Human Evolution6 minQafzeh 25: A Human Survived a Sharp-Force Jaw Injury 100,000 Years Ago
Microscopic analysis of Qafzeh 25 identified a healing sharp-force injury in a human dated between 92,000 and 145,000 years ago.
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New Archaeological Discoveries 2026
Fresh archaeological and ancient-history research explained with the evidence, limits and publication context kept visible.
Human Evolution6 min
Stonehenge6 minA Wooden Prototype for Stonehenge? The Solstice Monument at Bulford
Two massive timber posts at Bulford were aligned with solstice sunrise and sunset about 500 years before Stonehenge’s stone circle.
Scythians6 minScythian Golden Man DNA: Were Steppe Elites Born Into Power?
Genome-wide data from the Golden Man and 84 other Iron Age individuals suggest that Scythian elite status often moved through family networks.
Byzantine Egypt6 minThe Byzantine City of Dakhla Oasis: 200 Ostraca Bring Daily Life Into Focus
A planned fourth-century city at Ain el-Sabil in Dakhla Oasis includes a basilica, watchtowers, houses and nearly 200 Greek and Coptic ostraca.
Roman Britain6 minVindolanda’s Roman Genius: The Guardian Spirit Hidden Beneath a Barrack Floor
A carved Roman Genius found beneath a fourth-century barrack floor at Vindolanda reveals the religious life and reuse of stone at the empire’s northern frontier.
Maya6 minSak Tahn Waax: The Named Maya Mathematician Behind a Planetary Formula
A wall text at Xultun attributes a sophisticated 781 CE calendrical formula involving Venus, Mars and Maya time cycles to Sak Tahn Waax.
Ancient Egypt7 minGolden Tongues in Egypt: What the Marina el-Alamein Burials Really Mean
Eighteen burials and 24 thin gold tongue foils from Marina el-Alamein reveal how Egyptian, Greek and Roman funerary beliefs overlapped.