Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Ancient marble head of god Dionysus discovered under Rome

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The head of Dionysus was found near the Roman Forum. Photos:  Archeological Park of the Colosseum. Archeologists in Rome have uncover...

Medieval home of Lords of the Isles virtually reconstructed

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Credit: University of St Andrews Major archaeological work by the National Museum of Scotland has enabled the University of St Andrews’...
Monday, May 27, 2019

Remains of entire Roman town discovered next to motorway in Kent

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Workers at the Roman settlement discovered in Newington ( KMG/SWNS.com ) ‘This site changes our understanding of Newington’s developmen...

LATE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT DISCOVERED IN NORTHWEST BULGARIA IN TURKISH STREAM GAS PIPELINE RESCUE DIGS

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A settlement originally dating back to the Late Bronze Age, which was also subsequently inhabited in the Thracian and Roman Antiquity, an...

Roadworks uncover Bronze Age urn burial site in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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Credit: ct-press Construction work along the future A14 highway between Dolle and Lüderitz has revealed an urn burial ground from the ...

NOUVELLE FOUILLE DE LA TOMBE DE LA « DAME DE VIX »

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Le site de Vix en Côte-d’Or est avant tout célèbre pour la tombe de « la Dame de Vix », dont la fouille, menée en 1953, a révélé un mobil...

Entire 18-acre Ancient Roman town discovered next to major motorway

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An 18-acre settlement dating back as early as 43 AD has been uncovered  (Image: KMG / SWNS.com) An entire Ancient Roman town includin...

Sensasjonell runestein funnet i Østfold

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Karoline Kjesrud jobber for å identifisere runene på den slitte runesteinen.  (Foto: Kulturhistorisk museum, Universitetet i Oslo) Ar...
Sunday, May 26, 2019

Archaeologists find remains of the Roman invasion of Ayrshire

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The remains were uncovered during building work ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered fresh evidence of a Roman invasion of Scotland under an A...

'Phenomenal' 2,300-year-old bark shield found in Leicestershire

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The shield is made from green bark that has been stiffened with internal wooden laths. An “astonishing and unparalleled” 2,300-year-old...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019

New data platform illuminates history of humans' environmental impact

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Animal bones on display. Credit: © DedMityay / Adobe Stock The human environmental footprint is not only deep, but old. Ancient tra...

A gold serpent pendant from Viking Age Denmark

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Photo: Southwest Jutland Museums. This beautiful serpent pendant was recently discovered near Gørding in Denmark by Jean Stokholm and D...
Sunday, May 19, 2019

Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet shows no social divisions in food consumption

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Credit: University of Granada The study of the human diet in Palaeolithic times is currently among the research areas generating the gre...

The riddle of Winchester Cathedral's skeletons

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A reconstruction of Queen Emma's bones is on display but her skull is not completely intact making it too difficult to create a 3D mo...
Friday, May 17, 2019

Chewing gums reveal the oldest Scandinavian human DNA

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Masticate being examined [Credit: Natalija Kashuba/Stockholm University] The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 ye...

Fossil teeth push the human-Neandertal split back to about 1 million years ago

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CROWNING ROOTS An analysis of hominid tooth evolution, including specimens from Spanish Neandertals (top row), pushes back the age of a c...

The Prittlewell Princely Burial Treasures go on show at Southend Museum

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Gold crosses from the earliest dated princely Anglo-Saxon burial believed to have been placed over the man’s eyes © MOLA Ellie Broad, A...

Bronze Age Caernarfon bypass find 'could be canoe'

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If proven to be a canoe the timber would be a "rare find", according to experts WELSH GOVERNMENT Work on a bypass in Gwyned...

Bronze age burial uncovered at Orkney sub station site

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The cist archaeologists have uncovered lies on top of a glacial mound ORCA ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeologists have discovered a Bronze age b...

Roman treasure found by metal detectorists in Lincolnshire

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The Roman coin hoard and fragment of pot that it was buried in, near Rauceby. The largest haul of Roman coins from the early 4th Centur...