A Māori treasure in Aotearoa New Zealand
A Māori cloak will go on display in Aotearoa as part of a new partnership between Durham University and Auckland War Memorial Museum.
The evolution of cooperation among humans
This study investigates the joint influence of environmental variability and human migration on the evolution of cooperation.
Patras – The Archaeological Museum
The timeless history of Patras and the museum’s most significant exhibits — from its Mycenaean past to the Roman period.
1 Picasso for 100 euros
Since November 24, participants from around the world are able to purchase their ticket online via the website www.1picasso100euros.com.
Pompeii offers insights into ancient Roman building technology
MIT researchers analyzed a recently discovered ancient construction site to shed new light on a material that has endured for thousands of years.
Groundbreaking discovery shows earliest evidence of fire-making
Researchers have unearthed the earliest known evidence of fire-making, dating back over 400,000 years, in a field in Suffolk.
Millennia of human history uncovered in Suffolk
New finds in East Anglia: from beautifully preserved prehistoric stone tools to evidence of a local medieval pottery industry.
Fingerprint of ancient seafarer
The fingerprint found in the tars provides a direct link to the seaborne raiders who used the boat over 2,000 years ago.
First evidence of lost-wax casting
Results of the study of manufacturing traces on a silver bangle from El Argar Grave 292, in south-eastern Spain.
Queen’s Side, King’s Side
Excavations were conducted on the northern terrace, the King’s side, and the inner courts of the Queen and the Dauphin, in Versailles.
Kition-Bamboula 2025 excavation completed
This campaign focused on trench 11, to the northwest of the site, where archaeologists had exposed in the previous campaigns a large pit.
Sensational Viking Age grave newly uncovered
Researchers are now investigating a Viking Age grave with preserved skeletal remains and jewellery at Val in Bjugn, in Trøndelag County.
Two Cypriot antiquities have been repatriated
The antiquities consist of a Juglet and a Jug of Bichrome III ware that date to the Cypro-Geometric III period (900-750 BC).
Alexandria: Discovery of the wreck of an ancient pleasure boat
In the Port of the Royal Island of Antirhodos excavations have revealed the well-preserved timbers of a shipwreck.
How did Bronze Age plague spread?
An international team of researchers has found the first evidence of a Bronze Age plague infection in a non-human host.
Locating ancient settlements and artefacts on Greek Islands
A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece’s Aegean Sea, are looking for signs of early human activity.
Severe drought linked to the decline of the hobbits
New study links climate stress to the disappearance of early human species Homo floresiensis, the 'hobbits' of Flores.
Multifaceted City
The conference is organized by the City of Thessaloniki and the School of History and Archaeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Fossil turtle shells from Jurassic Poland
Scientists at the University of Warsaw have analysed unusual cavities preserved on the shells of sea turtles that lived 150 million years ago.
The Medusa of Hallstatt
The Medusa of Hallstatt may only be about 1.5 cm tall, but it is one of the most significant individual Roman finds in Upper Austria.
Gold-decorated iron lances sacrificed at sacred spring
Two iron lances with gold decoration and another iron object found in Boeslunde, one of Denmark's richest Bronze Age landscapes.
Seashells: horns from the Neolithic
UB archaeologists have documented the use of shells as sound instruments for communication on the Catalan coast some 6,000 years ago.
Celebrated Rutland mosaic depicts ‘long-lost’ Troy story
One of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK’ have revealed that it depicts an alternative ‘long-lost’ telling of the Trojan War.
The Madonna of Havraň
After its restauration the rare wooden sculpture has gone on display at the Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia in Prague.