Unearthed Bronze Age textiles shine light on life 3,000 years ago
The findings of two Bronze Age homes built on wooden stilts five feet above a river at the Must Farm site in Cambridgeshire have been unearthed in an archaeological excavation which has been dubbed the “Pompeii of the Fens”.
The mosaic pavement in Larnaka
Even though the mosaic floor has only been partially excavated, and has yet to be conserved, a preliminary estimation would suggest that scenes of the Labours of Hercules are depicted and that it is dated to the Roman period.
Homo erectus walked as we do
Multiple assemblages of Homo erectus footprints in northern Kenya have provided unique opportunities to understand ancestral locomotor patterns.
Rawer tomb ceiling and western wall have collapsed
The ceiling and western wall of Rawer tomb in Egypt collapsed last week. However, according to the manager of the site the collapsed parts were modern repair works.
Earliest known village discovered in Cyprus
This year’s investigations at the site of Ayios Tychonas-Klimonas in the Lemesos (Limassol) District brought to light the remains of more than 20 round buildings.
Ancient Roman baths and tombs are now fully excavated
An ancient Roman bath-house and series of tombs unearthed about a year ago by workers constructing a church in Rome have now been fully excavated.
Excavations in India uncover Harappan factory
The 4MSR site near Binjor in Rajasthan is now excavated and proves to be not a settlement but rather a production centre of the Early Harappan and Mature Harappan phases.
The Getty and Rothschild Foundation Announce Inaugural Getty Rothschild Fellowship
The Getty and the Rothschild Foundation announced the creation of the Getty Rothschild Fellowship, which will support innovative scholarship in the history of art, collecting, and conservation.
Ancient brain to be reconstructed by scientists
The imprints of the brain on a 17,000-year-old skull found in Italy has allowed scientists to produce a reconstruction of an ancient brain.
Obsidian tools used for tattooing in prehistoric Oceania
A new study says 3,000-year-old volcanic glass tools from the South Pacific were used for tattooing and will hopefully provide an insight into ancient tattooing practices.
Another 23 shipwrecks located at Fourni
The 2016 Fourni Underwater Survey: Traces of 23 shipwrecks have been located and registered, dating from the end of the Archaic period until the 19th century.
Testing ideas about the evolution of long-necked sauropod dinosaurs
How was the sauropod skeleton able to bear the tremendous loads of neck and tail without causing injury or compromising mobility?
Monkeys in Brazil have used stone tools for hundreds of years at least
New archaeological evidence suggests that Brazilian capuchins have been using stone tools to crack open cashew nuts for at least 700 years, and the new research paper asks whether human behaviour was influenced through watching the monkeys.
Cannabis in Eurasia
During a short time period at the end of the last Ice Age, between about 11,500 and 10,200 years ago, Stone Age humans in Europe and Asia independently began using cannabis.
The Philistine cemetery in Israel
The ancient philistine cemetery discovered in Israel could lead us see Goliath’s people in a completely new light.
Kaspersky Lab will fund a project at Akrotiri
Kaspersky Lab will fund a project with three major phases at the famous Akrotiri settlement in Santorini (Thera), Greece, in cooperation with the Archaeological Society at Athens (ASA).
“Refugees Heirlooms” at the Musée d’histoire de Nantes
The exhibition at the Musée d’histoire de Nantes, in partnership with the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, offers a chance to discover the exceptional objects from the Refugee Treasures exhibition presented in 2009 in Athens.
Rare discovery of Late Roman official buried in Leicester
The remains of a man wearing a type of belt typical for a Late Roman soldier were found at the Roman cemetery in Leicester.
Cannibalism among late Neandertals in northern Europe
Tübingen researchers in international team uncover grisly evidence that Neandertals butchered their own kind some 40,000 years ago.
New mosaics discovered in synagogue excavations in Galilee
Excavations in the Late Roman (fifth century) synagogue at Huqoq, an ancient Jewish village in Israel’s Lower Galilee have discovered ornate mosaics.
Scientists ‘look inside’ an ancient Greek amphora
Russian scientists have identified the components of the oldest bitumen sample to be found in an ancient vase and made an accurate estimate of its age.
Ancient Brazilians occupied the same homes for centuries
Ancient inhabitants of the southern Brazilian highlands were no strangers to the types of home improvements we enjoy today, academics from the University of Exeter have found.
No direct link between climate change and early human innovation
Cultural, technological changes not in sync with climate shifts at 2 Middle Stone Age sites.
Ostrich relative lived in North America 50 million years ago
Exceedingly well-preserved bird fossil specimens dating 50 million years represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of the modern-day ostrich.