Sunday, June 29, 2014

4,000-Year-Old Burial with Chariots Discovered in South Caucasus

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Here, the roof of a 4,000-year-old burial chamber buried in a Kurgan (mound) in the country of Georgia. Credit: Photo courtesy Zurab Ma...

More on Polish meteorite venerated by Neolithic man

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Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology (IAE) PAS in Szczecin discovered a meteorite fragment inside the remains of ...

Découverte d’une tombe à char gauloise exceptionnelle à Warcq (Ardennes)

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Une équipe mixte, composée d’archéologues de la cellule départementale d’archéologie des Ardennes et de l’Inrap, mène actuellement la fouil...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Oldest ever schistosomiasis egg found may be first proof of early human technology exacerbating disease burden

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Chalcolithic burial at Zeidan. Credit: Gil Stein, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago Th e discovery of a schistosomiasis paras...

Archaeo-astronomy steps out from shadows of the past

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This week, a developing field of research that merges astronomical techniques with the study of ancient human-made features and the surroun...

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A diver from the National Monuments Service’s Underwater Archaeology Unit records a 12m-long Bronze Age logboat at the bottom of Lough Co...

DANISH ANTLER AXE FIND REVEALS NEOLITHIC GERMAN TRADE

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D uring ongoing excavations of prehistoric settlements at Syltholm east of Rødbyhavn in Denmark, archaeologists have been investigating a...

Archaeologists search for new portal into bygone era

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Iron Age combat sessions and an expert view on life in Leicestershire over 2000 years ago will be on offer at one of the county's most ...

Oldest human faeces show Neanderthals ate vegetables

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The team collected the ancient faecal matter at the El Salt archaeological site in Spain Analysis of the oldest reported trace of huma...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

'Prehistoric Sistine Chapel' gets world heritage status

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There are more than 1,000 drawings inside the Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc A cave in southern France dubbed the "prehistoric ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Human and Chimp Genes May Have Split 13 Million Years Ago

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The ancestors of humans and chimpanzees may have begun genetically diverging from one another 13 million years ago, more than twice as l...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Mesolithic settlement found in North Yorkshire

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Archaeologists were stunned to discover evidence of a Mesolithic settlement alongside the A1, which stretches 410 miles from London to Edin...

Archaeologists discover Britain's longest road to be 10,000 year old

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Archaeologists were stunned to discover evidence of a Mesolithic settlement alongside the A1, which stretches 410 miles from London to E...
Monday, June 9, 2014

3,000-year-old remains of baby found in Meath

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3,000-year-old remains of a baby have been found during inaugural archaeological works at a Meath site reputed to be the birthplace of Hall...

Human face shaped by millions of years of fighting, study finds

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Human faces have evolved to minimise the damage caused by fist fight over millions of years, study finds Evidence suggests that men...

Male faces 'buttressed against punches' by evolution

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The jaw bone is frequently fractured in fist fights and was strengthened in some of our evolutionary ancestors A new theory suggests t...

Une nécropole protohistorique à Marigny-le-Châtel, inhumations et incinérations

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En amont de l’implantation par GRTgaz d’une importante canalisation de transport de gaz dite  Arc de Dierrey   traversant la Champagne-Ar...
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...