New clues shed light on ‘pivotal’ moment in the great Pacific migration
Archaeologists say find of tools and bones changes our understanding of the Lapita people, the first to make landfall in Remote Oceania Get our free...
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Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’
Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people Machu Picchu is one of the world’s best-known...
Equality was key to ancient Mexican city’s success, study suggests
At its peak Monte Albán was home to 17,000 people, despite a lack of water supplies or fertile land Greater equality than that experienced in...
World’s oldest family tree revealed in 5,700-year-old Cotswolds tomb
DNA analysis of bodies in Hazleton North long cairn finds five generations of an extended family An analysis of DNA from a 5,700-year-old tomb has...
