Archaeology in Europe News

Sensational find of chamber graves from the later part of the Viking Age at Fregerslev south of Hørning in Jutland in Denmark will hopefu...

The organization of bead production during the Aurignacian has significant implications for understanding the role of these artifacts in Upp...

One of the beautiful, gilded fittings (photo: Museum of Skanderborg) In what is being described as one of the most important archaeolog...

The lost townscape of sixteenth-century Edinburgh has been brought back to life by researchers at the University of St Andrews. Digita...

 A large international research team, directed by the Portuguese archaeologist João Zilhão and including Binghamton University anthropol...

A Viking grave in Randers shows evidence of early globalisation Ernst Stidsing, an archaeologist and the curator at East Jutland Museu...

ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations have revealed a busy Medieval pottery operation existed in north Colchester. Excavation work is taking plac...

The mix of traits on this new specimen found in Portugal has encouraged researchers to rethink their way of describing and classifying ancie...

Leopards may have roamed across Italy alongside Neanderthals, a new study finds. Scientists analyzed an ancient, well-preserved bone d...

An extensive Roman building has been unearthed during archaeological excavations in via Virgilio in the town of Merano located in the provin...

Influential archaeologist who helped to change the public experience of Stonehenge Geoff Wainwright at Stonehenge, the proving ground f...

Theme park Thors Rike (Thor’s Kingdom) wants to attract Viking enthusiasts from all over the world. The theme park, in the western Norwe...

Courage, camaraderie, and a lack of chivalry made the Norse fearsome fighters. From the day in 793 when Viking warriors descended on a...

All research requires decisions on how to restrict the material under study. The material included in an archaeological study is in many...

A facial reconstruction of Ava was made last year Analysis of pollen found on pottery buried with a young woman more than 4,100 years a...

Fossil fragments (yellow) were put together with their mirror-image pieces (purple) to visualize the skull of an archaic human who lived ...

Newly discovered evidence is upending our understanding of how early settlers made a life on the island — and why they suddenly disappeared...

An artist's impression of the timber walkway used by soldiers guarding the medieval fortress that was built into the side of the Colo...

Clifford's Tower in York is recognised around the world as one of Yorkshire's truly iconic landmarks.  It is an enormously import...

It's no surprise that the fearsome raiders relished wild boar meat. But yogurt? Participants at the Slav and Viking Festival ...