A Neolithic site on the shore of Egypt’s Lake Qarun could be spared from becoming a tourist resort. The government of toppled President Hosni Mubarak had awarded the land to a developer, but the deal is now off. “We have the evidence of the earliest agriculture activity in Egypt. So it’s before the Pharaohs, it’s […]

Wildfires in Arizona threaten archaeological sites. Six men have been arrested in northern Greece for using dynamite while looking for gold at protected archaeological sites. Prehistoric rice farmers selected for shorter rice plants with greater yields, according to a genetic study conducted by Makoto Matsuoka of Nagoya University. Reid Ferring of the University of North […]