All Roads Lead to Rome - the DNA Journey from Anatolia Caterina July 10, 2025 – 4 min read Share this post Papers Ancient DNA and Cerny Culture Ancestry in Neolithic France Monuments of Earth and Timber: The Astonishing World of Cerny Burials Across the river valleys of northern France, communities of the Middle Neolithic raised some of western Europe's earliest monumental burial structures. Long before famous stone tombs appeared elsewhere, people of the Cerny world were already building vast By Caterina • 6 min read Papers Khazar Frontier Graves and Saltovo-Mayaki Diversity The Khazar Frontier and the World of the Forest-Steppe Between the seventh and tenth centuries, the Khazar Khaganate dominated the lands north of the Black Sea, connecting steppe, Caucasus and Caspian trade routes. This was no empty expanse but a vibrant contact zone of movement, negotiation and cultural exchange. The By Caterina • 5 min read Papers Bronze Age Reuse of Neolithic Tombs in Southwestern Britain Ancient tombs, new people, and an old sacred landscape Southwestern Britain in later prehistory was already crowded with monuments and memories made powerful by vanished generations. Across Dorset and Gloucestershire, great burial mounds had been raised by the first farming communities centuries before metal arrived. These long barrows were bold By Sven • 4 min read Papers Ancient DNA and Cerny Culture Ancestry in Neolithic France Monuments of Earth and Timber: The Astonishing World of Cerny Burials Across the river valleys of northern France, communities of the Middle Neolithic raised some of western Europe's earliest monumental burial structures. Long before famous stone tombs appeared elsewhere, people of the Cerny world were already building vast By Caterina • 6 min read Papers Khazar Frontier Graves and Saltovo-Mayaki Diversity The Khazar Frontier and the World of the Forest-Steppe Between the seventh and tenth centuries, the Khazar Khaganate dominated the lands north of the Black Sea, connecting steppe, Caucasus and Caspian trade routes. This was no empty expanse but a vibrant contact zone of movement, negotiation and cultural exchange. The By Caterina • 5 min read Papers Bronze Age Reuse of Neolithic Tombs in Southwestern Britain Ancient tombs, new people, and an old sacred landscape Southwestern Britain in later prehistory was already crowded with monuments and memories made powerful by vanished generations. Across Dorset and Gloucestershire, great burial mounds had been raised by the first farming communities centuries before metal arrived. These long barrows were bold By Sven • 4 min read Papers Iceland’s Pangenome Reveals Hidden Disease Variants Iceland's Hidden Genomic Landscape A remarkable scientific expedition unfolded across the human genome much as an archaeological survey unfolds across a buried landscape. For years, many studies had relied on a single standard human genome as though it were one master map of a vast ancient world. But By Sven • 5 min read Papers Genetic origins and isolation of the Agotes in the Basque region The Last Agotes of Bozate: A People Set Apart In the Baztan Valley of northern Navarre lies Bozate, a small settlement where centuries of exclusion, fear, and survival played out. This is where the last descendants of the Agotes endured as a distinct community — not among grand ruins, but in By Caterina • 3 min read Papers Neolithic Tomb Kinship in Northern Scotland Stone Tombs in the Far North Along Scotland's northern edge, early farming communities built remarkable stone tombs in Caithness and Orkney. These carefully constructed monuments featured dry-stone walls, arranged chambers and piled cairns. More than containers for bodies, they were places where ancestry and belonging were physically built By Jamie L • 4 min read
Papers Ancient DNA and Cerny Culture Ancestry in Neolithic France Monuments of Earth and Timber: The Astonishing World of Cerny Burials Across the river valleys of northern France, communities of the Middle Neolithic raised some of western Europe's earliest monumental burial structures. Long before famous stone tombs appeared elsewhere, people of the Cerny world were already building vast By Caterina • 6 min read
Papers Khazar Frontier Graves and Saltovo-Mayaki Diversity The Khazar Frontier and the World of the Forest-Steppe Between the seventh and tenth centuries, the Khazar Khaganate dominated the lands north of the Black Sea, connecting steppe, Caucasus and Caspian trade routes. This was no empty expanse but a vibrant contact zone of movement, negotiation and cultural exchange. The By Caterina • 5 min read
Papers Bronze Age Reuse of Neolithic Tombs in Southwestern Britain Ancient tombs, new people, and an old sacred landscape Southwestern Britain in later prehistory was already crowded with monuments and memories made powerful by vanished generations. Across Dorset and Gloucestershire, great burial mounds had been raised by the first farming communities centuries before metal arrived. These long barrows were bold By Sven • 4 min read
Papers Ancient DNA and Cerny Culture Ancestry in Neolithic France Monuments of Earth and Timber: The Astonishing World of Cerny Burials Across the river valleys of northern France, communities of the Middle Neolithic raised some of western Europe's earliest monumental burial structures. Long before famous stone tombs appeared elsewhere, people of the Cerny world were already building vast By Caterina • 6 min read
Papers Khazar Frontier Graves and Saltovo-Mayaki Diversity The Khazar Frontier and the World of the Forest-Steppe Between the seventh and tenth centuries, the Khazar Khaganate dominated the lands north of the Black Sea, connecting steppe, Caucasus and Caspian trade routes. This was no empty expanse but a vibrant contact zone of movement, negotiation and cultural exchange. The By Caterina • 5 min read
Papers Bronze Age Reuse of Neolithic Tombs in Southwestern Britain Ancient tombs, new people, and an old sacred landscape Southwestern Britain in later prehistory was already crowded with monuments and memories made powerful by vanished generations. Across Dorset and Gloucestershire, great burial mounds had been raised by the first farming communities centuries before metal arrived. These long barrows were bold By Sven • 4 min read
Papers Iceland’s Pangenome Reveals Hidden Disease Variants Iceland's Hidden Genomic Landscape A remarkable scientific expedition unfolded across the human genome much as an archaeological survey unfolds across a buried landscape. For years, many studies had relied on a single standard human genome as though it were one master map of a vast ancient world. But By Sven • 5 min read
Papers Genetic origins and isolation of the Agotes in the Basque region The Last Agotes of Bozate: A People Set Apart In the Baztan Valley of northern Navarre lies Bozate, a small settlement where centuries of exclusion, fear, and survival played out. This is where the last descendants of the Agotes endured as a distinct community — not among grand ruins, but in By Caterina • 3 min read
Papers Neolithic Tomb Kinship in Northern Scotland Stone Tombs in the Far North Along Scotland's northern edge, early farming communities built remarkable stone tombs in Caithness and Orkney. These carefully constructed monuments featured dry-stone walls, arranged chambers and piled cairns. More than containers for bodies, they were places where ancestry and belonging were physically built By Jamie L • 4 min read
