Sunday, January 21, 2018

Ancient human remains found in Mayo date back over 5,000 years

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Ben Gorm Mountain, Mayo Image: T Kahlert via Department of Culture THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has reveale...

Unusually sophisticated prehistoric monuments and technology in the heart of the Aegean

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Excavations underway on Dhaskalio, off Keros  [Credit: Cambridge Keros Project] New work at the settlement of Dhaskalio, the site adj...

Bronze Age Arrows and a Viking Sword – The 2017 Fieldwork Was Awesome!

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The Storfonne ice patch, photographed in September 2014 during a major melt. Notice the light grey lichen-free zone surrounding the ice. ...

LES FOUILLES ARCHÉOLOGIQUES PRÉVENTIVES DÉMARRENT SUR LA ZAC ODE ACTE 2 SUR LES COMMUNES DE LATTES ET DE PÉROLS (HÉRAULT)

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Les fouilles préventives du site des « Hauts de Lattes » s’inscrivent dans la poursuite de l’aménagement de la « Zac Ode Acte 2 », dans l...

Menschheitsgeschichte muss nicht neu geschrieben werden

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Der »Fall Untermaßfeld« In einer kürzlich im Fachjournal »Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology« veröffentlichten Studie widerlegt der Sen...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Neolithic girl's reconstructed face unveiled at Athens Acropolis Museum on January 19th

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Myrtis is the reconstructed head of a girl that once lived in Classical-era ancient Athens and died during the plague in Athens in the 5t...

Ancient highland ruins probed by archaeologists

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ARCHAEOLOGISTS are probing an ancient mystery uncovered by workers deep in a Highland forest. The crumbling ruins are believed to have ...
Monday, December 18, 2017

Evidence of 'special site' for Bronze Age burials near Loch Ness

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The latest grave to be found is pictured before and after soil was removed from inside it Archaeologists say they are finding increasing...
Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Prehistoric women's arms 'stronger than those of today's elite rowers'

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Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins celebrate Olympic victory in 2012. Neolithic women’s arm bones were about 30% stronger than those of ...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Ancient sword and other incredible items discovered during dig at Glenfield Park

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Archeologists have discovered an unprecedented collection of artefacts from the Iron Age at Glenfield Park in Leicestershire. Prehist...
Monday, November 27, 2017

Bronze Age Burial Of 'Shaman' Discovered In Slovakia

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Archaeologists found an interesting discovery when researching the area of the transport infrastructure for Jaguar Land Rover and accompa...

Fairy Tales Are Much Older Than You Think

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How does the same story come to be known as “Beauty and the Beast” in the U.S. and “The Fairy Serpent” in China? As Wilhelm and Jaco...
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

When the Gloves Come Off – Why We Do Not Use Gloves to Handle Artifacts in the Field

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Ever since we started publishing pictures of our crew holding artifacts without using gloves, we have taken some heat in the Facebook com...

Living With Gods review – 40,000 years of religious art, and this is it?

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 Chosen for content over aesthetic merit … six Zoroastrian tiles, Parsi shrine, 1989-90, India. Photograph: © Trustees of the British Mus...

Fossil of 'our earliest ancestors' found in Dorset

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The mammals ventured out at night to hunt insects Fossils of the oldest-known ancestors of most living mammals, including human beings...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

'Big, bad wolf' image flawed - scientists

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Wolves are good at working together to get food rewards New research casts doubt on the idea that dogs are naturally more tolerant and...
Monday, October 16, 2017

Whisper it – Greek amphitheatre's legendary acoustics are a myth

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Epidaurus. Ancient Greeks might have used all manner of devices to amplify sound, including placing hollow vessels at strategic locations...
Monday, October 9, 2017

Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding

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Early humans seem to have recognized the dangers of inbreeding at least 34,000 years ago, and developed surprisingly sophisticated social an...

Ax Linked to Ötzi the Iceman Found North of the Alps

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Apart from a few scratches, the 2.6-inch-long (6.5 centimeters) blade is undamaged.  Credit: Res Eichenberger Archaeologists found a ...
Friday, October 6, 2017

Mysterious Stone Tools Unearthed at Bronze-Age Site in Wales

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The stone tools found by the CRAG team vary in size, from around 220 millimeters (8.5 inches) in length, down to about 50 millimeters (2 ...