An analysis of his teeth, femur and ribs showed that the wine flowed generously at King Richard's table, and plates of game birds and fresh fish were plentiful.
Elements of the spirit, which is still drinkable, were contained in a sealed stoneware bottle recovered in June from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, during the exploration of a shipwreck in Gdańsk Bay, close to the Polish coast.
Human remains representing a family whose members all died during the earthquake have been revealed, while their home provided the excavators a real window to the past.
The massive collection of 20-million-year-old amber found in the Dominican Republic more than 50 years ago yields fresh insights into ancient tropical insects and the world they inhabited.
Documents from Oxford University's Griffith Institute which shed light on the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb have gone on display to the public, many for the first time in their history.
Ritual violence was perpetrated on the corpses of the many warriors who fell in a major battle close to the Danish town of Skanderborg around the time Christ was born.
"Modern Greek for Postgraduates of Greek Archaeology and Early Career Scholars" is a two-week intensive course organized by the Irish Institute of Hellenic Studies at Athens.
A ring of illicit antiquities trade has been busted by the Greek police in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Sports after a two-month investigation.