Chemical analysis of nearly 2,000-year-old cosmetic materials from two women’s graves reveals aromatic plant compounds, offering new clues about beauty practices, social identity and the…
Archaeologists investigating a fortified Iron Age settlement in northeastern Poland have uncovered evidence that could transform our understanding of Celtic connections with the Baltic world.…
OPEN CHRONICLE HISTORY | ARCHAEOLOGY & ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS Cannabis seeds, preserved human hair and molecular traces discovered inside a monumental Scythian burial mound offer what…
New toxicological research on eight individuals sacrificed in the Andes reveals evidence of coca consumption, alcohol and a psychoactive compound associated with certain South American…
Scientists in Germany have identified molecular traces associated with aloe in ancient Egyptian embalming material, offering new clues about forgotten preservation techniques, historical medicines and…
OPEN CHRONICLE HISTORY | ARCHAEOLOGY | 3 NOVEMBER 2026 Nearly two thousand years after Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii, archaeologists have reconstructed the contents of a…
Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest known large-scale defensive system in North Africa outside the Nile Valley, revealing that communities in prehistoric Morocco possessed sophisticated construction…
