The NAM’s mummies undergo imaging examination
The transportation of four Ptolemaic mummies of the National Archaeological Museum (NAM) Egyptian Collection, and their imaging examination with the use of a CT scanner have been completed.
‘Lucy’ could stand as erect as we can
A Cambridge University researcher has digitally reconstructed the missing soft tissue of an early human ancestor – or hominin.
Rare bronze hand discovered in Roman Vindolanda
A small, child sized, and eerily life-like bronze hand had been discarded in the ditch.
About 20 ‘Polish Stonehenge’ structures have been identified
Monumental structures dating back 7,000 years and reaching over 100m in diameter, remained unknown in Poland until the 1990s.
Walls along River Nile reveal ancient form of hydraulic engineering
An international team of researchers who discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River Nile in Egypt and Sudan say these massive ‘river groynes’ reveal an exceptionally long-lived form of hydraulic engineering in the Nile Valley.
The Origins of the Sacred Image at the Louvre
This exhibition is both a vibrant manifesto of the force of images in Byzantine art, and an emphatic tribute to the richness of Ukraine’s national collections.
Study shows ancient Alaskans were freshwater fishers
A scientific team led by University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers has discovered the earliest-known evidence of freshwater fishing by ancient people in the Americas.
Remains at Crenshaw site are local, ancestors of Caddo
Hundreds of human skulls and mandibles recovered from the Crenshaw site in southwest Arkansas are the remains of ancestors of the Caddo Nation.
Objects from Crimea to be returned to Ukraine
On 9 June 2023, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands ruled that the Amsterdam Court of Appeal correctly applied the law in the case involving the disputed objects from Crimean.
Beautifully worked with silver and gold
The exhibition presents a panorama of early modern Greek jewellery and will be on show in Santirvan, Drama.
Researchers get rare glimpse of our first ancestors in Southeast Asia
An international team of researchers has discovered indisputable evidence of a human presence in mainland Southeast Asia between 86,000 and 68,000 years ago.
Farming lifestyle in northwestern Africa was ignited by oversea-migrant
A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from Morocco in northwest Africa revealed that food production was introduced by Neolithic European and Levantine migrants and then adopted by local groups.
Iron Age settlement and rare Bronze Age artefact uncovered
A Middle Iron Age settlement and an important Early Bronze Age cremation burial of a child, containing an eagle-bone pin, have been unearthed during excavations by Cotswold Archaeology experts in Oxfordshire.
Results of Nasca research utilizing deep learning technology
The paper reveals the detailed deep learning methodology used for surveying the distribution of geoglyphs based on vast amounts of aerial photographs.
Thomas Cromwell book on display in castle
In a discovery branded the most exciting Thomas Cromwell finding ‘in a generation’, historians at Hever Castle believe that Anne Boleyn, Catherine of Aragon, and Thomas Cromwell all owned a copy of the same prayer book.
Team discovers 12,000-year-old flutes made from bird bones
Found in northern Israel, they are the first prehistoric sound instruments identified from the Near East – and the oldest imitating a bird call from any ancient civilization.
The Pharaoh’s New Face
A novel 3D digital facial approximation for Pharaoh Tutankhamun has been proposed by a team led by Cicero Moraes and including Egyptologist Michael Habicht.
New Dino, ‘Iani,’ was face of a changing planet
The specimen, named Iani smithi after Janus, the two-faced Roman god of change, was an early ornithopod.
Hundreds of prehistoric engravings found in the Prades Mountains
The set is made up of more than 250 prehistoric engravings located at the so-called Roca de les Ferradures in the ancient village of Cogullons, in the municipality of Montblanc.
Evidence of intentional burial, cave engravings by early human ancestor
Homo naledi, an early human ancestor, intentionally buried their dead and made crosshatch engravings in the cave walls nearby.
4,300-year-old copper ingots discovered in Oman
They were searching for charcoal – and found copper ingots: During a routine excavation in Oman, Irini Biezeveld and Jonas Kluge experienced how surprising archaeology can be.
3D scans shed new light on mysterious Roman burial practice
Archaeologists in York have used 3D scans to study the Roman burial practice of pouring liquid gypsum over the bodies of adults and children laid to rest in coffins.
Examining societal resilience in the transition from the Bronze to Iron Age
A Cranfield University-led project excavating a fortress site in southern Georgia aims to uncover why communities in this area were more resilient than in some other parts of the world at the end of the Bronze Age.
Exhibition at the Benaki Museum: Hic sunt dracones
An exhibition focusing on historical and social context and the aesthetics of mapping.