Lichens and drones reveal dinosaur bones
Vibrant orange-coloured lichens are helping scientists discover dinosaur fossils in Canada, according to a new study.
AGON 2026: Submissions are open
The theme encompasses archaeology in its broadest sense: antiquity, the Middle Ages, folk arts and traditions, industrial archaeology etc.
Clashing Religions in Ancient Egypt
This volume explores Egyptian cultural and religious beliefs, and their impact on other areas of daily life.
A model to represent the order of the universe
A University of Arizona research team has unearthed the latest and clearest evidence that Aguada Fénix was a cosmogram.
Getty strengthens its collection with new acquisitions
Recent additions among which a Hellenistic ring bolster Getty’s holdings of antiquities, drawings, sculptures, and photographs.
When only the strong shells survive
Scientists are racing to rebuild sustainable oyster populations, something that Indigenous communities were able to steward for millennia.
Hominin response to a hostile climate 2.75 million years ago
New findings out of Kenya by an international team of researchers reveal profound consistency in the use of stone tool technology over time.
Benaki Museum Late Antique Copper-Alloy Utensils
The publication presents the study of 132 copper alloy utensils for everyday use, belonging to the Byzantine Collection of the Benaki Museum.
KU researcher’s new work focuses on Indigenous fire sovereignty
Researchers examined 650 sets of tree rings, comparing those from inside the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona to those outside it.
Wooden Hercules figurine found on the island of Ibiza
A rare wooden sculpture of Hercules has been discovered in a refuse pit on the Spanish island of Ibiza.
Ancient theatre discovered in Herakleia, Italy
A recent geophysical study at the Herakleia Archaeological Park has brought to light the remains of a large semicircular structure.
Neanderthal DNA reveals ancient long-distance migrations
Tiny 5 cm long bone allows insights into crucial period when Neanderthals disappeared and Homo sapiens replaced them.
Stone slab with carved human facial features
A stone slab carved with human facial features and a vast urn cemetery containing twelve burials has been found at the Argishtikhinili site.
Funerary Practices in the Ancient Necropolis of Olbia
Near the ancient settlement of Olbia, a preventive excavation has uncovered a Roman necropolis dating from the 1st to the 3rd century AD.
Ancient teeth reveal mammalian responses to climate change
New isotopic analysis of fossil teeth uncovers how dietary flexibility determined survival or extinction over the last 150.000 years.
Excavations at the Pyla-Vigla have been completed
The 2025 excavation season of The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project (PKAP) at Pyla-Vigla has been completed.
The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels
This study presents the clearest comprehensive evidence yet that opiates were a broader part of ancient Egyptian society.
The Grand Egyptian Museum Ahead of the Grand Opening
As the highly anticipated opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) draws near, Egypt is preparing to launch a long-awaited global event.
At Home in the 17th Century
The Rijksmuseum presents 'At Home in the 17th Century', offering an up-close experience of daily life 400 years ago.
Two unsuspected pathogens struck Napoleon’s army
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have genetically analyzed the remains of former soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812.
Why did ancient people build Poverty Point?
Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point.
Mortality Crisis at Akhetaten?
The question of whether the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten was affected by an epidemic has long been debated.
The Minoan Thera eruption predates Pharaoh Ahmose
Radiocarbon dating of Egyptian artifacts puts Thera (Santorini) volcanic eruption prior to Pharaoh Ahmose.
Stone tools trace Paleolithic Pacific migration
Ancient people from the Pacific Rim traveled a coastal route from East Asia during the last ice age to become North America’s First Peoples.