Anglo-Saxon cemetery found in excavations for Viking Link
The burials in the cemetery deliberately focus on an earlier Bronze Age ring ditch and indicate the funerary landscape was long established.
Ancient jar handle bearing the name Menachem was uncovered
Settlement remains including an inscription in ancient Hebrew script that mentions the name “Menachem” were recently exposed.
Grecoroman stone-cut tombs found in Bahnasa, Egypt
The Spanish archeological mission succeeded in uncovering a number of tombs dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras.
New discoveries at Saqqara by an Egyptian-Japanese team
The mission completed the excavation of a rock cut tomb, further architectural remains and burials in Saqqara.
Cult mentality: SLU professor makes monumental discovery in Italy
Ancient Roman temple adds significant insights into the social change from pagan gods to Christianity within the Roman Empire.
New technology interprets archaeological findings from biblical times
Researchers rely on the earth's magnetic field to verify an event mentioned in the Old Testament.
Rise of Archery in Andes Mountains Dated to 5,000 Years Ago
When did archery arise in the Americas? And what were the effects of this technology on society?
Mesopotamian bricks unveil the strength of Earth’s ancient magnetic field
Ancient bricks inscribed with the names of Mesopotamian kings have yielded important insights into a mysterious anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field 3,000 years ago.
Lead-based impregnation of the canvas for ‘The Night Watch’
New research has revealed that Rembrandt used a lead-containing substance even before applying the first ground layer.
Archaeologists unravel the mysteries of Pueblo culture
Prof. Radosław Palonka has been investigating historic sites and customs of the 3000-year-old Pueblo culture.
Rijksmuseum: Rediscovered Rembrandt portraits on long-term loan
The 1635 portraits of Jan Willemsz van der Pluym and Jaapgen Caerlsdr. disappeared from view for almost two centuries, before resurfacing two years ago.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art repatriates artifacts
The returned antiquities include statues from the Koh Ker archaeological site.
North America’s first people may have arrived by sea ice highway
A growing number of archeological and genetic finds suggests that people made their way onto the continent much earlier than believed.
China deciphers ancient rituals
Scholars of China's Tsinghua University have deciphered five documents recorded on bamboo slips dating back to the Warring States period.
First ground-based survey of damage to Ukrainian cultural sites
The war in Ukraine is not just a war against a people, but a war on culture.
Earliest evidence for domestic yak using archaeology, ancient DNA
In a study an international team of researchers report archaeologically and genetically confirmed evidence for domestic yak.
Viking dentistry was surprisingly advanced
The study examined 3,293 teeth from 171 individuals among the Viking Age population of Varnhem in Västergötland, Sweden. T
Archaeologists unearth one of earliest known frame saddles
In April 2015, looters sacked an ancient cave burial at a site called Urd Ulaan Uneet high within the Altai Mountains of western Mongolia.
Ancient Balkan genomes reveal how Slavic Europe was formed
The ancient genomes of 146 individuals who inhabited the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium has been recovered and analysed.
Italy’s tough town
A rare roofed theatre, markets, warehouses, a river port and other startling discoveries were made by a Cambridge-led team of archaeologists.
Scandinavia’s oldest known ship burial is located in mid-Norway
This summer, archaeologists and a metal detectorist conducted a small survey of Herlaugshagen, at Leka in the northern part of Trøndelag County.
Pompeii: Prison bakery emerges
A bakery-prison, where enslaved workers and donkeys were confined and exploited to grind the grain needed to make bread.
Oldest fortresses in the world discovered
Archaeologists from Freie Universität Berlin together with an international team confirm ancient prehistoric fortifications in Siberia.
Coins offer insight into monetary circulation in ancient Egypt
Thousands of previously ignored small coins discovered in Marea, a city near Alexandria, have been examined by numismatists.