Sunday, August 02, 2015

HMS Victory: The mystery of Britain's worst naval disaster is finally solved - 271 years later

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One of Britain’s greatest maritime mysteries has finally been solved. More than two and a half centuries on, archaeologists have...

New research on the causes of the Viking Age

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The Viking hit-and-run raids on monastic communities such as Lindisfarne and Iona were the most infamous result of burgeoning Scandinavian ...
Friday, July 31, 2015

Roman temple dig under way at Keynsham cemetery

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Fresh excavation work has begun at Keynsham cemetery, near Bristol, on the site of a possible Roman temple.  During the early 1920s e...

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...

Earliest Pictish fort yet discovered was situated on sea stack

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An inhospitable sea stack on the Aberdeenshire coast has been confirmed as the site of the earliest Pictish Fort and pre-dates the iconic...

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...

Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover 11th Century Rakia Distillation Vessel

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Fragment of a distillation vessel used for the production of rakia, which is dated back to the 11th century. Photo: National Historical M...

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...

Information Policy for (Digital) Information in Archaeology

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Information Policy for (Digital) Information in Archaeology: current state and suggestions for development The introduction of digital ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Archaeologists find ancient storage jar under Roman road

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IPPLEPEN, England, July 27 (UPI) --  The excavation of an ancient Roman road that once ran through the British Isles has yielded a uniqu...

Mass medieval grave found at Aberdeen school

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A mass grave with more than 20 medieval skeletons has been hailed a “major discovery”. The remains, thought to date back to the 13th c...

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...

New research on the causes of the Viking Age

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The Viking hit-and-run raids on monastic communities such as Lindisfarne and Iona were the most infamous result of burgeoning Scandinavian ...
Sunday, July 26, 2015

Volcanoes linked to cultural upheaval since early Roman times

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Large volcanic eruptions have cooled the global climate many times in the last 2,500 years and coincided with devastating famine across ...

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. ...