Brutal youth sacrifice rituals found in Bronze Age Turkey
Recent excavations at Başur Höyük, a Bronze Age settlement dating to around 3300 BCE, uncovered royal burial tombs that contained burial items and evidence...
Study: Anatolian hunter-gatherers smelted copper 9,000 years ago
A glassified soil lump dating to approximately 11,000 years ago suggests hunter‐gatherers experimented with copper smelting well before the advent of agriculture.Excavations that...
6000-year-old hunting kit discovered in West Texas cave system
A hunting kit dating back 6,000 years was uncovered in the San Esteban Rockshelter cave system in West Texas. Archaeologists from the Center...
Ancient DNA reveals lost human tribe that lived in Green Sahara
A study published in Nature revealed insights into the genetic legacy of ancient inhabitants of the Green Sahara. Researchers successfully sequenced the DNA...
New evidence may confirm Holy Sepulchre as Jesus’ crucifixion site
An excavation at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem uncovered evidence that might confirm the tradition that Jesus was crucified and...
