It has long been assumed that proximity to resources determines settlement patterns, and that cities are generally founded near water and fertile farmland. But a new study challenges this idea, using the example of an ancient city in present-day southern Mexico. The researchers maintain that Monte
The archaeological site of Carahunge, also called Zorats Karer, Karahunj or Carenish, is located in the Armenian province of Syunik, in the southwest of the country, and on a rocky promontory in the middle of a mountainous plateau at an altitude of 1,770 meters near the city of Sisian . The differe
Archaeologists studying Roman artillery and weapons at the Burnswark Hill battlefield site in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, they have found something that has never been seen before:perforated slingshot bullets to produce a high-pitched whistling sound when thrown. Upon examination, they believe it was a
Just as in Peru the Nazca Lines have gone from being a mere archaeological monument to becoming an important tourist attraction complementary to Cuzco or Machu Picchu and an economic catalyst for the region, their Bolivian counterparts still remain semi-anonymous, unable to approach the suggestive p