Archaeology and anthropology

Archaeological ‘breakthrough’ could confirm origins of Paris

A roughly 20-metre wall dating from the Gallo-Roman period was discovered in Paris beneath a hospital on the Ile de la Cite, a stone’s throw from Notre Dame Cathedral.

‘Not all roads lead to Rome’: Study shows marvels of the Roman Empire’s road network

A street in Ostia, the ancient seaport of Rome, Italy, at the mouth of the river Tiber. While the Romans preferred building straight roads, difficult terrain sometimes frustrated that goal, a study has found.

Oxford University museum to return human remains to Naga people in India

Items in the Naga collection are displayed at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England.

Thailand’s ‘Jurassic Park’ shines light on dinosaur evolution

Palaeontologist Varavudh Suteethorn (right) and his son Suravech Suteethorn excavate a dinosaur fossil at Phu Wiang National Park in Khon Kaen.

Sri Lanka unearths golden Buddha statues in ancient capital

The rare find came during excavations of a rampart of the Abhayagiri temple complex in Anuradhapura.

The debate over ancient Iranian jewellery worn by Zendaya

Zendaya’s statement disc gold-and-diamond earrings whose origins date to the first millennium BC, according to Barron London, the gallery that acquired it.

Danish fish fossil cliffs set to gain UNESCO status

The Hanklit cliff overlooking Limfjord on the Danish island of Mors, Denmark.

Nearly 3,000-year-old human remains unearthed in El Salvador

Archaeologists excavate and remove a pre-Hispanic burial, including human remains and associated artifacts such as a turtle-shaped Usulutan ceramic vessel, at the Pasaje 4 archaeological site in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, on July 3.

Odysseus from Odyssey wasn’t real, but he had real worshippers in ancient Ithaca

Hollywood actor Matt Damon in The Odyssey.

Thailand names new snake-necked dinosaur from Kalasin province

The dinosaur has been named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, a new genus and species of sauropod from the Phu Kradung Formation in north-eastern Thailand.

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