New Research on Viking Age raid social motives
New Research on Viking Age raid social motives to explore the social justifications for this spike in aggressive activity.
French students discover 560,000-year-old tooth
French students, volunteering at the Arago cave archaeological dig, near Tautavel, located at the foothills of the Pyrénées and one of the world's most important prehistoric sites, discovered a 560,000-year-old adult tooth.
Archaeologists discover oldest Pictish Fort in Scotland
Archaeologists in Scotland have confirmed that an inhospitable sea stack on the Aberdeenshire coast is the site of the earliest Pictish Fort. The Fort, after carbon dating, is found to date to the third or fourth century, predating the iconic Dunnottar Castle.
Remains of four early Jamestown leaders identified
Scientists have announced the identities of four men, buried in Jamestown, Virginia, the first successful British colony. The four men who were early leaders of Jamestown were buried within the local historic 1608 church, the location of Pocahontas’ marriage to John Rolfe in 1614.
New methods on transition from hunting to farming
One of the enduring mysteries of the human experience is how and why humans moved from hunting and gathering to farming. The recent work of a research team led by Arizona State University postdoc Isaac Ullah narrows the mystery by showing what variables might have affected the transition.
Medieval Blackfriar graveyard discovered in Aberdeen
Archaeologists in Aberdeen city centre have unearthed about 30 skeletons and the remains of a wall in an area that is believed to be the burial ground of a thirteenth-century Blackfriar friary and church.
New fragments of female figurine from Hohle Fels
Researchers from the University of Tübingen present fragments of a new female figurine from Hohle Fels Cave at the Urgeschichtlichen Museum Blaubeuren.
Mentor shipwreck underwater excavation continues
Another cycle of underwater excavation around the "Mentor" shipwreck near Kythira island has been concluded yielding evidence that the ship that carried other antiquities besides what has already been discovered so far.
Qur’an manuscript fragments may be the oldest in the world
Radiocarbon analysis of a manuscript with fragments of the Qu'ran at the University of Birmingham has dated the parchment to AD568-645 rendering it the oldest known manuscript in the world.
First non-biblical mosaic discovered in Israel ancient synagogue
Archaeologists working in an ongoing project in Huqoq synagogue, Israel, have uncovered more mosaics with non-biblical depictions.
Mammoths killed by abrupt climate change
New research has revealed abrupt warming, that closely resembles the rapid man-made warming occurring today, has repeatedly played a key role in mass extinction events of large animals in Earth's past.
New Archaeological Discoveries at the Red Sea coast
A complete assemblage of pottery food storage and preparation vessels dating from the Ramesside period have been discovered at the Sais - Nile Delta.
Ancient carriage way discovered in southern Athens
Archaeologists in Greece have unearthed a part of an ancient carriage road, at the Megalo Kavouri beach in Vouliagmeni, southern Athens. The discovery was announced on Monday by the Greek Ministry of Culture. The section is 300 metres long and
Ancient DNA: A window to the past and future
The exhibition introduces the visitor, using simple explanations which are also scientifically complete and accurate, to the study and results of ancient DNA.
The votive offering of Phila
This month’s selected exhibit of the Museum is the body of a female statuette with an inscribed base.
Looted antiquities in France returned to China
France has returned thirty two gold ornaments stolen from tombs during the 1990s to China and bought by unsuspecting French collectors.
Over a Hot Stove: Women in the Kitchen (Day 1)
What did Amazons cook? How is Hera's sacred plant used in today's medicine? Which were the culinary traditions of LAte Hellenistic Nea Paphos?
Assistant Professor of Byzantine Studies
The Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University (CEU, Budapest) invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Byzantine Studies.
Siberia’s mystery birch bank coffin reveals mummy
The recently discovered birch bark coffin at Zeleny Yar necropolis, near Salekhardat, has been opened and scientists have indeed found a mummified body within probably belonging to an upper-class child.
Deciphering the burnt Ein Gedi scroll
For the first time, advanced technologies made it possible to read parts of a scroll that was completely burnt c. 1,500 years ago, inside the Holy Ark of the synagogue at Ein Gedi.
Fossil fuel emissions will complicate radiocarbon dating
Fossil fuel emissions could soon make it impossible for radiocarbon dating to distinguish new materials from artefacts that are hundreds of years old.
Centuries-old shipwreck discovered off North Carolina coast
Scanning sonar from a scientific expedition has revealed the remains of a previously unknown shipwreck more than a mile deep off the North Carolina coast. Artifacts on the wreck indicate it might date to the American Revolution. Marine scientists from
Altertumswissenschaften in a Digital Age: Egyptology, Papyrology and Beyond
Are you an Egyptologist or a Papyrologist? Do you conduct or plan research in the field of Digital Humanities? This Call for Papers addresses Egyptologists and Papyrologists in the "Digital Turn".
Museums and Museology in modern society. New challenges, new relationships (Part 14)
The 14th article in the special issue on Museology attempts a critical survey of educational programmes carried out in museums for groups of primary school pupils.