Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history to as far as late antiquity. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with the Sumerian cuneiform script. Ancient history covers all continents inhabited by humans in the period 3000 BC â AD 650. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)
2023 Articles
3 327 articles
The surprising chemicals used to embalm Egyptian mummies
- Ewen Callaway, Ewen Callaway, Ewen Callaway, …, Ewen Callaway, Ewen Callaway, Ewen Callaway
- Nature, 10.1038/d41586-022-04400-1
Recipes and ingredients for ancient Egyptian mummification
- Salima Ikram, Salima Ikram, Salima Ikram, Salima Ikram
- Nature, 10.1038/d41586-023-00094-1
The early milk consumption on the Tibetan Plateau
- Yunan Zhang, Yu Gao, Jishuai Yang, …, Hui Wang, Xiaoyan Yang, Fahu Chen
- Sci Bull (Beijing), 10.1016/j.scib.2023.01.033
Ancient genomes show how humans escaped Europe’s deep freeze
- Ewen Callaway, Ewen Callaway, Ewen Callaway, Ewen Callaway, Ewen Callaway
- Nature, 10.1038/d41586-023-00611-2
Warm Soil, Westerly Wind, and Wet Feet: Feeling and Measuring Ecological Time in the Roman World
- Kaja J Tally-Schumacher, Kaja J Tally-Schumacher, Kaja J Tally-Schumacher
- None, 10.1029/2022gh000720
DNA insights into Neolithic society
- Kendra Sirak, Kendra Sirak, Kendra Sirak, Kendra Sirak
- Nat Hum Behav, 10.1038/s41562-023-01668-9
Understanding past human-environment interaction from an interdisciplinary perspective
- Guanghui Dong
- Sci Bull (Beijing), 10.1016/j.scib.2018.07.013
Total organic carbon content as an early warning indicator of soil degradation
- Licheng Guo, Shangfa Xiong, Yulu Chen, …, Heng Wang, Yongda Wang, Zhongli Ding
- Sci Bull (Beijing), 10.1016/j.scib.2023.01.012
Detection of dairy products from multiple taxa in Late Neolithic pottery from Poland: an integrated biomolecular approach
- Miranda Evans, Jasmine Lundy, Alexandre Lucquin, …, Oliver E Craig, Harry K Robson, Jessica Hendy
- None, 10.1098/rsos.230124
2022 Articles
383 articles
Black carbon attribution
- Rewi M Newnham, Rewi M Newnham
- Nature, 10.1038/s41586-022-05518-y
Curious case of the history of fermented milk: tangible evidence
- Hafiz Arbab Sakandar, Heping Zhang, Hafiz Arbab Sakandar, Heping Zhang, Hafiz Arbab Sakandar, Heping Zhang
- Sci Bull (Beijing), 10.1016/j.scib.2022.07.013
Diverse dietary practices across the Early Bronze Age ‘Kura-Araxes culture’ in the South Caucasus
- Nyree Manoukian, Helen L Whelton, Julie Dunne, …, Pavel Avetisyan, Richard P Evershed, A Mark Pollard
- PLoS One, 10.1371/journal.pone.0278345
Maize and ancient Maya droughts
- Gerald A Islebe, Nuria Torrescano-Valle, Mirna Valdez-HernĂĄndez, …, Mirna Valdez-HernĂĄndez, Alicia Carrillo-Bastos, Alejandro A AragĂłn-Moreno
- Sci Rep, 10.1038/s41598-022-26761-3
Dental calculus: A repository of bioinformation indicating diseases and human evolution
- Qinyang Li, Kaihua Luo, Zhifei Su, …, Xian Peng, Jiyao Li, Biao Ren
- Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1035324
Kinship practices in the early state El Argar society from Bronze Age Iberia
- Camila Oliart, Cristina Rihuete-Herrada, Adam B Rohrlach, …, Rafael MicĂł, Roberto Risch, Wolfgang Haak
- Sci Rep, 10.1038/s41598-022-25975-9
The transmission of pottery technology among prehistoric European hunter-gatherers
- Ekaterina Dolbunova, Alexandre Lucquin, Manon Bondetti, …, John Meadows, Carl Heron, Oliver E Craig
- Nat Hum Behav, 10.1038/s41562-022-01491-8
Dating of a large tool assemblage at the Cooper’s Ferry site (Idaho, USA) to ~15,785 cal yr B.P. extends the age of stemmed points in the Americas
- Loren G Davis, David B Madsen, David A Sisson, …, Guoqiang Li, Clinton W Epps, F Kirk Halford
- Sci Adv, 10.1126/sciadv.ade1248
Optical Rotation-A Reliable Parameter for Authentication of Honey?
- Dessislava Gerginova, Vanya Kurteva, Svetlana Simova, …, Dessislava Gerginova, Vanya Kurteva, Svetlana Simova
- Molecules, 10.3390/molecules27248916
Ancient environmental DNA reveals Arctic ecosystem dynamics in last 50,000 years
- Yucheng Wang, Yucheng Wang, Yucheng Wang
- Sci Bull (Beijing), 10.1016/j.scib.2022.04.018