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.
Human hands more primitive than chimp’s?
A study about the evolution of the human shows there has been relatively little change in its proportions.
Tomb shaft in Luxor yields unexpected finds
The gift of the father of the legendary Cleopatra VII for an Egyptian temple, in the form of a linen cloth, has been discovered by Polish archaeologists during excavations in Western Thebes (modern Luxor) in Egypt.
The last Viking and his magical sword?
A sword from the late Viking Age has been discovered in a burial in Langeid, a village in southern Norway.
Citadel wall damaged in Aleppo after blast
Part of a wall of the Aleppo Citadel in Syria was damaged by an explosion in a tunnel dug beneath the Old City.
Sling stones returned to Israel
Two stones were returned to the Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures in Be’er Sheva. The artifacts were accompanied by an anonymous note.
Mar’s millennia of mountaineers
Archaeologists working on the National Trust for Scotland’s Mar Lodge Estate in Aberdeenshire have uncovered evidence that people were active in this mountainous landscape thousands of years earlier than previously thought.
Roman frescoes discovered in South France
Archaeologists in Arles, France, have discovered an almost full 2,000-year-old Roman fresco, the only one not found only in fragments outside Italy so far.
The origins of our unity and diversity
Early modern human cultural interactions investigated through Middle Stone Age tool technologies.
Volcanic rocks resembling Roman concrete explain record uplift in Italian caldera
The discovery of a fiber-reinforced, concrete-like rock formed in the depths of a dormant supervolcano could help explain the unusual ground swelling that led to the evacuation of an Italian port city.
Parthenon, Fort Knox of ancient Athens?
The Parthenon’s attic may have been the storage place for ancient Athens’ vast cash reserves.
Four new tombs discovered in Egypt
Archaeologists at Tell el-Farkha site, Dakahleyya Governorate, have discovered four new tombs, Minister of Antiquities, Dr Mamdouh Eldamaty announced on Wednesday.
Volcanic eruptions that changed human history
Researchers find new evidence that large eruptions were responsible for cold temperature extremes recorded since early Roman times.