Monday, July 27, 2009

Prehistoric hut gives clues to ancient Alp life

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Archaeologists in a remote region of Switzerland have excavated the ruins of the oldest hut in the Alps, a prehistoric discovery that dates ...

Silvio Berlusconi sex scandal overshadowed by cave row

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A row about the discovery of a series of 2,300-year-old caves has emerged as a potentially greater threat to Silvio Berlusconi than allegati...
Monday, July 20, 2009

Excavation work takes place on Stone Age dwelling

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EXCAVATION work was due to finish at the weekend on a Stone Age dwelling unearthed at Ronaldsway. The 8,000-year-old structure, found during...

When and wear: the prehistory of clothing

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Ask Ian Gilligan about his research project, and he’ll begin with a contradiction. “My great interest is in clothing, because I think it’s o...

Neanderthals Were Few and Poised for Extinction

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Neanderthals are of course extinct. But there never were very many of them, new research concludes. In fact, new genetic evidence from the r...
Thursday, July 9, 2009

Did an Ancient Volcano Freeze Earth?

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One fine day about 74,000 years ago, a giant volcano on Sumatra blew its top. The volcano, named Toba, may have ejected 1000 times more rock...

Archaeologists Discover Mesolithic Human Traces in South-Western Romania

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Human traces dating from the Early Mesolithic Period were recently discovered at the Schela Cladovei archaeological site in south-western Ro...

Secrets of 'unlucky' Bradford hill fort under the microscope

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Described by one archaeologist as the unluckiest hill fort in Wiltshire, the Iron Age past of Budbury in Bradford on Avon remains to this da...
Saturday, July 4, 2009

No Etruscan link to modern Tuscans

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The current population of Tuscany is not descended from the Etruscans, the people that lived in the region during the Bronze Age, a new Ital...

No Etruscan link to modern Tuscans

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The current population of Tuscany is not descended from the Etruscans, the people that lived in the region during the Bronze Age, a new Ital...
Friday, July 3, 2009

Iron Age coins declared treasure

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One of the UK's largest hauls of Iron Age gold coins has been declared treasure at an inquest in Suffolk. The 840 handmade coins, called...

Via Aurelia: The Roman Empire's Lost Highway

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French amateur archaeologist Bruno Tassan fights to preserve a neglected 2,000-year-old ancient interstate in southern Provence At first gla...

New Fossil Primate Challenges "Missing Link" Ida

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Remember Ida? It's been just a month since the fossil primate made her debut on the History Channel where she was called a "missing...

Bulgaria: Archaeologists Research Balkans’ Oldest Funeral Site

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A team of Dutch archaeologists has come to the village of Dzhulyunitsa in central northern Bulgaria in order to research the oldest funeral ...
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Feature - Grid makes a SPLASH in underwater archaeology

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Submerged beneath the waves lies a large part of human history. For our ancestors, the ancient coastlines were attractive places to settle a...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Archaeology Quiz of the Week: Middle Paleolithic

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Today's Archaeology Quiz of the Week is on Middle Paleolithic, that most exciting period in human history. Read the rest of this article...

Important historic remains unearthed in Bridlington

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REMAINS of some of the earliest houses ever found in the North of England have been unearthed in Bridlington. Archaeologists have discovered...
Monday, June 29, 2009

Prehistoric European Cave Artists Were Female

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Inside France's 25,000-year-old Pech Merle cave, hand stencils surround the famed "Spotted Horses" mural. For about as long as...

Students dig Iron Age

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TROWELS are at the ready for an annual dig that will uncover new information about an Iron Age settlement. The annual Silchester dig on the ...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Ancient river found beneath the Channel during Olympics survey

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An ancient river bed that has lain unseen for 185,000 years has been uncovered by scientists mapping the parts of the English Channel in the...