Offerings Buried With the Llullaillaco Maiden Reveal When the Famous Inca Child Was Sacrificed
Frozen near the summit of a volcano, the Llullaillaco Maiden has looked almost untouched by time for more than 500 years. Now, maize, cassava and…
Radiocarbon dating
600-Year-Old Helmets Found off Spain’s Coast Were Not Roman After All
Medieval helmets found off Spain’s coast have overturned a long-standing archaeological assumption. For decades, a group of iron helmets recovered from the seabed near Benicarló,…
New Radiocarbon Dates Reveal Mohenjo-daro’s Urban Roots Predate the Mature Harappan Phase
New excavations at Mohenjo-daro have pushed the origins of urban development at the site further back than previously established. Radiocarbon dates obtained from a massive…
5,500-Year-Old Settlement Discovered on Lake Titicaca Island, Bolivia—Rewriting Early Andean History
A windswept island rising from the waters of Lake Titicaca—long revered in Andean cosmology—has revealed a far deeper human past than anyone expected. New scientific…
The Oldest Story Painted in the Americas? Rock Art in Texas and Mexico Carried a Single Message for 4,000 Years
Deep inside the limestone canyons that cut across the borderlands of Texas and northern Mexico, ancient murals stretch across cliff walls in sweeping tapestries of…
Burials Reveal Turbulent Life and Early Migrations in Pre-Bavarian Bavaria
A quiet excavation in southeastern Bavaria has turned into one of the most informative early medieval discoveries of recent years. Archaeologists working near Bad Füssing…
Wigan Archaeologists Uncover a 4,000-Year-Old Neolithic Henge and Bronze Age Cemetery
On a quiet stretch of farmland near the outskirts of Wigan, northern England, a team of volunteers have stumbled upon what could be one of…
Radiocarbon Dating of Egyptian Artifacts Redefines the Timeline of the Thera Eruption
A new radiocarbon analysis of Egyptian artifacts has reignited one of archaeology’s longest-standing debates — the precise timing of the catastrophic Thera (Santorini) eruption, one…
AI-Powered New Study Pushes Back the Timeline of the Dead Sea Scrolls
A groundbreaking study from the University of Groningen has combined artificial intelligence with advanced radiocarbon dating techniques to reexamine the age of the Dead Sea…