The way rabbits were hunted and eaten by Neanderthals and modern humans may offer vital clues as to why one species died out while the other flourished.
A nuclear physicist and an archaeologist at the University of York have joined forces to produce a unique appraisal of the cultural significance of one of the world’s most important locations for scientific inquiry.
British archaeologists have discovered 2,000-year-old treasures from the first and second centuries. The artefacts offer a connection between the Roman Empire and the Aksumite kingdom.
A rock shelter in the Weld Range provides evidence of the oldest human occupation in the Mid-West region of Western Australia, a research project partnered between The University of Western Australia and Wajarri Traditional Owners has discovered.
Six Late Period tombs (26th Dynasty) came to light at the Aga Khan Mausoleum perimeter, west of Aswan, during excavations by the Egyptian Mission in Aswan and Nubia.
Dr Aleydis Van de Moortel will be presenting her paper "From the Corridor House Civilization to the Mycenaean Palaces: Social Practice as a Key to Understanding Societal Changes at Mitrou", in the framework of the Mycenaean Seminar series.
Bones found 10 years ago in Alberta, Canada, have recently been attributed by scientists to a very unusual horned dinosaur, a close relative of Triceratops.
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) has presented the press with its Emergency Red List of Iraqi Cultural Objects at Risk, an updated and enriched version of ICOM’s very first emergency Red List on Iraq published in 2003.
A ceremony, held in Bern on Monday, marked the return of a collection comprising of 32 ancient artefacts to Egypt by Switzerland. The treasures were received by Egypt's ambassador to Switzerland, Saher Hamza.
Objects from a slave ship that sank off the coast of Cape Town in 1794 will be on long-term loan to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
A 2,000-year-old figurine of the Roman god Mercury was discovered by a member of the York and District Metal Detecting Club in a field in north Yorkshire.
A new exhibition at The University of Queensland’s RD Milns Antiquities Museum will showcase the rich and fascinating history and archaeology of ancient and modern day Cyprus.
The conference will focus on the heyday of the institution of the God’s Wives, the influence and power of these women, as well as their social and economic context.
A rare Thracian krater was found by the Bulgarian police in the car of a 33-year-old man accused for treasure hunting in the town of Susam (Haskovo District).