Mouse in the house tells tale of human settlement
Ancient mice teeth show settled villages made ecological impact long before agriculture.
Long-lost Jewish cemetery uncovered in Rome
Thirty eight graves were recently uncovered by Italian archaeologists in the Rome’s Trastevere district.
‘Australia’s Jurassic Park’ the world’s most diverse
An unprecedented 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have been identified on a 25-kilometre stretch of the Dampier Peninsula coastline dubbed 'Australia’s Jurassic Park'.
The Anthropocene: Scientists respond to criticisms of a new geological epoch
'Irreversible' changes to the Earth provide striking evidence of new epoch, University of Leicester experts suggest.
Under the Dead Sea, warnings of dire drought
Nearly 1,000 feet below the bed of the Dead Sea, scientists have found evidence that during past warm periods, the Mideast has suffered drought on scales never recorded by humans.
Part of a unique ancient Greek terracotta statue discovered
Part of a unique terracotta statue has been found during underwater surveys near the Ak-Burun Cape.
Mummy shroud rediscovered in Scotland
A unique, full-length mummy shroud, which is over 2,000 years old yet is still in remarkable condition, has been discovered in National Museums Scotland’s collections.
Archaeological evidence found in Spain indicate cannibalism
Archaeological evidence found in a cave in Spain indicate that cannibalism took place among ancient humans in the area about 10,000 years ago.
Huns and settlers may have cooperated on the frontier of Roman Empire
New research suggests that nomadic Huns and Pannonian settlers on the frontier of Roman Empire may have intermixed.
Alabaster statue of Queen Tiye found in Kom al-Hittan
The European Egyptian mission working in King Amenhotep III funerary temple at Kom Al-Hittan area on Luxor west bank, has uncovered a beautifully carved statue possibly of Queen Tiye.
Reconsidering the Middle Minoan Pottery at Phylakopi in Melos
Cycladic Seminar by Dr J.A. MacGillivray.
Intact burial chamber revealed in Qubbet el-Hawa, West Aswan
The Spanish Archaeological Mission in Qubbet El-Hawa, west Aswan, has discovered an intact structure where the brother of one of the most important governors of the 12th Dynasty, Sarenput II, was buried.
New study shakes the roots of the dinosaur family tree
More than a century of theory about the evolutionary history of dinosaurs has been turned on its head.
Egyptian ritual images from the Neolithic period
Egyptologists at the University of Bonn discovered rock art from the 4th millennium BC during an excavation at a necropolis near Aswan in Egypt.
Graffiti scribbled on ancient cave paintings in Chad
Ancient cave paintings at an African Unesco heritage site in north-eastern Chad have been defaced with graffiti.
The Barberini tapestries on show
As of March 21 the Barberini Life of Christ tapestries are hanging in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.
Incunabula. Aspects of Early Greek Printing
A selection of 29 incunabula from the Historical Library of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation.
Pompeii and the Greeks
Over 600 exhibits reinterpret places and monuments of the Vesuvian city with their own “biographies”.
Invisible liquid will hopefully deter antiquities smugglers
An invisible liquid, a traceable solution, is applied on Syrian artefacts, aiming to save the country's heritage from plundering.
University of Alcalá Expedition to Deir el-Bahari (Luxor)
This season the expedition will continue in the northern hills of Deir el-Bahari.
Face of ‘ordinary poor’ man from medieval Cambridge graveyard revealed
New facial reconstruction of a man buried in a medieval hospital graveyard discovered underneath a Cambridge college sheds light on how ordinary poor people lived in medieval England.
Restoration of 2,700-year-old temple in Yeha/Ethiopia completed
DAI’s Sanaa branch of the Orient Department together with the Ethiopian Antiquities Authoritiy have conducted extended restoration works at the sanctuary of Yeha.
Viking grave complex in Denmark yields significant findings
Archaeologists in Denmark have announced the discovery of several Viking grave chambers, probably of a high ranking individual, containing exquisite artefacts.