Plant, Pigment and Bone Processing in Neolithic Northern Saudi Arabia

Plant, Pigment and Bone Processing in Neolithic Northern Saudi Arabia

Use-wear analysis of grinding tools from the site of Jebel Oraf shows that the artifacts were used during the Neolithic.
300-metre-long ancient aqueduct at Giv‘at Hamatos

300-metre-long ancient aqueduct at Giv‘at Hamatos

A long section of the Upper Aqueduct to Jerusalem was uncovered in archaeological excavations at Giv'at Hamatos.
New findings have come to light in Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe

New findings have come to light in Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe

New findings have come to light in Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe, two sights deemed as “zero point of history”.
Legend of a temple on the Cerro de San Miguel confirmed

Legend of a temple on the Cerro de San Miguel confirmed

The INAH confirms legends about the existence of a pre-Hispanic temple or teocalli on the Cerro de San Miguel.
Excavation in Egyptian 1st Dynasty Queen’s Tomb Yields Sealed Wine Jars

Excavation in Egyptian 1st Dynasty Queen’s Tomb Yields Sealed Wine Jars

The newly found jars are large in size and in good condition of preservation, while the remains of wine found inside them are about 5,000 years old.
The origins of sculpture at the Benaki Museum

The origins of sculpture at the Benaki Museum

This exhibition includes stone tools and ‘figure stones’ depicting birds, faces, and bodies originating from sites in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and presented for the first time in Greece.
Feasting (and dancing and singing?) with death

Feasting (and dancing and singing?) with death

The Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus will host Dr Metaxia Tsipopoulou in its 60th ZOOM Public Lecture Series.
Rediscovering the medieval manor of Court De Wyck

Rediscovering the medieval manor of Court De Wyck

Various sources suggest some form of the manor survived until 1815, when it was eventually torn down following a fire.
The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Collection Moves To A New Website

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Collection Moves To A New Website

The new website also gives access to the images of the Oxyrhynchus papyri.
A Roman-period cranial tumor case is detected

A Roman-period cranial tumor case is detected

The CENIEH publishes a study of a case of meningioma in a Roman-period cranium.
Eight more chambers discovered in an Egyptian pyramid

Eight more chambers discovered in an Egyptian pyramid

During the work at the pyramid’s antechamber, the team located traces of a low passage that had been recorded by British explorer John Perring in 1836.
New Indo-European language discovered

New Indo-European language discovered

The new language was discovered in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Boğazköy-Hattusha in north-central Turkey.
Caribbean parrots thought to be endemic are actually relicts of millennial-scale extinction

Caribbean parrots thought to be endemic are actually relicts of millennial-scale extinction

In a new study published in PNAS, researchers have extracted the first ancient DNA from Caribbean parrots.
Adhesive technology sheds new light on prehistoric cognition

Adhesive technology sheds new light on prehistoric cognition

Prehistoric production of birch bark tar reveals required cognition kind for materials produced by Neanderthal and early modern humans.
Project seeks to preserve an endangered language

Project seeks to preserve an endangered language

The team is working to preserve Syriac, a 2,000-year-old language that once flourished in the Middle East and Central Asia.
When and how did the flow of Homo sapiens in Eurasia happen?

When and how did the flow of Homo sapiens in Eurasia happen?

A new study appearing in Science Advances compares Pleistocene vegetation communities around Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, to the oldest archeological traces of Homo sapiens in the region.
Temple “of Aphrodite” revealed in Thonis Heraklion

Temple “of Aphrodite” revealed in Thonis Heraklion

The mission has excavated the remains of buildings supported by wooden beams dating back to the 5th century BC, as well as bronze and ceramic finds imported from Greece.
Witchcraft suspicion: ‘occupational hazard’ for women

Witchcraft suspicion: ‘occupational hazard’ for women

Women’s working conditions increased the odds of them being suspected as witches, according to a new analysis of an English astrologer’s case files from the early 17th century.
Viking trade connections stretched over hundreds of kilometres

Viking trade connections stretched over hundreds of kilometres

Analysis of Vikings hair combs reveals connections between northern Scandinavia and the edges of continental Europe.
Extension of the temporary exhibition FIVE at the Cyprus Museum

Extension of the temporary exhibition FIVE at the Cyprus Museum

FIVE adopts an anthropocentric approach allowing the visitor to come “face to face” with the stories of people from the past.
Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure

Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure

Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made of wood.
News from Gjellestad

News from Gjellestad

Two years after the Gjellestad excavation was completed, experts are digitizing the 1400 rivets that were removed from the ship.
New discovery of Early Medieval ‘Govan Warrior’ stone

New discovery of Early Medieval ‘Govan Warrior’ stone

An archaeological dig at Govan Old Churchyard revealed a remarkable new find: an early medieval carved stone of a warrior figure.
CBP Returns Historical Indigenous Artifacts to Costa Rica

CBP Returns Historical Indigenous Artifacts to Costa Rica

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) returned three historic artifacts last Thursday from the Caribbean Archaeological Subregion.
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