In south-east Asia, betel nut chewing has been practiced since antiquity. The plants contain compounds that enhance the consumer's alertness, energy, euphoria, and relaxation.

Scientists have introduced a new term for an ancient behavior that may hold the key to understanding humanity's complex relationship with alcohol.

An international team of archaeologists has used cutting-edge high-resolution digital imaging to examine tattoos on a 2,000-year-old ice mummy from Siberia's Pazyryk culture, revealing for the first t ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered a rare, 5,500-year-old Canaanite blade manufacturing workshop near Kiryat Gat in southern Israel, marking the first discovery of its kind in the region.

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery at the Sant'Andrea Priu archaeological complex in Bonorva, Sardinia, unearthing three previously unknown domus de janas that add significantly to our un ...

Natural coastal processes have exposed a remarkable collection of ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs on Oahu's west shore, offering new insights into the island's early Polynesian inhabitants.

Traditionally, Indigenous peoples almost universally viewed thoroughly putrefied, maggot-infested animal foods as highly desirable fare, not starvation rations. In fact, many such peoples routinely ...