Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Scientists have discovered a 1.5 million-year-old human vertebra in Israel’s Jordan Valley. According to a new study, ancient human migration from Africa to
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – The rapid decline of the Hopewell culture about 1,500 years ago might be explained by falling debris from a near-Earth comet that created
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagl.com – The Judean Desert is a unique time capsule for archeologists: thanks to the arid conditions that prevail there, its caves preserve ancient artifacts
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Egyptologists have recovered more than 18,000 inscribed sherds in ancient Athribis—the remains of vessels and jars that served as writing material some 2,000
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – This important discovery sheds much light on cacao cultivation, religion, power in the region. For as much as modern society worships chocolate, cacao
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – New insight into how our early ancestors dealt with major shifts in climate is revealed in recent research. It reveals new radiocarbon dates
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Horses have been intrinsically entwined with human history for the past five millennia, acting as an early means of rapid transport and playing
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A team of scientists examined the remains of a previously submerged fisher-hunter-gatherer camp on the shores of the Sea of Galilee from around
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Quintessential human traits such as large brains first appear in Homo erectus nearly 2 million years ago. This evolutionary transition towards human-like traits is often
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Mycenaean culture in Bronze Age Greece is not only famous for works of art such as the “Gold Mask of Agamemnon”, but
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – King Amenhotep III, also known as Amenhotep the Great, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During his reign, Egypt successfully managed to
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A team of archaeologists excavating in Aswan, Egypt has unearthed 20 mummies in ancient burial chambers. According to Ahram Online, “The first part
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – In Japan there are several interesting megalithic tombs that have long interested scientists. Known as Kofun (“ancient grave”), the structures were “constructed between
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The Bronze Age Maikop kurgan is one of the most richly furnished prehistoric burial mounds in the northern Caucasus. Excavations conducted in the
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – It’s a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon: would you rather be running after tasteless wild berries, or curled up on your couch with
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, in co-operation with colleagues from Goethe University, Frankfurt, has uncovered the first insights
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Rutgers researchers have unearthed the earliest definitive evidence of broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum) in ancient Iraq, challenging our understanding of humanity’s earliest agricultural
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Many ancient civilizations have used alcohol, beer, and hallucinogens. The world’s oldest paycheck reveals ancient Sumerian workers were paid in beer, and this
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognized as representing our species, Homo sapiens, has long been uncertain. Now, dating of
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Archaeology students from Bournemouth University have found the remains of prehistoric people and animal sacrifices in a recently discovered Iron Age settlement in Dorset.
Conny Waters – MessageToEagle.com – The evolution of writing is a complex issue, but the Vai script, a rare manuscript may offer clues into this important question scientists
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Medieval warhorses are often depicted as massive and powerful beasts, but in reality many were no more than pony-sized by modern standards, a
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – A new extinct reptile species has shed light on how our earliest ancestors became top predators by modifying their teeth in response to
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – It turns out San Francisco has been a destination for lovers of imported delicacies since its earliest Gold Rush days. According to results
Jan Bartek – MessageToEagle.com – Very few proteins in the body have a change that makes them unique compared to the corresponding proteins in Neanderthals and apes. Researchers
