A microscopic analysis has revealed that Norse colonists imported timber from Northern Europe and North America to Greenland. Greenland, or Grœnland in Old Norse, was settled...
A study of a partition made from rocks in the El Mirón Cave has led to archaeologists identifying it as a Palaeolithic bone tool workshop. El...
Archaeologists excavating in ancient Paestum have uncovered a trove of artefacts, shedding new insights into ritual activities in a recently discovered temple. Paestum was a major...
Archaeologists conducting a study in the Carangas region of highland Bolivia have discovered a ritual landscape connected with the Andean cults of wak’a (sacred mountains, tutelary...
A study by the University of Kentucky has solved the origins of the coal found on Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge. Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard,...
Archaeologists excavating in the Polish city of Wrocław have discovered gold coins dating from the 18th century. The discovery was made in the historical Przedmieście Mikołajskie...
Archaeologists from Södertörn University have discovered two Roman coins during a research project on Gotska Sandön, an uninhabited island in Gotland County, Sweden. During the Roman...
A team of community archaeologists have conducted a survey in Kent, England, revealing traces of Henry VIII’s Otford Palace, also known as the Archbishop’s Palace. The...
A study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, reveals that escalating coastal erosion poses a threat to the preservation of archaeological sites located along the...
Researchers from UNED and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) have found evidence of adhesives being used to fasten lithic hunting heads to arrow shafts approximately...
A joint archaeological mission, led by researchers from the Leiden Museum in the Netherlands and the Egyptian Museum in Turin, have discovered a high-status tomb in...
Underwater archaeologists have identified a submerged temple of the Nabataeans, with the discovery of two marble altars from the Roman period. The temple remains are located...
A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority and Bar Ilan University have uncovered a sand dune farm from the Middle Ages in Caesarea, Israel....
Archaeologists have discovered a ball game marker with depiction of the Maya ballcourts at Chichén Itzá. Chichén Itzá was a pre-Columbian city built by the Maya...
A team of underwater archaeologists have discovered a mosaic in the submerged ruins of Roman Baie. Baiae is a partially submerged Roman town on the shore...
Underwater archaeologists have been conducting ongoing research at the sunken Roman town of Baia, revealing new discoveries in the Terme del Lacus area. Baiae is an...
Archaeologists have uncovered ancient dwellings from the Bronze Age and a Roman-period settlement in Newquay, England. Excavations were conducted by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit in preparation...
A team of archaeologists have uncovered a fragment belonging to a 4-metre-tall statue during excavations on the western side of St. Vladimir’s Cathedral in Chersonesos. Chersonesos...
A team of archaeologists have discovered an Etruscan tomb during excavations in Vulci, an ancient Etruscan city in present-day Lazio, central Italy. Vulci, named for the...
A team of archaeologists have uncovered a collection of ornate Christian frescos during excavations in Old Dongola. Old Dongola was the capital of the Nubian kingdom...
Human consumption of mind-altering substances can be traced in the archaeological record back to prehistoric times; however, this is based on indirect evidence such as the...
According to a recent study, milk from cows, goats, and sheep was processed by Neolithic farmers. A study published in the Royal Society Open Science has...
A project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) is using mummy labels to help reconstruct the climate of Roman Egypt. Mummy labels are small...
Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have been excavating a Gallo-Roman necropolis and sanctuary near La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz, a commune in the department...