Archaeologists discover oldest Pictish Fort in Scotland
Archaeologists in Scotland have confirmed that an inhospitable sea stack on the Aberdeenshire coast is the site of the earliest Pictish Fort. The Fort, after carbon dating, is found to date to the third or fourth century, predating the iconic Dunnottar Castle.
Remains of four early Jamestown leaders identified
Scientists have announced the identities of four men, buried in Jamestown, Virginia, the first successful British colony. The four men who were early leaders of Jamestown were buried within the local historic 1608 church, the location of Pocahontas’ marriage to John Rolfe in 1614.
New methods on transition from hunting to farming
One of the enduring mysteries of the human experience is how and why humans moved from hunting and gathering to farming. The recent work of a research team led by Arizona State University postdoc Isaac Ullah narrows the mystery by showing what variables might have affected the transition.
Medieval Blackfriar graveyard discovered in Aberdeen
Archaeologists in Aberdeen city centre have unearthed about 30 skeletons and the remains of a wall in an area that is believed to be the burial ground of a thirteenth-century Blackfriar friary and church.
New fragments of female figurine from Hohle Fels
Researchers from the University of Tübingen present fragments of a new female figurine from Hohle Fels Cave at the Urgeschichtlichen Museum Blaubeuren.
Mentor shipwreck underwater excavation continues
Another cycle of underwater excavation around the "Mentor" shipwreck near Kythira island has been concluded yielding evidence that the ship that carried other antiquities besides what has already been discovered so far.
Qur’an manuscript fragments may be the oldest in the world
Radiocarbon analysis of a manuscript with fragments of the Qu'ran at the University of Birmingham has dated the parchment to AD568-645 rendering it the oldest known manuscript in the world.
First non-biblical mosaic discovered in Israel ancient synagogue
Archaeologists working in an ongoing project in Huqoq synagogue, Israel, have uncovered more mosaics with non-biblical depictions.
Mammoths killed by abrupt climate change
New research has revealed abrupt warming, that closely resembles the rapid man-made warming occurring today, has repeatedly played a key role in mass extinction events of large animals in Earth's past.
New Archaeological Discoveries at the Red Sea coast
A complete assemblage of pottery food storage and preparation vessels dating from the Ramesside period have been discovered at the Sais - Nile Delta.
Ancient carriage way discovered in southern Athens
Archaeologists in Greece have unearthed a part of an ancient carriage road, at the Megalo Kavouri beach in Vouliagmeni, southern Athens. The discovery was announced on Monday by the Greek Ministry of Culture. The section is 300 metres long and
Ancient DNA: A window to the past and future
The exhibition introduces the visitor, using simple explanations which are also scientifically complete and accurate, to the study and results of ancient DNA.
Looted antiquities in France returned to China
France has returned thirty two gold ornaments stolen from tombs during the 1990s to China and bought by unsuspecting French collectors.
Over a Hot Stove: Women in the Kitchen (Day 1)
What did Amazons cook? How is Hera's sacred plant used in today's medicine? Which were the culinary traditions of LAte Hellenistic Nea Paphos?
Siberia’s mystery birch bank coffin reveals mummy
The recently discovered birch bark coffin at Zeleny Yar necropolis, near Salekhardat, has been opened and scientists have indeed found a mummified body within probably belonging to an upper-class child.
Deciphering the burnt Ein Gedi scroll
For the first time, advanced technologies made it possible to read parts of a scroll that was completely burnt c. 1,500 years ago, inside the Holy Ark of the synagogue at Ein Gedi.
Fossil fuel emissions will complicate radiocarbon dating
Fossil fuel emissions could soon make it impossible for radiocarbon dating to distinguish new materials from artefacts that are hundreds of years old.
Centuries-old shipwreck discovered off North Carolina coast
Scanning sonar from a scientific expedition has revealed the remains of a previously unknown shipwreck more than a mile deep off the North Carolina coast. Artifacts on the wreck indicate it might date to the American Revolution. Marine scientists from
Oldest fossilized sperm found in Antarctica
Scientists on Seymour Island, Antarctica, have discovered a 50-million-year-old fossilised sperm, the oldest known so far, in the wall of a worm cocoon specially produced for the purpose of sex.
Scientists in Northern Italy establish existence of Palaeolithic dental tools
Scientists have discovered evidence of the oldest known dental intervention, examining the 14,000-year-old skeleton of a young man, about 25 years old, from Northern Italy.
Almost intact medieval objects found in Oxford, England
Archaeologists at Westgate site in Oxford, England, have unearthed leather and wood objects that provide valuable information about everyday life 700 years ago.
A herbivorous mammalian ancestor
Head-butting and canine display during male-male combat first appeared some 270 million years ago.
Evolution of our mammalian ancestor’s ear bone
First detailed and comprehensive analysis on the ear bone shows noticeable variations in the morphology of this bone - even among animals of the same species.
City of David project condemned by UNESCO
The UN’ s education, cultural and scientific organization slammed Israeli archaeological digs in East Jerusalem voting 13-2 to keep the Old City on its list of endangered World Heritage sites.