Discovery of Lost Dark Age Kingdom in Galloway
Archaeological research has just been published which reveals the location of a hitherto lost early medieval kingdom that was once pre-eminent in Scotland and Northern England.
Princess of Danube revisited
Archaeologists studying a Celtic tomb found in Heuneburg, containg the remains of an aristocratic woman and extremely rich grave goods have published their conclusions.
Large-scale medieval burial area found in Sudan
Archaeologists in Sudan have discovered a medieval area with cemeteries in Sudan excavating at least 123 individuals, some buried in unusual ways.
The Proparthenon
Today, Professor Manolis Korres (NTUA) will give a lecture on "The Proparthenon" at the Austrian Archaeological Institute.
Medieval horse skull found at the Colosseum
Archaeologists cleaning the exterior of the Colosseum in Italy last week have discovered a medieval horse skull.
The valuable information of garbage
The research project is called “The Pompeii Artifact Life History Project” and it is headed by Theodore Peña of the University of California, Berkeley.
Polish researcher investigates the health of children in ancient Egypt
Anaemia, chronic sinusitis, tooth decay are among the most commonly recognized diseases in children whose burials a Polish bioarchaeologist investigated in the Egyptian necropolis.
Greek Tragedy on the Small Screen
Iphigenia in Aulis, Agamemnon and Electra will be shown in January and February.
Major Viking Age manor discovered at Birka, Sweden
The survey revealed a major Viking period hall on the site, with a length of around 40 meters.
Fossils find reveal unseen ‘footprint’ maker
Fossils found in Morocco from the long-extinct group of sea creatures called trilobites, including rarely seen soft-body parts, may be previously unseen animals that left distinctive fossil ‘footprints’ around the ancient supercontinent Gondwana.
Moldavian “long house” discovered near Chisinau
More than 20 meters could be the length of the relics of a wooden 7,000-year-old house, discovered by an international team of researchers near the city of Balti, about 100 km from Chisinau.
Egyptian perfume box missing fragments have been found
Pieces of a fragmented perfume box from ancient Egypt kept at a Scottish museum have been discovered and reunited with the rest of the remains.
Special feature prevented Roman chariots from crashing
A 2,000-year-old toy chariot has allowed researchers to discover what kept ancient Roman chariots from crashing.
Our hominid ancestors made and used tools
Neil Norman and Bruce Larson stumbled upon tools likely near where they were dropped by their makers as long as two and a half million years ago.
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.