The murder of sacrificial victims by "incaprettamento" — tying their neck to their legs bent behind their back, so that they effectively strangled themselves — seems to have been a tradition across ...

A neolithic burial chamber in Carnac, France (Mark Cartwright/Creative Commons) (CN) — Early humans experienced a rapid population collapse across large parts of Europe five thousand years ago, the ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists studying a 7,000-year-old site in what is now south-west Germany have found evidence suggesting that more than 500 people may have been the victims of cannibalism.

[Vienna, August 26 2024] – Since the end of the last Ice Age, growth of human population was far from uniform, marked instead by periods of rapid expansion followed by sharp declines. The reasons ...

A research team has made exceptional discoveries on prehistoric archery from the early Neolithic period, 7,000 years ago. The well organic preservation of the remains of the Cave of Los Murcielagos in ...

The 5,000-year-old cellar may have been part of a complex used for trading and forming alliances in prehistoric Denmark. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes It may seem hard to relate to Neolithic ...

Archaeologists in Poland discovered two megalithic burial monuments dating back over 5,500 years, referred to as the "Pyramids of Poland." Unearthed in the General Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park ...

New research published in the journal Science Advances challenges previous theories about prehistoric conflict by offering a detailed look into the lives and deaths of victims of what could be one of ...

Researchers discovered 614 stone plaques and fragments at Vasagård West, an archaeological site on the Danish island of Bornholm. National Museum of Denmark Over the years, a variety of mysterious ...

The Carnac megaliths in Brittany, France, are one of Europe’s most mysterious archaeological sites. Extending miles across the Breton countryside, these thousands of standing stones have always ...

Deep beneath the hills of southern Poland lies a breathtaking window into prehistory. The Neolithic striped flint mines of Krzemionki Opatowskie – a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019 – reveal how ...