Monday, August 6, 2018

Experts ask if there was a tsunami in ancient Orkney

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Maesehowe is Orkney's most famous burial cairn, and a popular tourist attraction A new academic paper has suggested it is possible ...

Stonehenge: Origins of those who built world-famous monument revealed by groundbreaking scientific research

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Experts have discovered act of cremation actually crystallises a bone’s structure and allows its origins to be detected – something previous...

Small height evolved twice on 'Hobbit' island of Flores

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Liang Bua cave, where the Hobbit remains were found ROSINO / CREATIVE COMMONS A new study has shown that small height evolved twice i...

Stonehenge: First residents from west Wales

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Researchers have shown that cremated humans at Stonehenge were from the same region of Wales as the stones used in construction. The ke...
Friday, July 27, 2018

Roadworks reveal remains of Iron Age village in York

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An enclosure measuring 16 metres across is believed to date from the Iron Age  [Credit: City of York Council] The earliest find – a ...

Treasure found across Northern Ireland

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More than 40 objects found across Northern Ireland between 2009 and 2016 have been officially categorised as "treasure" by a c...
Thursday, July 19, 2018

Lessons From A Real Atlantis

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Before it was lost to the bottom of sea, Doggerland was made up of woodland, meadows, marshes and rivers,  as shown by simulations [Credi...

Research on British teeth unlocks potential for new insights into ancient diets

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Skeleton sampled for the study, dating to the post-medieval period in Britain. The analysis suggests the Victorians were partial to a bow...

Hidden landscapes the heatwave is revealing

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As the summer sun continues to beat down on the British Isles, ghosts are appearing in the yellowing fields. Normally kept hidden by lu...

The real cabbage soup diet: What Britons ate down the ages

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Ancient Britons were eating dairy, peas, cabbage and oats, according to gunk trapped in their teeth. Scientists analysed dental plaque...

Brú na Bóinne: Megalithic tomb discovered in Meath

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One kerbstone is heavily decorated with Neolithic carvings The discovery of a 5,500-year-old megalithic tomb in County Meath has been d...

Unsere weitverzweigten afrikanischen Wurzeln

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Artefakte aus der Mittleren Steinzeit, die im Norden und Süden des afrikanischen Kontinents gefunden wurden. Bild: Eleanor Scerri/Francesc...
Thursday, July 5, 2018

Power company project becomes one of Europe's largest archeological digs

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The site included the skull of an auroch, an extinct species of cattle. A Neolithic trackway dating to 2300 B.C. was uncovered in a non...

'German Stonehenge' Yields Grisly Evidence of Sacrificed Women and Children

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A reconstruction of the 4,300-year-old Pömmelte enclosure. Credit: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt” (State ...

Archaeologists stumble on Neolithic ritual site in Suffolk

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A 4,300-year-old stake discovered in a field in Suffolk. Photograph: Scottish Power As diggers began to strip the daisies and buttercup...

Mycenaean vessels among finds at Dromolaxia, Cyprus

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Chariot krater from Tomb RR, Dromoloaxia-Vyzakia  [Credit: Cyprus Department of Antiquities] The Department of Antiquities in Cyprus ...

Four hundred-year-old fort discovered in County Tyrone

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A 400-year-old fort has been discovered in Brockagh, County Tyrone. Students from Queen's University in Belfast have taken part in ...

Ötzi – a new understanding of the holy grail of glacial archaeology

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Reinhold Messner (right) looking at Ötzi after more ice had melted or been hacked away. Notice the wooden stick in his companion’s right ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

New technique provides accurate dating of ancient skeletons

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EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN GENETICS—Milan, Italy: Interest in the origins of human populations and their migration routes has increased gr...

Enigmatic Stone Balls from 5,000 Years Ago Continue to Baffle Archaeologists

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The 3D models of the carved balls of stone, including the spiral-carved Towie ball (center), are now posted online.  Credit: National Mus...