A fascinating glimpse into past Roman and Iron Age communities
Preliminary works for a relief road in Lincolnshire have provided a fascinating glimpse into past Roman and Iron Age communities, settlements and landscapes in the area.
Were early humans forced to start farming or not?
Foraging lifestyles persisted in New Guinean tropical forest environments even after the advent of farming 8,000 years ago.
Fossil treasure-trove reveals post-extinction world ruled by sponges
A joint team of researchers from China and Britain have revealed a new fossil fauna preserving delicate skeletons and soft tissues, from the immediate aftermath of the Ordovician mass extinction.
Fossilised tree and ice cores help date 1,000 year-old volcanic eruption
An international team of researchers has managed to pinpoint, to within three months, a medieval volcanic eruption in east Asia the precise date of which has puzzled historians for decades.
New information on 10th century Viking burial site
Researchers have shed new light on a Viking boat burial site in western Scotland, originally discovered in 2011.
5,000 year old Chinese beer recipe recreated
Stanford University students brewed an ancient beer during class with Stanford archaeologist Li Liu, who discovered evidence of earliest beer-making in China as part of her recent research.
Broken pebbles offer clues to Paleolithic funeral rituals
Researchers from Canada, the U.S. and Italy uncover evidence that people in the Upper Paleolithic Period used stone spatulas to decorate the bodies of the dead with ochre.
Elite burials discovered on Danish island of Bornholm
The research may also contribute to the knowledge of the socio-cultural situation on the island in the beginning of the Viking period.
Archaeologists find 12th Dead Sea scrolls cave
Hebrew University archaeologists working near the Dead Sea have found a cave that previously contained Dead Sea scrolls, which were looted in the middle of the 20th century.
Previously hidden ancient earthworks in the Amazon revealed
Ancient earthworks built in the Amazon have been revealed due to deforestation and modern technologies.
Scientists unlock secrets of oldest surviving global trade map
The origins and secrets of the 17th Century 'Selden Map of China' – the world's oldest surviving merchant map – have been revealed by scientists using state-of-the-art imaging techniques.
New finds in Pi-Ramesses
Colourful wall-paintings, mortar-pits with feet impressions of children and moulds for royal amulets were discovered in Pi-Ramesses ancient city.
Dinosaurs: Juvenile, adult or senior?
Palaeontologists at the University of Bonn estimate by means of bone structures whether a particular dinosaur fossil is a young, adult or very old animal.
Shifting monsoon altered early cultures in China
The monsoon’s changes over the past 10,000 years likely altered the course of early human cultures in China.
Mummified pair from Siberia grave to be re-examined
A mummified pair unearthed from a grave in Siberia 68 years ago is examined with new technologies yielding details and new information.
This spiny slug blazed a trail for snails
Reach back far enough in the family tree of a snail or a clam and you’ll find a spiny little slug with tiny teeth, wearing a helmet.
New discoveries on Bronze Age site in the Cyclades
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient staircase and causeway linking two parts of the site on the Greek island of Keros, in the Cyclades.
A New Roof for the Historical Arena di Verona
schlaich bergermann partner and gmp Architekten von Gerkan Marg und Partner are the winners of an International Competition of Ideas to cover the Verona Arena, the city's ancient Roman Amphitheatre.
Roman house with ornate mosaic and hypocaust discovered in Leicester
‘Fantastic mosaic’ and home with underfloor heating among new evidence discovered from Leicester’s Roman past.
Heidelberg Castle Revisited
Architectural historian Julian Hanschke of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has digitally reconstructed Heidelberg Castle. In his reconstruction every small detail is based on historical sources.
Oldest prostate stones found in Sudan prehistoric cemetery
Findings from a prehistoric site in Sudan show that prostate stones is a condition that tormented man as early as 12,000 years ago.
Masterpieces never sleep
Lesha Limonov came up with a unique and fascinating idea for the International Rijksstudio Award 2017...
Ethiopian site sheds new light on human behaviour in the Middle and Late Stone Age
Recent sedimentological and dating results from the sequence of Goda Buticha cave, southeastern Ethiopia, yield new data on human occupation of the region during the period 65,000 to 1,000 years ago.
Violence in humans has some deep evolutionary roots
'Are humans naturally violent, as Hobbes said, or peaceful beings to whom civilization corrupts, as Rousseau suggested?'