What Were Vietnam’s 2,000-Year-Old Boats Carrying? Seeds Offer Clues
Thousands of seeds, fruit stones, and other plant remains have been recovered from two ancient wooden hulls in northern Vietnam. Some of the plants are…
Ancient Seeds
Seeds of Ankara’s Endangered Flower Found in 4,000-Year-Old Hittite Vessel
Seeds linked to Ankara’s endangered Sevgi Flower have been found inside a 4,000-year-old Hittite vessel at Külhöyük in central Türkiye. The discovery places a plant…
New AI Identifies 7,000-Year-Old Seeds to Reconstruct Ancient Farming
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…