Cities beneath the city
An archaeological dig behind Munich’s Marienplatz square has unearthed a medieval latrine full of items dating back a thousand years.
The end is not quite nigh
A reference to 2012 on a Mayan tablet denotes a transition to a new era, not the apocalypse, according to Sven Gronemeyer
Statue of Amenhotep III found
A large statue of King Amenhotep III, the grandfather of the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago, has been unearthed in Egypt.
Ashmolean returns Ancient Egyptian mummies to public view in £5m show
The Oxford museum unveils its new galleries, which include many mummies never before exhibited.
Now Cumbria comes up with Viking silver
Who left 92 pieces of valuable loot on the edge of the Lake District in the 10th century? Barrow's Dock Museum and its big sister in Bloomsbury, London, are on the case…
Temple of Aphrodite to be Buried by Urban Progress?
Tucked away behind metal construction fences lie some of the visible remains of an ancient temple
Prince Charles criticised over metal detector beach charging plan
Plans by Prince Charles to charge people for using metal detectors on beaches owned by his Duchy of Cornwall have been criticised by enthusiasts as cynical profiteering.
Collecting histories and Christie’s
The December sale at Christie's in the Rockefeller Plaza is fast approaching and has once again given Cambridge University researcher Christos Tsirogiannis material to consider. He draws my attention to one publicly declared object linked to Robin Symes.
Dowsing competition pits diehard believers against sceptics
The website Megalithic Portal wants both believers and scoffers to enter its map dowsing competition.
Libya: The forgotten people of the desert
Libyan leader showed no interest in ancient culture of Garamantes, but now archaeologists hope to unearth neglected slice of history.
Tiny Christian Relic Found
A tiny, exquisitely made box found on an excavated street in Jerusalem is a token of Christian faith from 1,400 years ago, Israeli archaeologists said Sunday
Τhe Arab autumn of New York City
Today, after eight years of renovation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its new Islamic wing — the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia.
Ancient Assyrian Stone Slabs Return to Iraq
Two stone slabs dating back to the Assyrian period around 650 BC have been returned to Iraq, 17 years after they were stolen
Pompeii wall collapse blamed on Berlusconi’s broken promises
Part of a Roman wall has collapsed at Pompeii during heavy rain.
Ancient text proves wrestling is oldest sport on record
The document was discovered in Egypt during the late 1800s. According to experts, the document dates to 100 AD and 200 AD.
Archeologists discover traces of ancient civilization in Chinese desert
Ten new settlements identified.
Faces of “the 6745”
£5m Egypt project is allowing Oxford's Ashmolean museum to display stunning objects kept in storage for years
Etruscan dig in Italy discover ancient depiction of childbirth
The birth scene is extraordinary, but what is also fascinating is what this image might mean on elite pottery at a sanctuary
Magical Mystery Hoard
We will never know the story behind the Staffordshire Hoard, but in a world without magic spells or dragons, would we understand it if we did?
Turkey: country’s largest mosaic to end up in museum-hotel
The largest ancient mosaic ever discovered in Turkey is at the centre of works that will see the archaeological discovery housed in the raised basement of a hotel that will soon double up as a museum.
Herakles gives hope to Knidos
The return of the Weary Herakles statue from a US museum has raised hopes that other smuggled artifacts might be repatriated to Turkey.
Beşparmak should enter UNESCO list, says expert
The Beşparmak Mountains, or Latmos, which lie along the border of the southwestern Aydın and Muğla provinces, should enter the UNESCO environment and culture list, according to German archaeologist Anneliese Peschlow.
Ancient artifacts yield their secrets under neutron imaging
Bronze and brass artifacts excavated at the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan were recently imaged in 3 dimensions using neutrons at HFIR's CG-1D Neutron Imaging instrument
“Ghostwriting” the Torah?
New algorithm distinguishes contributors to the Old Testament with high accuracy, says TAU research