4500-Year-Old Fingerprints Show Ancient Potters in Syria were Child Laborers Recent research into 4,500-year-old pottery from the ancient Syrian town of Tel Hama has uncovered remarkable evidence of child labor in the Early Bronze Age. Led by Dr. Akiva Sanders from…
Scientific Disagreement Over The Bronze Age Tin Ingots From The Uluburun Shipwreck Archaeometallurgists have been debating the exact origin of tin used in the Bronze Age for 150 years. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin, and in the…
Update on Search for Tulsa Race Massacre Victims A “large crate” has been uncovered by researchers looking in Oaklawn Cemetery for unmarked Tulsa Race Massacre burials, state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said Wednesday in a video released by the city of…
Archaeologists Find Mysterious 2,800-year-old Channels Near Temple Mount in Jerusalem Deep grooves cut into the bedrock date to the biblical Kingdom of Judah, and bolster the theory of Jerusalem’s early expansion. But what purpose they served remains a riddle Scientists…
Harrowing lives of children sent to work in English mills revealed in first study of kind Scientists have uncovered the first direct evidence of the harrowing lives of children known as “pauper apprentices” who were forced into labour during industrialisation…
500-Year-Old Pre-Hispanic Tomb Unearthed in Lima’s Ancon District: Calidda’s Archaeological Discovery Sheds Light on Ychsma Society A pre-Hispanic tomb of a person from the Ychsma society dating back 500 years ago was found in Lima’s Ancon district as Calidda —the…
DNA Testing Confirms Identities of Human Remains Found at First Baptist Church in Williamsburg In 1776, free and enslaved Black worshippers began meeting secretly in Williamsburg, Virginia. Later, in 1818, the congregation—called the First Baptist Church—constructed its first permanent meeting…