Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Two Neolithic-Era Burial Halls Discovered in UK Countryside

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Archaeologists from the University of Manchester and the Herefordshire Council have unearthed the remains of two large halls that were c...

2 6,000-year-old 'halls of the dead' unearthed, in UK first

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The remains of two large 6000-year-old halls, each buried within a prehistoric burial mound, have been discovered by archaeologists from Th...

Find helps scientists map waves of migration across the continents

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The discovery of an “early modern human” dating from 40,000 years ago in a cave outside Beijing, and a comparison of the individual’s DNA w...
Monday, July 29, 2013

10,000 year old mesolithic hut recreated

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Archaeologists from University College Dublin have built a replica of a Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age house on the Belfield campus to bett...

Search for link between mammoth bones and early hunters

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Researchers at the University of Kansas have been digging for clues that would tie the remains of a 15,500-year-old mammoth discovered in w...
Friday, July 26, 2013

Dig at Kent university's Iron Age site

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A site which experts believe could be an Iron Age settlement is being excavated on land where the new Turing College at the University o...

Archaeological finds reveal prehistoric civilization along Silk Road

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Archaeologists have unearthed relics that suggest prehistoric humans lived along the Silk Road long before it was created about 2,000 years...

Ancient Technology for Metal Coatings 2,000 Years Ago Can't Be Matched Even Today

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How artisans centuries ago achieved sophisticated gilding, such as on the St. Ambrogio golden altar from 825 AD, is now coming to light. ...

Mycenaean frescoes found in Boeotian Thebes

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Season 2013 of the excavations taking place at the site of Kadmeia in Boeotian Thebes in central Greece has been completed bringing to ligh...

Spanish dig in the Atapuerca caves seeks prehistoric ancestors of Europeans

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With trowels and paintbrushes, dozens of archaeologists in white hard-hats patiently sift the reddish-brown earth in the caves of Atapuerca...
Friday, July 19, 2013

Life story in a tooth

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Most child health experts agree that a minimum of six months of breastfeeding is essential for the welfare of growing babies, although ho...

Gene breakthrough shows Neanderthals in new light

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WHEN Neanderthal bones were discovered in the 19th century, their robust build and heavy brows led palaeontologists to characterise them a...

Hemerdon tungsten mine: Bronze Age axe and pottery found

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Bronze Age pottery and a "very rare" axe have been found at the site of a future tungsten mine near Plymouth. Wolf Minerals,...

Archaeology uncovers amazing finds in West Sussex

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Bronze Age settlements and Neolithic pottery are some of the finds made by UCL archaeologists during the construction of major new sea d...

Ice Age Figurine's Head Found: Archaeologists Put New and Old Finds Together to Reassemble Ancient Work of Art

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A lion figurine carved from mammoth ivory, now with refitted head. Found at Vogelherd Cave in southwestern Germany. Approx. 40,000 years ...

D-REAMS CAN SHED NEW LIGHT ON THE DISTANT PAST

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(left) Field photograph of two skeletons (adult on left, adolescent on right) during excavation. Photo: E. Gerstein, Haifa University (ri...

6,000-year-old decorative wood carving unearthed on Welsh mountainside

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Decorative wood carving found in Maerdy is believed to be one of the oldest ever recovered in Europe as it dates back 6,270 years Arch...

Primitive human society 'not driven by war'

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Some have said war is an innate part of human behaviour - but this research suggests otherwise Primitive society was not driven by war...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

One More Homo Species? 3D-Comparative Analysis Confirms Status of Homo Floresiensis as Fossil Human Species

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Ever since the discovery of the remains in 2003, scientists have been debating whether  Homo floresiensis  represents a distinct Homo spe...

Help float the Dover Bronze Age boat!

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Canterbury Archaeological Trust (CAT) is using the crowd-funding site Kickstarter to raise funds towards a replica of the Dover Bronze Age ...