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For the first time, researchers have directly dated irrigation features surrounding Eridu, one of southern Mesopotamia’s earliest major settlements. The results show that people were…
A new AI system designed to identify ancient plant remains is giving archaeologists a faster way to study charred seeds that preserve evidence of what…
Gold and silver often dominate narratives of ancient South American wealth. But new scientific research suggests that the real engine of power behind the Chincha…
Beneath the dry winds of Mexico’s Tehuacán Valley, archaeologists have uncovered something extraordinary — a 200-foot-long scorpion etched into the earth. For a millennium it…
An international team of archaeologists and geologists has discovered a remarkably well-preserved ancient irrigation network in the Eridu region of southern Iraq, dating from the…
