Pictured: 1,000-year-old mummy with full head of hair
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed a 1,000-year-old mummy with its long hair still intact. The remains were found alongside ceramic vessels, textiles and other objects in the Huaca Pucllana site in the middle of Lima’s affluent Miraflores district, …
Stone Age ‘should be renamed’ after ancient wooden structure discovered
The Stone Age may have to be renamed following the discovery that early humans were building wooden structures nearly half a million years ago, archaeologists have said. Two planks of worked wood dating back at least 476,000 years, which possibly formed …
Ancient Sumerians invented water flumes thousands of years earlier than previously thought
Ancient Sumerians invented a “civilisation-saving” water channel 4,000 years ago, a British Museum dig has revealed. Archaeologists working at the ruined city of Girsu in Iraq have discovered the true function of a mysterious structure created by the …