Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Cradle of Stonehenge: interview with David Jacques

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In  CA  271  we brought you news of astonishing Mesolithic finds at Vespasian’s Camp on Salisbury Plain, a potentially game-changing site...
Sunday, April 28, 2013

Bejeweled skeleton may be that of ancient queen

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A reconstruction of what the ancient woman may have looked like when she was buried. More than 4,000 years ago, a woman, perhaps an ...

Big dig uncovers Belfast's hidden treasure

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. Archaeologists have taken to the Belfast hills in an effort to uncover hidden treasure of bygone years. The big dig on Divis Mo...

Did an Earthquake Destroy Ancient Greece?

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Remnants of Cyclopean walls built by the Mycenaeans can be found at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. The grand Mycenaens, the first ...

Tracing Our Footsteps: Archaeology in the Digital Age

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Human ancestors that walked the earth left few traces of their passage. Some of their footprints have lithified, or turned to stone, bu...

New excavations indicate use of fertilizers 5,000 years ago

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Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have spent many years studying the remains of a Stone Age community in Karleby outs...

Lion statue guarding Etruscan tomb discovered

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Recent excavations at the necropolis of Banditaccia in Cerveteri have unearthed a statue of a lion and an Etruscan tomb. The lion statue...

Big brains, no fur, sinuses … are these clues to our ancestors' lives as 'aquatic apes'?

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Controversial theory that seeks to explain one of the great leaps of human evolution finds new support but still divides scientists ...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Online Courses in Archaeology

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University of Oxford Online Courses in Archaeology Cave paintings, castles and pyramids, Neanderthals, Romans and Vikings - archaeol...

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Beaker reconstructions by Karen Nichols The two artist’s reconstructions are an impression of how the person may have looked during t...

Extracting the Past

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Phil Harding flint knapping Have you been reading about rare Neolithic houses and a Beaker burial containing a ‘prehistoric princess’...

Bronze Age treasure returns to Milford Haven

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A Bronze Age treasure, unearthed in Steynton seven years ago, is set to return to its rightful place in Milford Haven Museum this summ...

Urgeschichte zum Anfassen

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Innenhof des neuen Archäoparks Vogelherd (Abb.: Archäopark Vogelherd) Nachdem die ältesten bekannten Kunstwerke der Menschheit durch W...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Ancient Europeans Mysteriously Vanished 4,500 Years Ago

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Schöne Hotels am Gardasee für Ihren Traumurlaub Vermittlung von persönlich ausgewählten Hotels mit Swimmingpool mit Charme, Stil und Ambie...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Beaker burial

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Archaeological excavations at CEMEX’s Kingsmead Quarry in Berkshire not far from Windsor have revealed a rare 'Beaker'   buria...

Prehistoric Metalwork Discovered at Iron Age Site, Along With Gaming Pieces

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Archaeologists from the University of Leicester in the UK have uncovered one of the biggest groups of Iron Age metal artefacts to be fou...

Tracing our footsteps: archaeology in the digital age

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Human ancestors that walked the earth left few traces of their passage. Some of their footprints have lithified, or turned to stone, b...

Rescue digs in Portugal ahead of dam construction

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Archaeological works that have been going on for two years in the region of the Lower Sabor River in north-eastern Portugal have turned up...

4,000 year old gold-adorned skeleton found near Windsor

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Archaeologists, excavating near the Royal Borough, have discovered the 4400 year old gold-adorned skeleton of an upper class woman who was...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

UK dig reveals 'sizeable' amount of Iron Age artefacts

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Ancient metal artefacts found at a Leicestershire site could go on permanent display, archaeologists say. Ancient human remains have als...