Tuesday, December 19, 2023

The battle was likely fought around 15 B.C.E. between Roman troops and local Suanetes fighters, who lost the bout.

›
Archaeologists at work uncovering evidence of a battle that was fought in the Julier Valley around 15 B.C.E. image: Archaeological Service G...

Oldest known ship burial discovered in Norway predates Vikings

›
An aerial view of the burial mound in central Norway. (Image credit: Geir Grønnesby) A large, grassy hill in Norway known as the Herlaugshag...

Vikings Pillaged, Conquered And Cleaned Their Teeth With Toothpicks

›
A hole filed from the crown of a Viking tooth into the pulp to reduce toothache and infection. UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG After a long, hard d...

Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?

›
The Romans ruled Britain for nearly four centuries, from 43 CE until the beginning of the fifth century. Most commentators agree that the ac...

Sutton Hoo Saxon ship reconstruction aims for 2025 sailing

›
The Sutton Hoo Saxon ship project, spearheaded by master shipwright Tim Kirk, is a remarkable effort to reconstruct the largest Saxon ship e...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Stonehenge ‘risks losing world heritage status because of road project’

›
Stonehenge faces the risk of being “de-listed” as a Unesco world heritage site if plans for a nearby road project featuring a tunnel go ahea...

Environmental stress rather than genetics influenced height differences in early Neolithic people: Study

›
Migrations of early farmers into Europe. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-023-01756-w The difference in height bet...

Archaeologists unearth ‘most shocking example of Roman slavery’ at Pompeii

›
A bakery where enslaved people were imprisoned and exploited to produce bread has been discovered in the ruins of Pompeii in what has been d...

Pompeii Bakery Yields Evidence of Enslaved Workers

›
(Pompeii Archaeological Park) ROME, ITALY—The Guardian reports that a small bakery equipped with windows blocked by iron bars has been uncov...

‘Shocking Side Of Ancient Slavery’: Prison Bakery Where Enslaved People Toiled Unearthed In Pompeii

›
The “prison bakery” in Pompeii is just one of the latest archaeological discoveries in the doomed town. There have been some astounding disc...

Roman-Era Winery Uncovered in Southern France

›
LAVEYRON, FRANCE—According to a  Miami Herald   report, researchers from France’s National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (...

Roman 'backwater' bucked Empire's decline, archaeologists reveal

›
View of the Interamna Lirenas excavation from above and from the North. Photograph taken in September 2023. The remains of the theater can b...

The U.K.’s Oldest Known Scientific Instrument, Dubbed an ‘Early Computer,’ Heads to Auction

›
The Chetwode Quandrant. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2023. A medieval scientific instrument once used for telling the time by tracking ...
Monday, December 11, 2023

Who Were the First Modern Humans To Settle in Europe? Scientists Shed New Light

›
A new study examines the early migration of humans to Europe, focusing on a study of 36,000-year-old skull fragments from Crimea. These find...

'Beautifully made' Bronze Age gold torc fragment found at Erpingham

›
A tiny, twisted fragment of a gold torc made thousands of years ago has been uncovered by a metal detectorist. The "beautifully made...

Delve into the secrets of the runes with new course starting January

›
The third of our three short courses starting in January focuses on runes – a writing system that developed in western Europe in the first m...
Friday, December 08, 2023

Ancient finds at Wisley interchange

›
Archaeologists have been having a field day on Balfour Beatty’s £317m M25 junction improvement project in Surrey. For more than a year now B...
Thursday, December 07, 2023

Humanity’s oldest art is flaking away. Can scientists save it?

›
Ancient humans painted scenes in Indonesian caves more than 45,000 years ago, but their art is disappearing rapidly. Researchers are trying ...

World's only intact Roman shield and body armour unearthed on a battlefield where Germanic tribesmen wiped out three legions in AD9 to go on display at the British Museum

›
The shield, on loan from Yale University, was found in Syria in the 1930s The body armour was discovered in 2018 in Kalkriese, north-west Ge...

What teeth can reveal about the health of early medieval children

›
Researchers can learn much about a person through their teeth. This is even true for people who lived 1500 years ago in early medieval Germa...