages. Items were removed, and archaeologists are trying to figure out why.(Image credit: éveha-études et valorisations archéologiques Antiquity Publications Ltd.)People living across Europe around

The remains of part of the West Bank building are seen here. It was likely used as a reception area for local council members before they ascended to the Temple Mount.(Image credit: Photo courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority)Inside the tunnels beneath th

北亚利桑那大学的考古学家希望他们帮助开创的一项新技术将改变科学家研究古代社会留下的陶器碎片的方式。来自北亚利桑那大学人类学系的团队已经成功地“教会”计算机执行一项许多研究古代社会的科学家长期以来梦寐以求的复杂任务：快速和一致地将数以千计的陶器设计分为多种风格的类别。通过使用一种被称为卷积神经网络（CNN）的机器学习形式，考古学家创 ...

在墨西哥尤卡坦半岛的联合国教科文组织世界遗产卡拉克穆尔发现的2500多年前绘制的一幅壁画中，首次记录了盐作为古代玛雅商品在市场上的情况。在这幅描绘日常生活的壁画中，一个盐贩子向另一个人展示似乎是用树叶包裹的盐饼，而另一个人则拿着一把大勺子放在篮子上，据推测是散装的颗粒状盐。这是已知最早的玛雅地区市场上卖盐的记录。　　盐是一种基本的生 ...

最近，来自加拿大和坦桑尼亚的研究人员与非洲、北美和欧洲的伙伴合作，发表了一项新研究。整个团队正在共同努力，描述一个由石器、化石骨骼和从植物材料中获得的化学代理的大型组合。这项研究的研究人员还检查了从塞伦盖蒂平原上的一个古老的河床和湖泊露头处取回的自然火灾所产生的微小的微观硅石碎片、古老的花粉和空气中的木炭。科学家说，收集到的数据 ...

Researchers examined stable isotopes from bone collagen and dental enamel to reconstruct the diets of ancient Mongolians. Findings challenge the popular notion of a completely nomadic prehistoric population, linking grain cultivation with the success of t

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Pompeii was buried in ash in A.D. 79 in the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.(Image: © Eric VANDEVILLE/Getty Images)In the decades before the city ofPompeiiwas buried in ash by the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, everyday lif

Studies of ancient plant remains from a medieval archaeological site in the Pamir Mountains of Uzbekistan have shown that fruits, such as apples, peaches, apricots, and melons, were cultivated in the foothills of Inner Asia. The archaeobotanical study is

(S. Wadyl)Science in Polandreports that a rotary knife that may have been used by a medieval scribe was found in a hearth in a building at a castle site in northern Poland. The four-inch-long knife has two blades and is estimated to date to the eighth or

View of the burial mound Tunnug 1 (Arzhan 0). While the other kurgans in the region were constructed on a terrace, Tunnug 1 (Arzhan 0) is located deep in a swamp.Credit: Image courtesy of Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)Deep in a swamp in the Russ

A statue of Leonidas was erected in 1968 in Sparta, Greece.Credit:Anastasios71|ShutterstockSparta is a city in Laconia, on the Peloponnese in Greece. In antiquity, it was a powerful city-state with a famous martial tradition. Ancient writers sometimes ref

Wet-sieving at the site of Ras Mkumbuu, Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Ras Mkumbuu is a 10th century Swahili trading port. Faunal remains, including those analyzed in this study, were recovered at this site.Credit: Mark HortonThe earliest introduction

One of the great marvels of the ancient world, the city of Petra stands as a monument to a thriving civilization thousands of years ago, in what is now Jordan. Spectacular photos of the Nabatean metropolis — much of which was carved directly into vertical

A new look inside 2,000-year-old Roman concrete has provided new clues to the evolving chemistry and mineral cements that allow ancient harbor structures to withstand the test of time.

Gihon Spring was crucial to the survival of its inhabitants, and archaeologists had uncovered the remains of a massive stone tower built to guard this vital water supply. Based on pottery and other regional findings, the archaeologists had originally assi

An international team has successfully recovered ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies dating from approximately 1400 BCE to 400 CE, including the first genome-wide nuclear data, establishing ancient Egyptian mummies as a reliable of ancient DNA. The study fo

In late April, a sensational discovery was made in a field in the village of Hegra, not far from the Trondheim International Airport in Værnes. Numerous axe heads, a knife blade and some fragments were lifted out of obscurity. The objects date back t

The oldest remains of the ancient city of Nea Paphos in Cyprus have been discovered by Warsaw archaeologists during excavations. Approximately 2.4 thousand years old fragments of walls and floors are located in the part of the city inhabited by the riches

Every spring, Jewish people the world over celebrate Passover, a holiday that recounts the Exodus, when, according to the Torah (the Old Testament of the Bible), the Jews left Egypt for Israel.

BEIJING, CHINA—Live Sciencereports that a new technique could help scientists predict when buildings at Angkor and other UNESCO World Heritage sites are susceptible to collapse and even prevent small shifts in the structures that can cause damage. Fulong

The Great Isaiah ScrollCredit: The Israel Museum, JerusalumThe Great Isaiah Scroll is one of the original seven Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in Qumran in 1947. It is the best preserved of the scrolls, and is nearly complete.The Great Isaiah Scroll, Transla