Monday, April 27, 2015

France's prehistoric Chauvet cave opens

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A stunning replica of the 36,000 year-old Grotte Chauvet, home to the oldest figurative cave drawings in the world and an Unesco Heritage...

Caesar did not suffer from epilepsy: scientists

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Scientists from Imperial College London have released new research arguing that Roman general Julius Caesar suffered from mini-strokes, ...

Viking voyages began earlier than thought

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Forget about the Viking Age beginning with the brutal sacking of Lindisfarne Priory in 793. According to new research, Norwegian Vikings ...
Sunday, April 26, 2015

Reindeer Antlers Suggest Viking Age Began With Trade

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Antlers from Norwegian reindeer have been unearthed in Ribe, the oldest commercial center in Denmark. The antlers have been dated to A.D....

The Viking Age began in Denmark

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The story of the Vikings begins in the year 793 AD, after Norwegian Vikings landed in England on the first official Viking raid. To this da...

Cremated human bones in pot found in Crossrail dig suggest gruesome ritual

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 A Roman shackle – one of the mass of Roman and medieval objects found during excavations at the Crossrail site near Liverpool Street sta...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

New Thoughts on Neanderthal Cooking

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Neanderthals went extinct in most of Europe around 40,000 years ago, some 5,000 years after the arrival of the first modern humans. “The...
Monday, April 20, 2015

Rare Roman owl clasp found on Danish island

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A 2,000-year-old bronze and enamel clasp has been unearthed south of the town of Nexø on the island of Bornholm. Shaped like an owl, the br...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

Thermoluminescence dating refined

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Thermoluminescence is used extensively in archaeology and the earth sciences to date artefacts and rocks. When exposed to radiation quartz,...

Turin Shroud goes back on display at city's cathedral

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The Turin Shroud has gone back on public display in the Italian city's cathedral, after a break of five years. The 4.4-metre-long ...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Understanding popular Latin of Roman Hispania through graffiti on pottery

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'Sigillata' pottery, from Roman times, was manufactured with a mould and sometimes stamped with figures and patterns.  Credit: Un...

South Iceland Cave Made before Settlement

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Kverkahellir is close to Seljalandsfoss waterfall. Photo: Geir Ólafsson. Archaeologist Kristján Ahronson has concluded that Kverkarhel...

Study report revisits cave of prehistoric cannibals

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In 2012, a detailed report of prehistoric cannibalism in Gough’s cave in Cheddar Gorge (Somerset), UK, attracted media attention with t...

More Evidence of Cannibalism Found in Gough’s Cave

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(The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London) Ancient human remains from Gough’s Cave, located in southwest England, exhibit sig...
Friday, April 17, 2015

Pictish fort found off Aberdeenshire coast

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Archaeologists have uncovered a "very significant" Pictish fort after scaling a remote sea stack off the coast of Aberdeenshire. ...

Ältester Nachweis von Pilzen als Nahrungsmittel

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Untersuchungen von altem Zahnstein ergaben, dass Menschen bereits in der Altsteinzeit Pflanzen und Pilze konsumierten. Über die Nahrung...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Burials from Rockbourne Roman villa re-examined

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Lower jaw deformities from birth, a missing right hand and foot bones, trepanning to exorcise “bad spirits” and a lonely burial were the lo...

Metal detectorist unearths 'exceptional' Roman finds

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Archaeological finds dating back to AD 200 have been discovered in a field near Royston. The artefacts, which form part of a burial, probab...

Palaeolithic remains show cannibalistic habits of human ancestors

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A alysis of ancient cadavers recovered at a famous archaeological site confirm the existence of a sophisticated culture of butchering and c...

History in the making as first dig at Halton Castle in nearly 30 years announced

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Halton Castle is to host its first archaeological dig in nearly 30 years and residents have been invited to take part. More than 50 arch...