Sun discs found on Danish island
Evidence of beliefs and rituals performed by inhabitants of the Danish island of Bornholm 5,500 years ago, have been discovered by archaeologists of the Warsaw University during the excavations in Vasagard.
2,000-year-old unlooted Sarmatian woman burial discovered in Russia
A treasure trove of ancient jewellery has been found in the grave of a noble warrior woman, belonging to a nomadic people who occupied the steppes north of the Black Sea.
Suspected 1665 Great Plague Pit unearthed in London
A mass burial site suspected of containing 30 victims of The Great Plague of 1665 was unearthed at Crossrail's Liverpool Street site in the City of London.
Humans responsible for demise of gigantic ancient mammals
Early humans were the dominant cause of the extinction of a variety of species of giant beasts, new research has revealed.
Sunken settlement found in the Argolic Gulf
An extended sunken settlement dating back to the 3rd millennium BC was found during the investigations conducted by the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities and the University of Geneva at the Khilada Bay, Argolic Gulf.
Arabs and Empires before Islam
250 translated extracts from an extensive array of ancient sources which, from a variety of different perspectives, illuminate the history of the Arabs before the emergence of Islam.
What’s new in Roman Greece
The Roman Seminar, in cooperation with the Institute of Historical Research of the National Hellenic Research Foundation, will organize the International Conference “What’s New In Roman Greece”.
Celts: art and identity
The exhibition "Celts: art and identity" opens at the British Museum on September 24, 2015. The Museum invites on a journey tracing what it means to be Celtic.
A dip into the Mysteries of Osiris
The show focuses on the incredible remains of the temples of Thonis-Heracleion and Canopus in which the most secret religious rites and processions took place.
An archaeology exhibition “with a taste”
The collection of David Doret, exposed almost in its entirety with the exception of a few items of little architectural value, is owned by the museum.
Lost Egypt found in Omaha
The exhibition is running since May 23 but lasts through September 6 at The Durham Museum, Omaha, USA.
Art is out !
De Casabianca’s pioneering “Outings Project” involves using a smartphone to take photos of masterpieces housed in famous museums and galleries.
This is the world’s first robot
The life-size doll had a mechanism transferring wine and water from two pots interred in its body, to the jug she was holding.
Was Tutankhamun’ s tomb actually made for Nefertiti?
Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves suggests KV 62 was originally made for Nefertiti, who is still hiding beneath its burial chamber’ s plastered walls.
Ancient-style wine-making is rediscovered in Georgia
Georgia's wine-making heritage goes back 8,000 years and centers on the qvevri, a cavernous egg-shaped terra-cotta pot.
The magic world of ancient Egypt
Egyptian Magic has more than 300 objects of great value, some dating back 3,000 years and coming from various museums around the world.
New Research on Viking Age raid social motives
New Research on Viking Age raid social motives to explore the social justifications for this spike in aggressive activity.
French students discover 560,000-year-old tooth
French students, volunteering at the Arago cave archaeological dig, near Tautavel, located at the foothills of the Pyrénées and one of the world's most important prehistoric sites, discovered a 560,000-year-old adult tooth.
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.