Ancient diet reveals gender inequality, migration, and social status in a 2,700-year-old Italian community
Scientists have rebuilt part of daily life in a pre-Roman Italian community by studying chemical traces locked inside…
Bronze Age cremated teeth help researchers estimate age at death, study finds
More than 3,000 years ago, communities across parts of present-day Poland cremated their dead and buried the ashes…
Ancient herpesvirus genomes reveal a 2,500-year history of human infection
For decades, human betaherpesviruses 6A and 6B were thought to be relatively recent scientific discoveries, having only been…
Scientists uncover Ireland’s largest prehistoric hillfort settlement, reshaping views of Bronze Age society
A significant prehistoric settlement uncovered in eastern Ireland challenges how archaeologists had previously understood population density and social…
Rare Artifact Found in Sweden Sheds Light on Iron Age Metal Trade between Atlantic and Baltic Sea
In new research, archaeologists examined a round heavy metal object from Särdal in the west Swedish region of…