Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Colosseum restorers uncover old frescos, graffiti

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A restoration in the Italian most famous and historical monument Colosseum has yielded ancient traces of colorful frescoes as well as...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Archeologists revise image of ancient Celts

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The Celts were long considered a barbaric and violent society. But new findings from a 2,600-year-old grave in Germany suggest the anc...

Roman man's face finally revealed at Caerleon museum

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The portrait was painted following a forensic reconstruction of the face The face of a wealthy Roman citizen who lived in south Wales ...

Archaeologists Excavate Ancient Greek Trade Center in Bulgaria

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A rchaeologist and professor Mieczysław Domaradzki likely made one of the great discoveries of his life when, in 1990, he and his colle...

More on Ancient graffiti found inside the Colosseum

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A restorer stands in front a wall with remains of frescoes and graffiti in Rome's ancient Colosseum [Credit: Reuters/Tony Gentile] ...

BALKAN HERITAGE FIELD SCHOOL

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the BALKAN HERITAGE FIELD SCHOOL is accepting EARLY BIRD APPLICATIONS* through January 31st 2013 for 9 field school projects in th...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Experts discover new Roman graves

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GRAVES dating back to Roman times have been excavated by archaeologists in Colchester. The experts from the Colchester Archaeological Tr...

The Algorithms That Automatically Date Medieval Manuscripts

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Today, more than a million charters survive either as originals or more often as ancient copies. They provide a remarkable insight into t...

Archaeologists in West Bromwich find grave robbing evidence

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Archaeologists carried out the dig while work on the nearby A41 underpass and Providence Place was going on. ...

Video News from TAC

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The latest installment of the Video News from TAC features the following stories:  * Lay volunteers catalog artifacts through the ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Archaeological feast: Heap of ancient cattle bones discovered

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Archaeologists pulled a metric ton of cattle bones from an ancient Corinth theater, perhaps representing yearly feasts in the 4th and 5t...

Archaeology: Where is it going?

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Where is archaeology going? As archaeologists, it’s not exactly in our nature to postulate about the future. Written by James Spry T...

To Save a Cathedral, Marinate in Olive Oil

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York Minster, a Gothic masterpiece is crumbling due to a relatively recent enemy: acid rain. One of the most beaut...

New Online Israel Archaeology Archive

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From the new Israel Archaeology Archive Israel’s Antiquities Authority (IAA) has launched a new Israel Archaeological Archive , to be a...

Report: Vikings ‘abandoned Greenland due to loneliness and limited foods’

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Researchers have a new theory on why the Vikings ultimately decided to abandon Greenland after five centuries. The news comes via a report...

Mesolithic people adapted their environment in Severn Estuary

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Mesolithic footprint from Goldcliff. Image: Reading University N ew and exciting evidence has been found at a threatened archaeologic...

War was central to Europe’s first civilisation - contrary to popular belief

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Dr Barry Molloy Research from the University of Sheffield has discovered that the ancient civilisation of Crete, known as Minoan, had ...

Storms expose iron age skeleton

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2,000 years old human remaions were exposed by the storms - Photos: Shetland Amenity Trust SHETLAND’S pre-Christmas storms have reveale...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Ancient Rome's hairdo for vestal virgins re-created

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A modern woman models the Roman vestal virgin hairstyle and headdress. For the first time, the hairstyle of the Roman vestal ...

Archaeological finds reveal ancient Balkan civilizations

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Numerous gold items have been recovered at archeological sites in Bulgaria. [AFP] Bulgarian archaeologists announced two major finds at...