Bone scans suggest early hominin ‘Lucy’ spent significant time in trees
Scans of bones from “Lucy,” the 3.18 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis fossil, suggest that the relative strength of her arms and legs was in between that of modern chimpanzees and modern humans
Momoeria dancers inscribed as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
The Momoeria dancers have been inscribed in 2016 on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Funerary rituals involving the reduction of fresh corpses discovered in Brazil
Findings from Lapa do Santo show oldest evidence in the continent of humans performing elaborated funerary rituals based on the manipulation and reduction of fresh corpses and the reorganization of body parts.
All that glittered was not gold in Roman Britain
An in-focus display of artefacts found by archaeologists as part of major project to upgrade the A1 to a motorway in North Yorkshire opened at the iconic Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle on Saturday 26 November 2016.
Excavation results at the site of Politiko-Troullia
The 2016 archaeological investigations featured expanded analysis of archaeological evidence excavated and surveyed between 2004 and 2016 at the Bronze Age community of Politiko-Troullia.
Mummified legs might belong to Queen Nefertari
Multidisciplinary study of the mummified legs found in 1904 in the debris of Queen Nefertari's tomb shows they might belong to the famous queen.
Ancient rocks hold evidence for life before oxygen
Somewhere between Earth’s creation and where we are today, scientists have demonstrated that some early life forms existed just fine without any oxygen.
High-altitude archaeology uncovers earliest evidence of potato consumption
Every French fry, gnocchi, tater tot and order of hash browns humans have eaten in the past 5,000 years can be traced back to one place in the world — northwestern Bolivia and southern Peru.
American scientists discover the first Antarctic ground beetle
Fossilised forewings from two individuals, discovered on the Beardmore Glacier, revealed the first ground beetle known from the southernmost continent.
Scans locate historic secret room
Concealed inside a key building in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, researchers have used the latest scanning technology to reveal in 3D a hiding-hole used by 17th-Century Catholic priests escaping religious persecution.
More Advanced Than Previously Assumed
Neanderthals modified their survival strategies even without external influences, such as environmental or climate changes.
By the hand of Domenikos
The "Ecstasy of St Francis", the only work by El Greco in Poland, bears the painter’s signature, a fact that proves its authenticity.
A second monument at Amphipolis?
A second monument, much smaller than the one already discovered on the Kasta Hill in Amphipolis, is believed to exist on the west side of the hill.
Rice farming in India older than previously thought
Latest research on archaeological sites of the ancient Indus Civilisation has revealed that domesticated rice farming in South Asia began far earlier than previously believed, and may have developed in tandem with rice domestication in China.
Rewriting Stonehenge landscape
Archaeologists working near the Stonehenge World Heritage Site have discovered important new sites that rewrite the Stonehenge landscape.
Ants and epiphytes: A longstanding relationship
For millions of years, an ant species on the Fiji islands has nurtured epiphytes, which provide them with nesting sites.
Church and altar of a Viking king found in Norway
Archaeologists in Norway have found the church where the Viking king Olaf Haraldsson was first enshrined as a saint.
3,800-year-old “thinker” attached to a pot unearthed in Yehud
A seven-inch-tall clay statuette of a thinker attached to a jug was discovered among other grave offerings of a rich funerary assemblage in the town of Yehud.
Ancient Cypriot clay ring-vase repatriated to Cyprus from the UK
An ancient Cypriot clay ring-vase (kernos - ceremonial vessel), dated to the Protogeometric period (1050-900 BC), has been repatriated to Cyprus from the United Kingdom.
Predynastic cemetery and settlement discovered near Abydos
A team of Egyptian archaeologists discovered a predynastic cemetery and a settlement dated to 4th millennium BC (3316 BC) located 400 meters to the south of Seti I temple in Abydos.
An unknown ancient theatre was revealed in ancient Thouria of Messenia
During the excavations conducted last summer in ancient Thouria, under the direction of Honorary Ephor of Antiquities Dr Xeni Arapogianni, a previously unknown ancient theatre was located.
Archaeological excavation unearths evidence of turkey domestication 1,500 years ago
Archaeologists have unearthed a clutch of domesticated turkey eggs used as a ritual offering 1,500 years ago in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Living Fossil Genome Unveiled
Researchers present the genome sequence of Ginkgo biloba, the oldest extant tree species
Archaeologists use IT to help uncover Israel’s past
To help them preserve and keep record of historical sites and objects, Penn State archaeologists are using several information technologies while on location.