Monday, September 21, 2015

5,000-Year-Old Throne Found in Turkey

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The remains of a 5,000-year-old adobe basament of a possible “throne” have been unearthed during excavations in Turkey, revealing the or...

Steinzeitliche Miniaturräder aus Holz

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Kinderspielzeug, Anschauungsmaterial für Wagenbauer oder rituelle Gegenstände? Im Olzreuter Ried bei Bad Schussenried in Oberschwaben ...
Monday, September 14, 2015

Mesolithic site on Skye to be investigated

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Archaeologists have described the site as having "huge potential" Excavations of a Mesolithic site on Skye could give new in...

Neolithic skeleton reveals early history of rickets

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Rickets has been identified in a Neolithic skeleton from the Scottish island of Tiree, making it the earliest case of the disease in the U...

DNA from Neandertal relative may shake up human family tree

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FOSSIL SKULLS AND CHIMPANZEE/J.-J. HUBLIN; BONOBO/ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA, TERVUREN, BELGIUM In a remarkable technical feat, re...

Scientists identify a new ancient ancestor

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An international team of scientists, including one from the University of Colorado Denver and another from the University of Colorado Ansch...
Friday, July 31, 2015

First glimpse inside the Siberian cave that holds the key to man's origins

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The significance of the cave is immense, and the experts are convinced it has more secrets to give up on human origins. Picture: Vera Sal...

Fragments of new female figurine found at Hohle Fels

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Archaeologists, Prof. Nicholas Conard and his team member Maria Malina, present the discovery of two fragments of a new female figurine in ...

French student finds tooth dating back 560,000 years

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 Valentin Loescher, left, holding the tooth, and Camille Jacquey were working together on the dig. Photograph: Denis Dainat/EPA A Fren...

5,000-year-old fort found in Monmouth

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Archaeologists in Monmouth have discovered the remains of an ancient wooden building that dates back 5,000 years.  An artist impressi...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Neolithic house discovery at Avebury stone circle dig

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Archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of a house where people who built Avebury stone circle may have lived. The thre...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Ancient carriage way discovered near Athens

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A 300-metre section of an ancient carriage way dated to the 4th century BC was discovered by archaeologists at the Megalo Kavouri beach in ...

Bronze Age skeleton unearthed in Wiltshire

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A 4,000-year-old Bronze Age skeleton, believed to be that of an adolescent child, has been unearthed by archaeologists. The rare disco...

Fortress older than the pyramids is uncovered in Monmouth

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Archaeologists have unearthed a wooden island old enough to have been built by the Flintstones under a modern Barratt estate. The fort...

Irish motorway dig reveals finds dating back to 3500BC

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A ‘mound’ used as a gathering point for rituals dating back to 3500 BC, evidence of medieval treasure-hunting and remains of Famine cottage...

Eine weitere Frauenstatuette aus dem Hohle Fels?

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Ein neu entdecktes Elfenbeinfragment aus dem Hohle Fels in Baden-Württemberg gehört möglicherweise zu einer zweiten weiblichen Figurine. ...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

Archaeologists unearth golden enigma in Denmark

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Archaeologists have discovered about 2,000 little gold spirals from the Bronze Age in a field near Boeslunde in Zealand. Bronze Age g...

The boneyard of the bizarre that rewrites our Celtic past to include hybrid-animal monster myths

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Cow with horse's legs among finds that throw light on the ancient mind Ancient Mediterranean cultures thought nothing of splicing...

Human presence in Scotland earlier than thought

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Archaeologists working on the National Trust for Scotland’s Mar Lodge Estate in Aberdeenshire have uncovered evidence that people were acti...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

You(r) Archaeology – portraying the past

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“You(r) Archaeology – portraying the past” - A European competition to express your view. What is archaeology? An adventure? A pain in ...