They discover the oldest alphabet known so far
The origins of writing, as we know it, are older than paleographers and historians thought. In a Syrian tomb, along ...
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A large ancient network of fishing traps in Belize may have helped the rise of the Mayans
An American scientific team has discovered traces of an extensive network of fishing traps created by ancient Mesoamericans in what ...
This is the effect that the Aztec death whistle has on your brain
The Mexica culture developed several wind instruments. Among them, the ehecachichtli stands out, known worldwide as the Aztec death whistle. ...
These were the giant elephants that faced man 300,000 years ago
A group of scientists years ago discovered a cemetery with numerous remains of one of the largest mammals that have ...
New study reveals key reason for the collapse of the Roman Empire 1,500 years ago
A new study has launched a new hypothesis about what was the key event that caused the fall of the ...
Las Toscas del Guirre, a unique site in Spain that revolutionized the archeology of La Gomera
La Gomera was the only island that did not have a stone canvas with Libyan-Berber letters, the writing brought from ...
They find mysterious stones that may reveal when humans invented the wheel
A group of archaeologists has discovered a set of strange donut-shaped tools. 12,000 years old at an excavation site in ...
Thanks to the genes of this extinct hominid you are more resistant to cold and altitude (and it is not the Neanderthal)
People who live in some of the most extreme places for life, such as the Himalayas or near the Arctic ...
The history of the inhabitants of Pompeii is rewritten after new analyzes of ancient DNA
The history of the last inhabitants of Pompeii is quite clear. When the volcano Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. C., ...
These 6,000-year-old symbols are the origin of the world’s oldest writing system
The milestone that marks the transition from prehistory to history is the invention of writing. Throughout the world there are ...