Discover the Ashmolean with a new podcast
A new podcast series in which Oxford University academics from very different fields discuss objects from the Ashmolean Museum has been launched.
The first humans arrived in North America a lot earlier than believed
Anthropologists at UdeM have dated the oldest human settlement in Canada back 10,000 years.
Discovery adds rock collecting to Neanderthal’s repertoire
The finding is important, because it adds to other recent evidence that Neanderthals were capable — on their own — of incorporating symbolic objects into their culture.
Portrait of Emperor Hadrian at the Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum honors the anniversary of the 1900 years since the ascent to the throne of Emperor Hadrian, a friend and benefactor of Athens.
Agios Sozomenos: Excavation results
This excavation season included continued excavation and geophysical surveys at the locality Tzirpoulos and at the fortress of Barsak.
How the darkness and the cold killed the dinosaurs
Sixty six million years ago dinosaurs, until then the masters of Earth, made space for the rise of the mammals, and eventually humankind. Scientists are still searching for the ultimate cause of their demise.
Mysterious ancient cone-shaped sea creatures
A team of scientists has finally determined what a bizarre group of extinct cone-shaped animals actually are.
Excavations at the “Kephala” site of Skiathos have been completed
The five year excavation programme at the site “Kephala” on the island of Skiathos has been recently completed.
Tracing human migration events after “out of Africa” origins
As more DNA sequencing data continues to become available, including extinct hominids, a new human origins study has been performed that augments a trio of influential papers published in 2016 in the journal Nature.
Mapping Aegina Kolonna
The next Mycenaean Seminar welcomes Professor Dr Katja Sporn, Director of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens.
Stolen sarcophagus in New York gallery
Dr Christos Tsirogiannis claims that a section of a Roman sarcophagus, illegally exported from Greece, is offered for sale by an art gallery in New York.
Twelve rock cut tombs found in Gebel el Silsila
The Swedish excavation mission from Lund University at Gebel el Silsila in Upper Egypt led by Dr. Maria Nilsson and John Ward, discovered 12 rock cut tombs from the reign of the New Kingdom kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II.
Ice Age “skeleton crew” offers insights for today’s endangered species
Ice Age "skeleton crew" offers insights for today’s endangered species.
Hidden seeds reveal Canary Islands history
Have you tried the national dish gofio while on holiday on the Canary Islands? If so, you have eaten the same food as the original inhabitants ate, nearly 2,000 years ago.
Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infection
Two calcified nodules, each the size of a strawberry, nestled at the base of the chest, just below the ribs of the skeleton caught the archaeologist's attention.
Scientists Find Human Probably Made Silk 8500 Years Ago
Researchers uncovered biomolecular evidence of silk from 8,500-year-old tombs at the Neolithic site of Jiahu.
Archaeologists have identified the Asklipieion on the island of Kythnos
Many impressive finds came to light in 2016 on Kythnos, at the site “Vryokastro”.
Hokusai beyond the Great Wave
“Hokusai beyond the Great Wave” will be shown at the British Museum from 25 May through 13 August 2017.
Drone technology used to uncover the mysteries of the Plain of Jars
Using drone technology and virtual reality tools, archaeologists have created a 3D virtual-reality model of one of Asia's most mysterious archaeological sites – the Plain of Jars in Laos.
30 pieces of distinctive Neolithic pottery discovered in Scotland
Around 30 pieces of “grooved-ware” pottery were excavated from a pit during archaeological monitoring of pipeline works in March this year, at Kincaple.
Results of the excavations at Kouklia-Palaepaphos, 2016
The 2016 excavations were conducted in two phases between May and October on the plateau (citadel) of Hadjiabdoulla and on the nearby impressive man-made mount of Laona.
Research sheds new light on high-altitude settlement in Tibet
Humans likely established permanent settlements on the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau between 13,000-7,400 years ago.
First Polish archaeological research project in Burkina Faso
Some of the oldest known traces of settlements known to date in the region, as well as new information on the Kurumba community are the biggest discoveries of this year's Polish first archaeological research in Burkina Faso.