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Mehrgarh, Pakistan has great archaeological significance. But the Neolithic site is facing constant local and global threats.

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The findings show the mass production of slingstones from the Southern Levant dating back to the Early Chalcolithic period (c. 5800–4500 BCE.)

Amid an ongoing war, findings from Israel Antiquities Authority indicate mass production of weapons in the Southern Levant occurred as long as 7,200 years ago - Click the link for more details.

In an example of yet another sensational as well as historic discovery made by archaeologists in Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority released findings that show that as long ago as 7,200 years – that would be around 5,200 BC – there was already a “large-scale” and “systematic” production of war weapons in the country. The […]

The earliest signs of organized warfare in the Southern Levant have been found. Discovery of 7,200-year-old slingstones in Israel reveal mass weapon production.

Team from University of Haifa, US and Germany studies sediments under a microscope to identify remains of cotton fibers, pointing to Tel Tsaf’s important role as a global trade hub

The Oxus Civilisation (or Bactrio-Margian Archaeological Complex BMAC) was the main archaeological culture of the Bronze Age in Southern Central Asia. Paleogenetic analyses were previously conducted mainly on samples from the eastern part of BMAC. The population associated with BMAC descends from local Chalcolithic populations, with some outliers of steppe or South-Asian descent. Here, we present new genome-wide data for one individual from Ulug-depe (Turkmenistan), one of the main BMAC sites, l...

Domestication may indicate initial steps in developing a socioeconomic hierarchy supported by administrative system.

A twice-stamped little ancient blob of clay discovered in Tel Tsaf -- alongside other evidence -- leads researchers to deduce a millennia-old complex mercantile exchange