Neolithic ritual pits at Gerstewitz: fire, sacrifices and climatic crisis 5,000 years ago
In Germany, preventive excavations ahead of the SuedOstLink power line project have uncovered a 5,000-year-old ritual pit complex attribute…
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From 3 million years ago to the dawn of our era: archaeological discoveries, palaeogenetics, cave art and the great transformations of human societies.
In Germany, preventive excavations ahead of the SuedOstLink power line project have uncovered a 5,000-year-old ritual pit complex attribute…
Read →Off the island of Sein in Finistere, archaeologists have uncovered several alignments of submerged granite blocks dating to 5,800-5,300 BCE…
Read →In the Alentejo, a 16-hectare ditched complex built between 3400 and 2000 BCE reveals an inter-regional ceremonial centre: African ivory, S…
Read →In Egypt's Minya governorate, Predynastic tombs with tapered walls illuminate the path from simple pits to the monuments of Giza.
Read →A study published in Nature reveals that Yersinia pestis was killing Siberian hunter-gatherer communities 5,500 years ago, long before citi…
Read →Near Târgu Neamț, LiDAR-equipped drones pierced the canopy and unveiled Copper Age fortifications invisible from the ground: defensive ditc…
Read →At Jabal al-Tayr in Middle Egypt, a vast necropolis five millennia old reveals the evolution of funerary architecture, from the tombs of ea…
Read →At this twin site of Göbekli Tepe, a monolith nearly 12,000 years old bears a sharply defined human face. Never seen before.
Read →A University of York study published in Antiquity shows that Mohenjo-daro, the largest city of the Indus Civilisation, became more egalitar…
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