Wednesday, May 28, 2014

2,300-year-old false tooth removed in northern France

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Iron implant is same size and shape as incisors found with Celtic woman's remains – and was likely added after death An iron false...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Iron Age settlement unearthed at building site

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A small Iron Age settlement has been found during excavations at the site of a new housing development near Swindon.  Further diggin...
Friday, May 23, 2014

GIS technology verifies Caesar and Helvetii history

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According to Caesar, more than a quarter of a million Helvetii were settled in the Swiss plateau before they decided to abandon the...

7,000-year-old cave paintings found in Spain

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Archaeologists in eastern Spain have discovered 12 prehistoric rock paintings depicting hunting scenes from 7,000 years ago.  The site...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Earliest houses, Bronze Age cremations and tools found by archaeologists in Scotland

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An early Bronze Age food vessel found at East Challoch Farm in the south of Scotland © Guard Archaeology A Neolithic home which is so...

Baby mammoth goes on display in UK

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A perfectly preserved baby mammoth which died 42,000 years ago has been unveiled at the Natural History Museum in London. Named Lyuba ...
Monday, May 19, 2014

Scottish road works unearth Iron Age village

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An Iron Age village along with a host of ancient artefacts including tools and jewellery have been discovered on a construction site of a n...

Dunragit road works unearth ancient treasure trove

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A neolithic arrowhead found during the construction of Dunragit bypass.  Picture: Transport Scotland AN IRON Age village along with a...

Tomb found in Ayios Silas in Limassol

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Workers came across significant archaeological finds when digging for a landscaping assignment THREE burial chambers estimated to be f...
Friday, May 16, 2014

Stone Age items unearthed by work in Surrey

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Rare archaeological findings dating back 10,000 years were unearthed during work to replace water mains in Surrey. Archaeologists exc...

Sunken body clue to American origins

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The skull has been removed from the cavern but most of the skeleton remains in place The ancient remains of a teenage girl discovered...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Archaeologists say Stonehenge was "London of the Mesolithic" in Amesbury investigation

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David Jacques (far right) helping volunteers uncover artefacts from the Blick Mead dig in October 2013 © Courtesy University of Buckingh...
Sunday, May 4, 2014

UK's OLDEST town revealed: Amesbury dates back more than TEN millenia

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Archaeologists are confident they finally know the identity of the country's oldest town[PA] Archaeologists at the University of ...

Thieves destroy ancient rock painting in Spain

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Ancient rock art near the town of Quesada in Spain's southern Andalusia region. File image: YouTube/gualayriver A 5,000 year-old r...

Amesbury in Wiltshire named oldest UK settlement

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History will have to be rewritten – astonishing new findings reveal Amesbury is now the oldest place in the country, where history began, a...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

Vikings Online Course

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Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers   12 May to 25 July 2014 Vikings: Raiders, Traders and Settlers  is an online archaeology...

Scientists Uncover Evidence of Change from Hunting to Herding at Early Neolithic Settlement

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A n international team of researchers examining the earliest known pre-ceramic Neolithic mound site in Turkey, called   Aşıklı Höyük , su...

Neanderthals were not less intelligent than modern humans, scientists find

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Neanderthal and modern human skulls. Photograph: Sabena Jane Blackbird/Alamy Scientists have concluded that Neanderthals were not the...

Iron Age human remains uncovered in the Cotswolds

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Human remains dating from the Iron Age have been found during archaeological excavations in Gloucestershire.  The remains are thought...

Prehistoric North Sea 'Atlantis' hit by 5m tsunami

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A prehistoric "Atlantis" in the North Sea may have been abandoned after being hit by a 5m tsunami 8,200 years ago. The wave ...