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src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/bOyRol9Z5xmLuO93mjV7zQ1GU9k=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/aa/b1/aab1b250-96d6-4eb1-8511-d1908e8f05b9/header-uncropped_nordic_web.jpg" alt="In Scandinavia, early people adorned rocks with thousands of images of boats.&nbsp;" width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/these-markers-of-scandinavias-missing-bronze-age-boatyards-were-hiding-in-plain-sight-180984880/">These Markers of Scandinavia’s Bronze Age Boatyards Were Hiding in Plain Sight</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Archaeologists argue that ancient fire pits were used for constructing the area's distinctive boats</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="Aug. 16, 2024, 8 a.m.">August 16, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/did-prehistoric-children-make-figurines-out-of-clay-180984534/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/9aVGcdVErBL4EJ33gMtjHk595n4=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/0c/00/0c0085dc-9e0a-4282-9f4e-43c9aec3f807/figurines-0624-v2.jpg" alt="Two sides of a single ceramic lion&#39;s head and a female figurine from Dolni Vestonice" width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/did-prehistoric-children-make-figurines-out-of-clay-180984534/">Did Prehistoric Children Make Figurines Out of Clay?</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Fingerprints and scratch marks found in artifacts in the Czech Republic suggest youngsters of the Upper Paleolithic used the soil like Play-Doh, according to a pending new study</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="July 2, 2024, 8 a.m.">July 2, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/history/hidden-ancient-egyptian-port-reveals-180984485/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/D1dEV3mNcys-zvpQolnhk-fY_A8=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(1000x676:1001x677)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/79/64/7964e23e-abcf-409b-af0d-df56a2216c06/julaug2024_g10_berenike.jpg" alt="Workers inside one of nine trenches excavated during the recent dig season this January." width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/history/hidden-ancient-egyptian-port-reveals-180984485/">A Buried Ancient Egyptian Port Reveals the Hidden Connections Between Distant Civilizations</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">At the site of Berenike, in the desert sands along the Red Sea, archaeologists are uncovering wondrous new finds that challenge old ideas about the makings of the modern world</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="June 25, 2024, 6 a.m.">July/August 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/travel/hike-into-ancient-roman-biblical-history-turkey-rugged-mountains-pisidia-trail-180984280/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/HC-PHzwHmafAQIvK4ys9mM9FM3k=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(2297x1531:2298x1532)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/67/cd/67cdccf9-803a-4cc9-89b8-94d21b1b0604/jun2024_i15_pisidiaheritagetrail.jpg" alt="The city gate of Ariassos, one of several ancient cities connected by the Pisidia Heritage Trail in the Taurus Mountains." width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/travel/hike-into-ancient-roman-biblical-history-turkey-rugged-mountains-pisidia-trail-180984280/">Hike Through Ancient Roman and Biblical History in Turkey’s Rugged Mountains</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">In southern Turkey, an extensive new trail network spirits trekkers to Pisidia, home to many lost treasures and a true crossroads of civilizations</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="May 15, 2024, 10 a.m.">June 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/history/tracking-humans-first-foootsteps-north-america-180984292/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/9yMTV2YG9cSFIO41HKb8HeOhnUw=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(713x539:714x540)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/28/ec/28ec3d59-8bc5-4f28-b509-1c53dc070e48/jun2024_e17_prologue.jpg" alt="Fossilized footprints, preserved in gypsum mud that hardened over time, are estimated to be 23,000-21,000 years old.&nbsp;" width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/history/tracking-humans-first-foootsteps-north-america-180984292/">Tracking Humans’ First Footsteps in North America</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">At a site in New Mexico, a new discovery rewrites the human history of the continent</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="May 13, 2024, 8 a.m.">June 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/ancient-greeces-biggest-port-is-older-than-we-thought-180983958/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/6q84NrJWAYEiJF6BFRa7cwpatQc=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/82/bc/82bc2587-183c-4835-adff-662f5fda9ebe/header-uncropped-greek-port_web.jpg" alt="About halfway between the Greek cities of Corinth and Lechaio, the area around Corinth&rsquo;s ancient port is tectonically active. That makes the area even more scientifically precious. While many archaeological sites from millennia ago have sunk beneath rising seas, centuries of tectonic uplift have preserved this spot. Parts of the ancient port now sit above sea level, including the inner harbor, where boats likely once berthed in a protected channel." width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/ancient-greeces-biggest-port-is-older-than-we-thought-180983958/">Ancient Greece’s Biggest Port Is Older Than We Thought</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Archaeological discoveries add 500 years to the history of Corinth's main harbor</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="March 21, 2024, 8 a.m.">March 21, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/how-ancient-civilizations-reacted-to-eclipses-180983894/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/Pv-Kqth5jNc8o71s--Ra3Q4oalI=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/ce/e1/cee17c96-7c00-4dba-b85d-6b4aa9a266fc/gettyimages-838153708_web.jpg" alt="A total solar eclipse as seen from Kentucky in 2017" width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/how-ancient-civilizations-reacted-to-eclipses-180983894/">How Ancient Civilizations Reacted to Eclipses</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Communities may have thought the celestial events were messages from the gods, a reason to abandon a settlement or a cue to end a war</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="March 13, 2024, 9:39 a.m.">March 13, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/ancient-iberians-ingested-red-dust-loaded-with-mind-altering-mercury-180983889/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/zuymc1V4yrvx_onvFTGrKrAAR_c=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/6d/50/6d500ceb-dcda-4d4d-bb98-6be98e49139a/montelirio-large-chamber-sprayed-over-skeletons-05_web.jpg" alt="Cinnabar powder covered the remains of 20 people, mostly women, in this megalithic tomb at the site of Valencina, Spain." width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/ancient-iberians-ingested-red-dust-loaded-with-mind-altering-mercury-180983889/">Ancient Iberians Ingested Red Dust Loaded With Mind-Altering Mercury</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Bones in Spain suggest a mercury-rich mineral used for art and hallucinogenic trips poisoned a community 5,000 years ago</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="March 5, 2024, 8 a.m.">March 5, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/these-ancient-celts-were-buried-with-their-animals-180983796/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/8L2z4IsOFDRBf9J4oRhXWQPOuts=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/33/92/33928a20-8ea3-4986-b9ec-0645a83ee92e/image1_web.jpg" alt="The remains of a dog buried next to a baby" width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/these-ancient-celts-were-buried-with-their-animals-180983796/">These Ancient Celts Were Buried With Their Animals</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Some remains found in the 2,000-year-old graves were likely food offerings, but others may have been much-loved companions</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="Feb. 14, 2024, 2 p.m.">February 14, 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/history/how-old-cave-paintings-spain-cova-dones-180983456/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/6dY6NmqozmO-yWqvICSEiDOrUrY=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(896x602:897x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/b6/20/b620449c-6337-4ee1-9884-fb37bd96c75d/janfeb2024_g18_prologue.jpg" alt="Ruiz-Redondo examines a partially flooded chamber of Cova Dones.&nbsp;" width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/history/how-old-cave-paintings-spain-cova-dones-180983456/">Just How Old Are the Cave Paintings in Spain's Cova Dones?</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">With help from a now-extinct bear, archaeologists have unlocked the mysteries of Spain’s Cova Dones</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="Jan. 5, 2024, 9 a.m.">January/February 2024</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/the-worlds-oldest-known-organic-paint-was-red-180983132/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/sxDXWBucdsPN-JhGHgGyecqifcg=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/92/86/9286378f-87a6-4155-8c37-9b9223e341cc/necklace3_web.jpg" alt="An experimental replica of shell beads with Natufian red organic colorant made from the roots of Rubiaceae plants" width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/the-worlds-oldest-known-organic-paint-was-red-180983132/">Archaeologists Find the First Red Paint Made From Plants</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Hunter-gatherers cooked up the alluring pigment in the Eastern Mediterranean 15,000 years ago</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="Oct. 25, 2023, 2 p.m.">October 25, 2023</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/history/zelia-nuttall-globe-trotting-scholar-unlocked-secrets-aztecs-180983049/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/pz7FLpmFrW1Q_U3UojgLs9DkZRA=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(699x796:700x797)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/23/b6/23b6fe53-d635-4e65-a8c7-07a841b3ba6d/opener2.jpg" alt="An illustration of the Aztec calendar stone surrounds a young portrait of anthropologist Zelia Nuttall. &ldquo;Mrs. Nuttall&rsquo;s investigations of the Mexican calendar appear to furnish for the first time a satisfactory key,&rdquo; wrote one leading scholar." width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/history/zelia-nuttall-globe-trotting-scholar-unlocked-secrets-aztecs-180983049/">The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aztecs</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Anthropologist Zelia Nuttall transformed the way we think of ancient Mesoamerica</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="Oct. 23, 2023, 7 a.m.">November 2023</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/do-hieroglyphic-texts-reveal-that-ancient-egyptians-knew-meteorites-came-from-the-sky-180983039/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/jm88PVPna8dAA3ysmksNUhPw_8E=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/40/1e/401e744f-f2f6-439b-8be9-3c3ea9576a1f/01_pyramid-texts_web.jpg" alt="The Pyramid Texts cover walls within the pyramids of King Unis (shown here) and other royals at the site of Saqqara." width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/do-hieroglyphic-texts-reveal-that-ancient-egyptians-knew-meteorites-came-from-the-sky-180983039/">Did Ancient Egyptians Know Meteorites Came From Space?</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Hieroglyphic texts suggest they understood the rocks, which contained valuable iron, did not originate on Earth</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="Oct. 17, 2023, 8 a.m.">October 17, 2023</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/vFte2Q9PECQDN5igMK4ouke3zyQ=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/c6/8e/c68efc49-3e1e-4a28-a23e-96bc012fa622/mussi-add9115-image-3_web.jpg" alt="An illustration of the Homo erectus child with her mother in the Ethiopian highlands, two million years ago" width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/two-million-years-ago-homo-erectus-likely-lived-in-cool-high-altitude-environments-180983073/">Two Million Years Ago, This Homo Erectus Lived the High Life</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Dating of a child's fossilized jaw and teeth suggest our relatives lived at altitude earlier than once thought</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="Oct. 13, 2023, 1:50 p.m.">October 13, 2023</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/the-locations-of-these-shipwrecks-are-no-longer-a-secret-180982811/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/ucMvhWXK_76kds7Ay8eSU5QhqHg=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(751x565:752x566)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/6d/8e/6d8e3e18-cfd1-41f2-867c-064b5ba2fd75/header-uncropped-stellwagen-shipwrecks_web.jpg" alt="There are an estimated 200 shipwrecks lost in the dark, cold waters of Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, not far from Boston&rsquo;s harbor. The sunken wrecks attract fish, which in turn attract fishers, but fishing nets and metal scallop dredges can easily snag on and damage the irreplaceable vessels." width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/the-locations-of-these-shipwrecks-are-no-longer-a-secret-180982811/">The Locations of These Shipwrecks Are No Longer a Secret</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">A marine sanctuary is letting fishers know where previously hidden wrecks can be found</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="Sept. 1, 2023, 8 a.m.">September 1, 2023</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/famed-5300-year-old-alps-iceman-was-a-balding-middle-aged-man-with-dark-skin-and-eyes-180982744/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/kKPnW7qS8m52ky4lepfM0OyljKM=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/de/52/de526958-55af-4faf-8b79-5b58b958e09a/iceman_web.jpg" alt="The Tyrolean Iceman &Ouml;tzi is one of the oldest known human glacier mummies." width="640" height="480" /></a> </div> <div class="article-list-text"> <h3><a href="/science-nature/famed-5300-year-old-alps-iceman-was-a-balding-middle-aged-man-with-dark-skin-and-eyes-180982744/">Famed 5,300-Year-Old Alps Iceman Was a Balding Middle-Aged Man With Dark Skin and Eyes</a></h3> <p class="article-dek">Genetic analysis shows that Ötzi was descended from farmers who migrated from an area that is now part of Turkey</p> <p class="article-published"><time class="pub-date" itemprop="published" data-pubdate="Aug. 16, 2023, 11 a.m.">August 16, 2023</time></p> </div> </div> <div class="article-list-item"> <div class="article-list-image"> <a href="/science-nature/our-human-relatives-butchered-and-ate-each-other-145-million-years-ago-180982425/"><img loading="lazy" src="https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/9Avp_tKg_vkW0hoeY9Pm6xubxPQ=/400x300/filters:no_upscale():focal(800x602:801x603)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/a1/65/a165e9cc-aec1-4103-b3bd-223cc79eb9a1/a-briana-pobiner-figure-1_web.jpg" alt="Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner came across this hominin tibia in Kenya&rsquo;s Nairobi National Museum. 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