Of puppets and puppeteers
Jan Szymański and Gabriela Prejs have published a paper about Preclassic clay figurines from San Isidro, El Salvador.
‘You don’t just throw them in a box’
Two years ago, Chance Ward began opening boxes of horse remains that had been shipped to the CU Museum of Natural History from other institutions around the country. What he saw made his heart sink.
Innovative ancient burial site found to be older than Stonehenge
New research reveals Flagstones in Dorset dates to 3,200 years BC and sheds new light on the origins of monumental architecture during the Neolithic period.
Maria van Oosterwijck’s masterpiece at the Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum is displaying a recently acquired still life by Maria van Oosterwijck in the Gallery of Honour.
Climate change and degradation of archaeological environments
The project aims to identify links between climate change and the increasing degradation of archaeological cultural environments in Svalbard.
Pompeii: Discovery of a room with frescoes
An extremely rare “megalography” of the 1st century BC, like the famous Villa of the Mysteries.
Early development of abstract reasoning in human ancestors
Oldest collection of mass-produced prehistoric bone tools reveal that human ancestors were likely capable of more advanced abstract reasoning.
Discovery of first Bronze Age settlement in the Maghreb
Excavations at Kach Kouch, located in northwest Morocco, reveal a human occupation datable to between 2200 and 600 BC.
Rare civil war defences at Sheffield Castle
Excavations at Sheffield Castle have unearthed the first surviving examples of 17th-century defensive stakes.
Ancient Egyptian jewelry discovered in Karnak Temple
Jewelry dating back to the early 26th Dynasty has been uncovered in the northwestern sector of the Karnak Temple complex.
Oldest carvel-built ship from the Nordic countries discovered
Maritime archaeologists from the Vrak have investigated a shipwreck that may be the oldest known carvel-built vessel from the Nordic region.
A gold processing complex at Jabal Sukari
The findings provide valuable insights into the social, religious, and economic lives of gold miners in historical desert settlements.
Return of 11 antiquities to the people of Greece
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced the return of 11 antiquities collectively valued at nearly $1 million to Greece.
The Met returns ancient bronze head of a griffin to Greece
The return is supported by collaborative research revealing that it illegitimately left the Archaeological Museum of Olympia in the 1930s.
Viking skulls reveal severe morbidity
The results presented in British Dental Journal Open suggest that the fifteen individuals whose skulls were examined suffered from a broad range of diseases.
Ancient human remains of Bellaghy likely to be female
The “Ballymacombs More Woman” is an exceptionally rare discovery of an Iron Age female bog-preserved remains.
Iron Age divination spoon found on the Isle of Man
A 2000 year-old bronze spoon believed to have been used for ‘telling the future’ has been discovered on the West Coast of the Isle of Man.
Clues of advanced ancient technology
The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of ISEA may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens of thousands of years ago.
The smell of Egyptian mummies: ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’
For the first time the smells of mummified bodies have been systematically studied combining a mix of instrumental and sensory techniques.
The early roots of carnival?
Pre-colonial people in Brazil may have gathered in summer months to feast on migratory fish and share alcoholic drinks, a new study suggests.
Looking to the past in South Asia
An international group of scholars synthesized archaeological evidence in South Asia from 12,000 and 6,000 years ago.
Pharaoh Thutmose II’s Tomb Identified
The last missing royal tomb of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty and the first royal tomb to be discovered in the Theban area since Tutankhamun's in 1922 has been identified west of the Valley of the Kings.
The restoration of Antonio Canova’s Colossal Horse
The plaster model of Antonio Canova’s Colossal Horse will shine again thanks to a major restoration project.
New early bird species revealed by fossils unearthed in China
A new species found in China shows that early birds already had some of their characteristic features 149 million years ago.