Finding a cremated person from the Stone Age also seemed impossible because cremation is not generally practiced by African ...

Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper ...

Archaeologists date cloth with layers, dye residues, and radiocarbon dating. This method measures carbon-14 decay to estimate ...

Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to ...

New research suggests indicates that Scandinavia's oldest known example of a wooden plank boat may have sailed to attack the island of Als from the east, indicating a planned effort ...

High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet ...

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An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

Thousands of years before stone houses or mud bricks, Ice Age humans in Ukraine were building shelters out of mammoth bones.

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The combination of filigree and granulation techniques arrived in Norway during the early Middle Ages from the Byzantine Empire, partly via Carolingian goldsmithing traditions. The Carolingian period, ...