Archaeology & Human Origins

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (486+ words) A decadelong archaeological dig along the Sea of Galilee has unearthed remnants of an ancient Jewish fishing village that was once the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew and Phillip. The El-Araj Excavation Project, led by Mordechai Aviam, of the…...

5+ hour, 24+ min ago   (383+ words) Gupta, Kushan period structures likely unearthed at Govishan Mound in US Nagar The Times of India Dehradun: Beneath the soil of the historic Govishan Mound in Kashipur in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar district, a silent chapter of ancient history…...

1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (879+ words) Two studies published in Communications Earth & Environment examined long-overlooked collections from three Paleolithic sites: Ras el-Kelb, Nahr Ibrahim and Naame. Together, the sites preserve evidence spanning roughly 400,000 to 100,000 years ago, making them one of the longest paleoecological records yet reconstructed…...

6+ hour ago   (954+ words) Medievalists.net What can castles tell us about the people who built them and the societies they sought to defend? Nicholas Morton reviews Dan Jones’ Castles: A Fortified History of the World, a wide-ranging exploration of fortifications and the many…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (108+ words) Ultimately, both the local government and researchers hope this singular statue may shed some light on the human settlements in this region, which date back to the Stone Age. Ersoy says, “I believe this discovery, which opens the door to…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (517+ words) Ancient Origins Vast Iron Age Complex Found in Hallstatt Salt Mine A concealed network of Iron Age workings has been identified beneath Hallstatt, Austria, covering over 300 meters (984 feet), and proving that prehistoric salt mining was more complicated than expected. The…...

4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (564+ words) The Tasaday people lived in caves surrounded by dense forest, on a remote island in the Philippines. They used stone tools for chopping fruit, mashing nuts and splitting any firewood that couldn’t be broken by hand. They had no weapons,…...

2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (934+ words) MILLARES, Spain — Nearly 2,000 years ago, worshippers traveled more than 200 meters into a cave in eastern Spain to leave offerings and inscribe prayers to a goddess whose name has been lost. They called her Domina, conventionally translated as “the Lady.” Now,…...

9+ hour, 49+ min ago   (384+ words) A 3,500-year-old British timber monument is drying out underground; a £700,000 excavation will race to re The Times of India For thousands of years, the mud beneath the fields near Peterborough quietly held onto a remarkable secret Timber posts, worked wood…...

11+ hour, 19+ min ago   (116+ words) News September 14, 2026 Digs & Discoveries July/August 2026 Why Neolithic and Bronze Age farmers in the Alps built their villages on stilts Model Homes March/April 2026 LOCATION: North Macedonia DATES: Ca. 6400–5500 b.c. Letter from France January/February 2026 How farmers came together to…...