Monday, March 31, 2014

3,000 year old cultivated fields unearthed in the Netherlands

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Dr. Stijn Arnoldussen, an archaeologist at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, has unearthed prehistoric cultivated field sites c...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

‘Little Foot’ fossil could be human ancestor

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PARIS –  A short, hairy “ape man” who tumbled into a pit in South Africa millions of years ago is back in the running as a candidate anc...

Excavation of Neolithic chambered tomb on Anglesey begins

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An archaeological excavation of Ynys Môn's least known Neolithic chambered tomb – Perthi Duon, west of the village of Brynsiencyn on...

Neolithic houses at Stonehenge

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NEOLITHIC buildings are being painstakingly recreated in the new outdoor exhibition area of the  Stonehenge  visitor centre. When comp...

Shipwrecks Lost to Time That Archaeologists Would Love to Get Their Hands On

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This 102-foot-long Roman barge from the first century A.D. was lifted in 2011 from the Rhône River in Arles, France. It was virtually int...

All Cannings 'Neolithic' long barrow takes shape

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The first "Neolithic" long barrow to be built in the UK for 5,000 years, is attracting interest from all over the world. The...
Sunday, March 23, 2014

Iron Age woman's footless body found near West Knoyle

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Along with the female skeleton were found the remains of a 10-year-old child and two males with sword wounds A skeleton of an Iron Age...

3,000 Year Old Skeleton Reveals Most Compelling Look At Metastatic Cancer In Antiquity

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Lytic lesion in the spinous process of the 5th thoracic vertebra – photo credit Durham University A team of British archaeologists fro...

Ancient Skeleton Yields Earliest Complete Example of Human Cancer

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A rchaeologists have found the oldest complete example in the world of a human with metastatic cancer in a 3,000 year-old skeleton.  T...
Monday, March 17, 2014

9,000-year-old 'ritual wand' discovered

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Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient “wand” carved with two realistic human faces in southern Syria, Live Science reported. The ro...

More on Burials in Greece linked to Macedonian kings

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The director of the 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities Angeliki Kottaridi believes that the five tombs discovered in Ve...

Africans' ability to digest milk linked to spread of cattle raising

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A cattle herder drives his animals in Tanzania. The study linked the spread of pastoralism with the ability to digest milk.  Credit: Univ...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Natural Selection Led To Different Features In Europeans As Recent As 5,000 Years Ago, According To Researchers

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An increasing volume of archaeological research and effort has come to focus particularly on the genetic evolution and development of hu...

Burials in Greece linked to Macedonian kings

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A Greek archaeologist says she has discovered 20 new burials near Macedonia's ancient capital in northern Greece, and some could tentat...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

30,000-Year-old Giant Virus Reawakened From Permafrost Ice Still Infectious

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There’s a science story making the rounds this week that could easily pass as a plot for a low-budget science-fiction flick. A team of F...

Whitehorse Hill burial

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The excavation of a prehistoric cremation burial discovered within a cist at Whitehorse Hill on northern Dartmoor has revealed nationally...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

4,000-year-old Dartmoor burial find rewrites British bronze age history

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Stone box contains earliest examples of wood-turning and metal-working, along with Baltic amber and what may be bear skin Parts of...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

Archaeologists found bones of a Stone Age child and an adult in tiny cave

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Dr Marion Dowd of IT Sligo in the Knocknarea cave which contained Neolithic human bones Archaeologists at IT Sligo have found bones of a...

Bronze Age rock art uncovered in Brecon Beacons

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Rare, prehistoric rock art which could be more than 4,000 years old has been discovered in the Brecon Beacons. The Bronze Age discover...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Prehistoric rock art found in Scottish Highlands

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A rare example of prehistoric rock art has been uncovered in the Highlands. Archaeologists made the discovery while moving a boulder decora...