Latest articles by Kristina Killgrove
Puzzling patchwork skeleton in Belgium contains bones from 5 people spanning 2,500 years
A skeleton buried in a fetal position is actually made of bones from at least five people who lived across a span of 2,500 years.
Iron Age woman was buried with a knife stuck into her grave. Archaeologists aren't sure why.
At an Iron Age cemetery in Sweden, archaeologists discovered an unusual grave of a woman interred with an iron folding knife stuck into her burial.
1,200-year-old Viking cemetery with 'stone ship' burials discovered in Sweden
Archaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines.
1st wheel was invented 6,000 years ago in the Carpathian Mountains, modeling study suggests
It's possible that the wheel was invented by copper miners in the Carpathian Mountains up to 6,000 years ago, according to a modeling study that uses techniques from structural mechanics.
2,000-year-old temple from 'Indiana Jones civilization' found submerged off Italy
An ancient temple made by Arabian immigrants from the Nabataean culture has finally been found off the Italian coast near Naples.
Remains of 1,600-year-old Roman fort unearthed in Turkey
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Roman military structure in Turkey dating to the fourth century, when Emperor Constantius II ruled.
Neanderthals and modern humans interbred 'at the crossroads of human migrations' in Iran, study finds
A new ecological model suggests Neanderthals and modern humans interbred in the Zagros Mountains in what is now Iran before going their separate ways 80,000 years ago.
Did Neanderthals wear clothes?
Braving the cold weather required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and to know how to make fire. But did they wear clothes?
Who was the last Neanderthal?
We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern Iberia.
Did we kill the Neanderthals? New research may finally answer an age-old question.
Feature A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.
Rare skeletons up to 30,000 years old reveal when ancient humans went through puberty
An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time modern teens do.
DNA of 'Thorin,' one of the last Neanderthals, finally sequenced, revealing inbreeding and 50,000 years of genetic isolation
Thorin — nicknamed after a dwarf in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" — is also called the "last Neanderthal" because he may have lived as recently as 42,000 years ago.
1,500-year-old gold coins from Byzantine Empire discovered in medieval dwelling in Bulgaria
Archaeologists in Bulgaria have discovered a medieval house that contained even older gold coins, which date to the reign of the Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great.
Remains of 14th-century gauntlet discovered in Oslo's medieval harbor
Archaeologists excavating Oslo's medieval harbor have unearthed the remnants of a 14th-century gauntlet.
'Stunning' Bronze Age burial chamber discovered on the English moor
The stone-lined tomb could provide an unprecedented look at life in Bronze Age England.
Humans reached Argentina by 20,000 years ago — and they may have survived by eating giant armadillos, study suggests
The discovery of butchered bones belonging to a glyptodont, a giant relative of the armadillo, suggests that humans were living in Argentina 20,000 years ago.
Missing pieces of 6th-century Byzantine bucket finally found at Sutton Hoo
Archaeologists at Sutton Hoo, a 1,400-year-old boat burial in England, have discovered pieces of a broken bucket from the Byzantine Empire.
Long-lost homestead of King Pompey, enslaved African who gained freedom, found in colonial New England
Archaeologists have discovered the homestead of Pompey, a formerly enslaved man from West Africa who was elected "king" by his community in the 1700s.
12,000-year-old Aboriginal sticks may be evidence of the oldest known culturally transmitted ritual in the world
Aboriginal artifacts in Australia that were likely used for ritual spells may be evidence of the oldest culturally transmitted ritual on record.
2,000 years ago, a bridge in Switzerland collapsed on top of Celtic sacrifice victims, new study suggests
A bridge that collapsed 2,000 years ago in what is now Switzerland may have fallen on Celtic sacrifice victims, a new study finds.
Easter Island's population never collapsed because it never got that big, researchers suggest
Easter Island never had a catastrophic population collapse, researchers propose in a new study that looks at archaeological rock gardens.
Skeletons of Incan kids buried 500 years ago found marred with smallpox
Archaeologists in Peru have discovered two 16th-century toddler burials with evidence of smallpox, indicating that the foreign illness spread quickly with European contact.
Mysterious 4,000-year-old 'palace' with maze-like walls found on Greek island of Crete
Archaeologists in Crete have discovered a 4,000-year-old structure that the Minoans may have used for rituals.
