E. coli sample extracted from an Italian mummy
An international team led by researchers at McMaster University, working in collaboration with the University of Paris Cité, has identified and reconstructed the first ancient genome of E. coli, using fragments extracted from the gallstone of a 16th century mummy.
Old Norse settlers traded walrus ivory with Kyiv
Norse settlers in Greenland exported walrus tusk ivory to Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages.
Unveiling of Thracian burial mound at Sveshtari
"The restoration gives visitors the opportunity to see this masterpiece of Thracian burial architecture in a new light", said Emilia Germanova.
Guided by a forgotten photograph, a damaged monastery is being restored
The restoration works of the destroyed Old Monastery of Agios Dionysios in Olympus, inside the Enipeas gorge at an altitude of 850 meters,are continuing at a steady pace.
Archaeological discoveries illuminate the Anglo-Saxon ‘Dark Ages’
Archaeologists working on HS2 have made discoveries of national significance, uncovering an Anglo-Saxon burial site in Wendover, Buckinghamshire.
Olive trees were first domesticated 7,000 years ago
A joint study by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University unraveled the earliest evidence for domestication of a fruit tree.
11 shipwreck monuments are accessible for recreational diving
Diving is allowed only outside and around shipwrecks, according to the announcement by the Ministry of Culture.
Origins of the Black Death identified
A multidisciplinary team of scientists have obtained and studied ancient Y. pestis genomes that trace the pandemic’s origins to Central Asia.
Did democracy have a separate origin in the Americas?
Inhabitants of the Americas may have been practicing democratic-style collective governance at least a millennium before European contact.
Unique Viking Age shipyard discovered at Birka
Archaeologists from Stockholm University's Archaeological Research Laboratory have located a unique Viking Age shipyard site at Birka on Björkö in Lake Mälaren.
Panathenaic amphorae from Toronto, Canada back to their birthplace
On the occasion of its birthday on Monday 20 June 2022, the Acropolis Museum invites visitors to its exhibition areas with reduced tickets.
The reconstructed appearance of a woman buried four thousand years ago
Fair complexion, brown hair and brown, widely spaced eyes, a prominent chin, a petite figure, adorned with bronze and gold jewellery and a magnificent amber necklace.
More than 8,000 frog bones found by an Iron Age roundhouse
Archaeologists from MOLA Headland Infrastructure found more than 8,000 amphibian bones by an Iron Age roundhouse excavated at Bar Hill, Cambridgeshire, for National Highways #A14Archaeology scheme.
Stone blocks from reign of King Khufu discovered at Heliopolis
A joint German/Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered stone blocks from the reign of King Khufu in Heliopolis, Egypt.
Student program may have uncovered lost indigenous community
The University of North Florida archaeology team believes it may have located the lost Indigenous Northeast Florida community of Sarabay.
Marina Lambraki-Plaka has passed away
Marina Lambraki Plaka, Director of the National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum, has passed away on Monday morning at the age of 83.
The interaction of ocean, continent and atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago
Researchers have studied the Temagami BIF, a rock formation in Ontario, for the first time using high-precision geochemical methods.
The Parthenon Sculptures: Unprecedented momentum building in favour of their return
In recent months, the number of reports in the British media is perhaps the greatest ever.
Εxcavations at the Late Cypriot harbour city of Dromolaxia-Vyzakia
In May and June 2022 a Swedish team carried out excavations at the Late Cypriot harbour city of Dromolaxia-Vyzakia/Hala Sultan Tekke.
Unique images of the mythical San Jose galleon
Spain and the natives of Bolivia are still claiming the cargo of the San Jose, which carried the treasure of the Regent of Peru.
Wreck of Historical Royal Ship discovered off the English coast
The wreck of one of the most famous ships of the 17th century has been discovered off the coast of Norfolk in the UK.
Ancient DNA unearths cultural “explosion” in the Pacific
DNA analysis of ancient human remains has shed new light on an "explosion" of itermixing cultures and genetics in an island region north of Australia known as Wallacea
Evidence of very early Islamic burials in the Levant
A new study combining archaeological, historical and bioarchaeological data provides new insights into the early Islamic period in modern-day Syria.
When, where, and how were chickens domesticated?
New research transforms our understanding of the circumstances and timing of the domestication of chickens, their spread across Asia into the west, and reveals the changing way in which they were perceived in societies over the past 3,500 years.