Blood-stained obsidian and flint blades from the top of a Maya pyramid at El Mirador may mark a final battle between its ruling family and invaders from Teotihuacan, according to Richard Hansen of Idaho State University. He says that crude graffiti was also left by the Teotihuacan warriors. New dates for stone tools from Spain […]

Ronny Reich of the Israel Antiquities Authority announced that a 79-foot section of 3,700-year-old, 26-foot tall fortification wall built by the Canaanites has been exposed. “When you just stand there and see it, it is amazing,” he said. Researchers in Israel have developed a pattern-recognition algorithm that identifies letters, words, and handwriting styles in ancient […]