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AfricaNº 2026·1022 October 2026NewHiding in Plain Sight: Southern Africa’s First Stenciled Rock Art Found in a Shelter Used as a ChurchFirst Stenciled Rock Art in Southern Africa Found in La Rochelle Shelter, Mpumalanga10 min read
Asia20 Oct 2026NewChina's Jurassic Phoenix: New Fossil Suggests One of the Earliest Birds May Never Have Taken to the Sky7 min readAsia19 Oct 2026NewMurder or Mishap? A 75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal From Shanidar Cave Was Likely Killed by a Spear8 min readAfrica15 Oct 2026Killed for the King? A Century-Old Debate Over Egypt’s First Human Sacrifices Gets New Evidence9 min readEurope13 Oct 2026Skull in the Quarry: What Happened to the Highsted Cemetery, and Who Was Buried There?10 min read
Asia12 Oct 2026Bribes, Whips and Smuggled Tablets: Why Were the Iraqis Who Dug Kish Erased From Their Own History?10 min readAsia8 Oct 2026Not Just a Skull Cult: What Göbeklitepe's First Intact Burials Reveal About Its Scattered Dead9 min readAmericas6 Oct 2026Wrestler of the Pampas: South America's Saber-Toothed Predator That Outlived Its Own Supposed Extinction8 min readAfrica5 Oct 2026Not Just the King's Wife: Was First Dynasty Egypt Ruled by a Woman Named Meretneith?8 min readEurope1 Oct 2026Star Wars on Papyrus: Why Scientists Baked Their Own Herculaneum Scrolls to Help Read the Real Ones9 min readBeyond Borders30 Sept 2026SupportersTea Break September: A Cult Snake in a Bread Oven and The Mystery of 82 Looted Copper Snakes9 min readAsia29 Sept 2026She Survived Losing Her Nose: 700-Year-Old Skull May Be the First Physical Evidence of a Brutal Chinese Punishment8 min readEurope28 Sept 2026Before 'Back to Sleep': Why Flat-Headed Babies Aren't Just a Modern Problem9 min readAfrica24 Sept 2026Never Reclaimed: Why Was a Hoard of Copper Crosses Buried Beneath a Tree in Malawi?9 min readAmericas22 Sept 2026Before Cocaine, Coca for the Spirits: Why Was Coca Stuck in Three Llamas' Wool at Tambo Viejo?9 min readAfrica21 Sept 2026Buried in a Granary: Why Did the People of Gran Canaria Bury Their Dead in an Old Grain Store?9 min readAsia17 Sept 2026The World's Oldest Drug Habit: Ancient Teeth Might Push Psychoactive Use Back 25,000 Years8 min readEurope15 Sept 2026A Fleet Hiding in Plain Sight: Laser Scans Find 23 New Ships on a Cypriot Temple Wall8 min readAfrica14 Sept 2026Not a Fossil After All: Why San Artists Weren't Painting Extinct Animals Afterall10 min readAmericas10 Sept 2026Mammoth Deathtrap: New Study Pushes South Dakota's Mammoth Trap Back Over 100,000 Years9 min read