Unearthing Ancient Peruvian History
Clues to better understanding the religious rituals, political life and societal hierarchy of the Moche people are coming into view as a multi-year excavation continues at Pañamarca.
Notre Dame: First Gothic cathedral to make massive use of iron
The Notre Dame is indisputably the first Gothic cathedral that used iron as a building material in its own right to bring a pioneering architectural design to life.
Forgotten ‘Lowbury Woman’ burial to reveal her secrets
The mystery surrounding the remains of the the “Lowbury Woman” may finally be solved thanks to modern scientific techniques.
Ritual monuments in northern Arabia reveal neolithic ritual activity
Excavation of a remote stone monument in northern Arabia has revealed new insights into life in the late Neolithic era.
People of color underrepresented among authors published in the AJA
A new demographic survey reveals that people of color have been largely underrepresented among the scholars published in the journal.
Summer School: Ancient Greek and Roman Numismatics
The fourth Summer School on Ancient Greek and Roman Numismatics will take place in Athens, from June 27th to July 7th 2023.
2,700-year-old antiquity repatriated to Iraqi Government
FBI agents in Washington, D.C. returned a stolen artifact believed stolen from the Iraq Museum in Baghdad in 2003 to the Iraqi government.
Lasers and chemistry reveal how ancient pottery was made
Rather than using “official” Wari pottery imported from the capital, potters across the empire were creating their own ceramics.
Egyptology in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (SÄK)
How do we reconstruct societies of the past? What role do archeology and heritage play in contemporary societies?
Sad news for Katie Demakopoulou
Served the Greek Archaeological Service, the National Archaeological Museum, and was the Director of the excavations at Midea.
Ancient artifacts reveal the ‘roots of Casas Grandes’
At an excavation site in northern Mexico, BYU archaeology students and professors recently discovered artifacts that have been buried for 1,000 years.
Surprising similarities in stone tools of early humans and monkeys
Accidentally produced stone fragments made by macaques resemble some of the earliest hominin stone artifacts.
Magnetic fields to be used to explore submerged civilisations
Magnetic fields could provide the key to understanding submerged civilisations in a pioneering study by the University of Bradford.
Researchers help reveal evidence of rare Roman Temple
Lancaster University staff and student researchers have discovered evidence of a Romano-Celtic temple under public land near Lancaster Castle – only the second of its type found in northern Britain.
Leicester Cathedral revealed – a Roman shrine beneath the Cathedral?
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological Services have uncovered a 1,800-year-old Roman altar stone.
Temporary exhibition: In The Same Place
The Department of Antiquities, Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, Cyprus, announces the opening of the exhibition “In the Same Place” by artist Katerina Attalidou.
The colors on these ancient pots hint at the power of an empire
In a new study in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, archaeologists compared the colors on pieces of ancient Peruvian pottery.
Venus in a gold bikini
The Acropolis Museum, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (8 March 2023), is commencing a new series of exhibitions titled “Temporary and unexpected visitors”.
Sphinx statue and Roman architectural remains found in Dendera
The statue of a sphinx and the remains of a building dating to the time of the Roman Emperor Claudius have been found near the Temple of Dendera, in Egypt’s Qena Governorate.
Does the artificial watercourse in the Hessian Ried have a Roman past?
The Roman military may have dug the Landgraben, the body of water between the German cities of Groß-Gerau and Trebur, in the 1st century AD.
The world’s first horse riders
The earliest evidence of horse riders has been found by an international team of archaeologists and bioanthropologists.
Tree rings and strontium point to the provenance of 400-year-old timber
Strontium isotopes, along with tree-ring analysis, point researchers to the origins of timber used to build houses in Denmark 400 years ago.
Collective governance and infrastructure helps societies last longer
The cities that lasted the longest had a combination of infrastructural investments and collective governance.