Skill and technique in Bronze Age spear combat
Studying Bronze Age spear fighting helps researchers better understand battle strategies and the development of weapons.
Landscape effects of hunter-gatherer practices reshape idea of agriculture
Indigenous hunter-gatherer practices play key role in plant dispersal, genetic diversity and conservation, according to new research.
Skammata, a documentary film
After its successful premiere, Skammata, the documentary film by Danae Stylianou, will be screened in Lemesos (Limassol) and Pafos.
Underwater caves yield new clues about Sicily’s first residents
Coastal and underwater cave sites in Sicily contain important new clues about the path and fate of early human migrants to the island.
Oldest DNA from South Africa decoded to date
10,000-year-old human genome are genetically similar to those of ethnic groups living in the region today.
Trafficker of Andy Warhol print agrees to plead guilty
An Ohio man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal criminal charge for trafficking a stolen Andy Warhol print worth at least $175,000.
Polish scientists explore the Serengeti
More than 30 valuable archaeological sites, previously unknown cave paintings, fragments of pottery and stone tools have been identified.
Burial of ancient Egyptian noblewoman found in her father’s tomb
The burial chamber of a woman named Edi has been discovered during clearance work at the Tomb I, in Assiut, Egypt.
Project to reunite Garstang’s scattered archaeological finds awarded £585K
A £585K funding to locate and make accessible the vast archaeological collections excavated by renowned archaeologist John Garstang.
Bronze Age cemetery found at road construction site in Poland
A cemetery built over 4,000 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists during research in Parkoszowice.
Massive Viking burial ground
Archaeologists from Museum Odense have discovered more than 50 exceptionally well-preserved skeletons in Åsum, east of Odense.
‘Born From Stone’ by Goshka Macuga
Inspired by the ancient Roman temple of Mithras discovered on the Bloomberg site, Macuga invites viewers to delve into the rich tapestry of Roman mythology.
Unexpected early kūmara cultivation discovered in Otago study
Research has uncovered the unlikely location of one of the earliest securely dated sites of kūmara cultivation in Polynesia.
Surprising discovery in the megalithic necropolis of Panoría
What circumstances could have led to such a pronounced bias in the population buried at Panoría?
Early interactions between Europeans and Indigenous North Americans
By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ivory trade routes of the Viking Age.
The Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East database
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East now has a public searchable database for its collections.
Previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco discovered
Multi-disciplinary archaeological survey at the site of Oued Beht, Morocco, reveals a previously unknown 3400–2900 BC farming society.
Another Franklin expedition crew member has been identified
The skeletal remains of a senior officer of Sir John Franklin's 1845 Northwest Passage expedition have been identified.
AI-accelerated Nazca survey
With the help of Artificial Intelligence, the team discovered and documented 303 new figurative geoglyphs in only six months.
At the borders of the Neolithic world
Archaeological research by the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology (LDA) Saxony-Anhalt is currently taking place near Eilsleben.
Harvests, wildfires, epidemics
Research team published the first reconstruction of the jet stream over the past 700 years in the journal Nature.
Over 100 fossils per week including shark teeth
Palaeontologists discovered over 100 bones of terrestrial and marine animals from 240 million years ago each week during excavations at a site in Miedary (Silesia).
Fossils may have inspired mysterious SA cave painting
The first inhabitants of southern Africa knew about locally abundant dicynodont fossils and made rock art about them.
New archaeological find uncovered at Carlisle dig
This stone head has been much more delicately carved and is more detailed than the previous two heads discovered at the site in 2023.