• Home
  • Featured
  • Archaeology

    In the Footsteps of the Missing Ninth Legion Hispana : Part One

    helemt

    Image Source : Istock

    The Ninth Legion ‘Hispana’, the

    • Archaeology News
    • Archaeology Videos
    • Archaeology Directory
    • HeritageDaily Tours
    • Archaeology Jokes
    • Spitfires in Burma – FREE EVENT
  • Palaeontology
  • Palaeoanthropology
  • Anthropology
  • Heritage
  • Natural World
  • About
    Welcome to HeritageDaily, an academic journal and online magazine featuring the latest news on the natural world and sciences from across the globe.
    • Meet the Team
    • Our Partners
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Featured
  • Archaeology
    • Archaeology News
    • Archaeology Videos
    • Archaeology Directory
    • HeritageDaily Tours
    • Archaeology Jokes
    • Spitfires in Burma – FREE EVENT
  • Palaeontology
  • Palaeoanthropology
  • Anthropology
  • Heritage
  • Natural World
  • About
    • Meet the Team
    • Our Partners
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Contact Us

Home Featured Articles

Featured Articles


Welcome to HeritageDaily, an academic journal and online magazine. This section features the bespoke article and papers submitted by our contributors.

  • trowel1

    Archaeology: Where is it going?

    Where is archaeology going? As archaeologists, it’s not exactly in our nature to postulate about the ...

  • Clovis Lithics : Wiki Commons

    Gender Roles and the Mass-kill Event: A Cross-cult ...

    For the last thirty years archaeologists inspired primarily by the feminist movement, have become mo ...

  • tut1

    Unmasking Tutankhamun: the figure behind the fame

    Following the amazing discovery of the Egyptian king's near-intact tomb by Howard Carter in 1922, Tu ...

  • Horns

    Revisiting La Tene Art: Ideas of Ethnicity and Dia ...

    In the framework document for consultation 2013: ‘The National Curriculum in England,’ produced by t ...

  • helemt

    In the Footsteps of the Missing Ninth Legion Hispa ...

    The Ninth Legion ‘Hispana’, the lost legion of Rome that marched into the murky fog of history and i ...

  • Horns

    Revisiting La Tene Art: Ideas of Ethnicity and Dia ...

  • tut1

    Unmasking Tutankhamun: the figure behind the fame

  • Clovis Lithics : Wiki Commons

    Gender Roles and the Mass-kill Event: A Cross-cult ...

  • trowel1

    Archaeology: Where is it going?

  • helemt

    In the Footsteps of the Missing Ninth Legion Hispa ...

Archaeology
helemt
March 3, 2013 4 Comments

In the Footsteps of the Missing Ninth Legion Hispana : Part One

The Ninth Legion ‘Hispana’, the lost legion of Rome that marched into the murky fog of history and into legend. The nature of its disappearance in the early second century AD – if it ever truly disappeared at all – has sparked a wealth of interest from the media and academia, as a result it is now immortalised in thousands of words of print and rolls of film.

Featured Articles
Horns
February 12, 2013 1 Comment

Revisiting La Tene Art: Ideas of Ethnicity and Diaspora

In the framework document for consultation 2013: ‘The National Curriculum in England,’ produced by the Department for Education, worryingly, prehistory has been afforded a cursory mention amongst a rather impressive coverage of history from the Romano-British period to the 20th Century.

Archaeology
tut1
February 10, 2013 0 Comments

Unmasking Tutankhamun: the figure behind the fame

Following the amazing discovery of the Egyptian king’s near-intact tomb by Howard Carter in 1922, Tutankhamun became a household name worldwide. By Robyn Antanovskii

Anthropology
Clovis Lithics : Wiki Commons
January 28, 2013 0 Comments

Gender Roles and the Mass-kill Event: A Cross-cultural Analysis

For the last thirty years archaeologists inspired primarily by the feminist movement, have become more aware of ‘gender assumptions’ when

Archaeology
trowel1
January 15, 2013 6 Comments

Archaeology: Where is it going?

Where is archaeology going? As archaeologists, it’s not exactly in our nature to postulate about the future. Written by James Spry

Archaeology
viking1a
January 14, 2013 0 Comments

Death, Narrative and Understanding the Viking Mind

We think we understand the Vikings and their ways as a culture of warriors and pirates. The Vikings plagued the coast of early medieval Britain, robbing from monastic and secular sites until they finally set up permanent residence in the Danelaw.

Archaeology
Culver Project
January 10, 2013 0 Comments

A Recap of Culver

For the last seven years the Culver Archaeological Project (CAP), under director Rob Wallace, has been investigating the historical environment of the Upper Ouse Valley in the parishes of Barcombe and Ringmer.

Archaeology
34534
January 7, 2013 2 Comments

World’s oldest shipwreck reveals incredible cargo

Accidentally discovered by a Turkish sponge diver in 1982, the remains of the 3,300-year-old Uluburun shipwreck lie 10km off the coast of southern Turkey.

Featured Articles
The ruins of Rhodiapolis:  Image  Emre Kızılkaya
January 4, 2013 0 Comments

High Taxes Were Always A Problem, So What New?

Inscriptions tell us throughout history people have always complained about the high taxes charged by central government. The Roman Empire has produced a number of inscriptions that record these complaints and one of best preserved and most revealing was found in Roman City of Rhodiapolis nearly 5 years ago.

Archaeology
5,000 year old portal tomb in the limestone Burren area of County Clare, Ireland
December 20, 2012 2 Comments

What was the significance of Megalithic Monuments in Atlantic Europe?

The construction of megalithic monuments in Atlantic Europe is not restricted to a single purpose, nor do they reflect one aspect of the community that built them.

Archaeology
Tower of LondonTower of London
December 19, 2012 1 Comment

Was Anne Boleyn buried in the Tower of London?

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England and second wife of Henry VIII was executed within the grounds of the Tower of London. Her crime was a trumpeted up charge of adultery with two men of the court, and incest with her brother. The real reason for her execution was to remove Anne, who was an obstacle to Henry remarrying and having an heir.

Featured Articles
Kurt
December 10, 2012 0 Comments

Nazi Weather Station Kurt

When you think of Northern Labrador, the images that come to mind for most people are of snow and ice covered rugged mountains, or Caribou or perhaps Polar Bears.

Archaeology
Akrotiri
December 7, 2012 0 Comments

Debate still rages over date of Thera eruption

During the height of the Greek Bronze Age, a volcano erupted on the ancient Greek island of Thera (modern Santorini). The violent eruption sent six times more magma and rock into the Earth’s atmosphere than the notorious Krakatoa eruption in 1883. Robyn Antanovskii

Archaeology
Viking1
November 9, 2012 2 Comments

The Last of the ‘True Vikings’? An Insight into the Motivation Behind Norse Exploration West

Recent excavations carried out by Canadian archaeologist Patricia Sutherland may have further complimented our knowledge of Norse exploration into the New World. The excavations were carried out to establish the extent of Norse presence in the Americas and to further inform our knowledge of interactions between indigenous people and Norse explorers.

Archaeology
Future
November 2, 2012 1 Comment

The Future is locked Within the Past

Britain is a wealth of treasure; it glitters not with gold, but with stories. It holds tales of the mundane, the horrific, and the mesmerising.

Archaeology
timeteam
October 22, 2012 4 Comments

Channel 4 calls time on Time Team

As Channel 4 announces Time Team will not return as a regular series Andy Brockman looks back on twenty years of legendary TV Archaeology and tries to assess it significance and legacy.

Archaeology
Knossis
October 2, 2012 0 Comments

The archaeological examination of palatial Crete

The palace civilisations of Crete in mainland Greece are buildings that illustrate phenomenal architecture and artistic designs that are distinctive when compared to surrounding Asian and Near Eastern structures (Branigan, 2004).

Archaeology
Landfill Sites
September 21, 2012 0 Comments

The Archaeology of the Future, Part 2

. Great works of art and literature are likely to survive for a fair amount of time through replication or conservation, whether or not they are stored digitally. But there are limits to physical preservation, and the destruction of intentionally conserved records tends to be down to human, rather than natural processes.

Archaeology
Odyssey Explorer deploying equipment over the HMS Victory site Copyright Astrid Harrisson 2012
September 20, 2012 3 Comments

Possible new restrictions on Victory Salvage

Ministers are considering placing further restrictions on Odyssey Marine Exploration and the Maritime Heritage Foundation as pressure builds on the Cameron Government to stop the Banks and Hedge Fund investors backing Odyssey profiting from the grave and property of lost Royal Navy sailors.

Archaeology
20100514-bosworth fight (photo John Kliene)
September 18, 2012 1 Comment

New Battle Of Northampton Puts Leader Mackintosh under Pressure

In 1460 the first Battle of Northampton saw the forces of the Duke of York, father of King Richard III, assault the fortified encampment of the Lancastrian Army of Henry VI and amid gunfire and the clash of thousands of soldiers win the day.

Archaeology
KEO Satellite
September 17, 2012 0 Comments

The Archaeology of the Future, Part 1

How will our descendants in the very distant future view us, assuming they exist? Will they have a better understanding of us than we do of, say, the Romans? Or will differential preservation lead them to think we lived in a mad world full of glazed china figurine shrines, toilet bowls as status symbols, and the ritual deposition of jewellery in sinks?

Archaeology
House of Commons
September 6, 2012 1 Comment

All Change (Almost) as unknown Maria Miller goes to DCMS

The New Culture Minister will be defined by her attitude to Cuts, HMS Victory 1744 and the Proposed relaxation of planning laws says Andy Brockman in this analysis of today’s surprise appointment of new Culture Minister Maria Miller to David Cameron’s Cabinet.

PREVIOUS

HeritageDaily

Heritage Daily is an independent online academic magazine, dedicated to the heritage and history of the world.

We identified the need for a central resource offering the latest news in archaeology, palaeontology and associated disciplines.

Popular
Recent
Comments
  • Stonehenge - Salisbury Plain Image Source: Flickr : Creative Commons License (See Photo Gallery for Source Link)

    Stonehenge: geologists overturn standing theory about the standing stone

    April 7, 2011
    Paranthropus Boisei : Image Source : Wiki Commons

    New technologies challenge old ideas about early hominid diets

    October 14, 2011
    HMS VICTORY 1744 WIKI COMMONS

    Odyssey Marine and Cameron Peer Out of Control on HMS Victory

    August 3, 2012
    Roman Londinium

    The Myth of Roman Britain? – Part One

    July 19, 2012
    Book of the Dead : Image Source : Wiki Commons

    An Interpretation of the Ancient Egyptian Concept of Death and Dying

    May 29, 2011
  • 6664221

    Unraveling the genetic mystery of medieval leprosy

    June 13, 2013
    131864

    Excavations begin on Roman Temple at Maryport

    June 13, 2013

    Eye on the Needle

    June 12, 2013
    4477

    Mysterious Monument Found Beneath the Sea of Galil ...

    June 12, 2013
    4466

    New archaeogenetic research refutes earlier findin ...

    June 12, 2013
  • Super thoughts! Not to forget the ongoing IfA W ...

    June 3, 2013

    amazing piece of information. One would imagine th ...

    May 30, 2013

    those crazy trend setting ancient Egyptians!

    May 30, 2013

    So much or our modern day interpretation of life a ...

    May 29, 2013

    Evolution hasn't come very far when we still have ...

    May 26, 2013

Latest News

Excavations begin on Roman Temple at Maryport

Excavations begin on Roman Temple at Maryport

June 13th, 2013

Roman Temples Project on site at Maryport A team of archaeologists and volunteers led by Newcastle [...]

New archaeogenetic research refutes earlier findings

New archaeogenetic research refutes earlier findings

June 12th, 2013

Illustration of what the eruption might have looked like from approximately 26 miles (42 km) above. [...]

A grassy trend in human ancestors' diets

A grassy trend in human ancestors' diets

June 5th, 2013

A set of new studies from the University of Utah and elsewhere found that human ancestors and re[...]

Mysterious Monument Found Beneath the Sea of Galilee

Mysterious Monument Found Beneath the Sea of Galilee

June 12th, 2013

TAU research says unique structure is the product of skilled construction The shores of the Sea of [...]

Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago, says CU-Boulder study

Diet likely changed game for some hominids 3.5 million years ago, says CU-Boulder study

June 5th, 2013

Paranthropus-boisei-Nairobi : Wiki Commons Grasses and sedges a key menu item in hominid survival[...]

New biomolecular archaeological evidence points to the beginnings of viniculture in France

New biomolecular archaeological evidence points to the beginnings of viniculture in France

June 5th, 2013

Image Source : Wiki Commons 9,000-year-old ancient Near Eastern 'wine culture,' traveling land and [...]

Over 120,000-year-old bone tumor in Neandertal specimen found

Over 120,000-year-old bone tumor in Neandertal specimen found

June 12th, 2013

Micrograph showing fibrous dysplasia with the characteristic thin, irregular (Chinese character-like[...]

Unraveling the genetic mystery of medieval leprosy

Unraveling the genetic mystery of medieval leprosy

June 13th, 2013

Medieval image of face disfigured by leprosy : Wiki Commons Scientists reconstruct the genome of me[...]

Human activity echoes through Brazilian rainforest

Human activity echoes through Brazilian rainforest

May 30th, 2013

The disappearance of large, fruit-eating birds from tropical forests in Brazil has caused the region[...]

Discovery of subfossil wood opens new research avenues

Discovery of subfossil wood opens new research avenues

May 30th, 2013

Thanks to close cooperation with the building-site management, the WSL researchers were able to obta[...]

Archaeology News

HeritageDaily Instagram

#archaeology #archeology - Mortimer Wheeler excavation of roman Verulamium in 1930#archeology #archaeology - Roman pottery face pot#archeology #archaeology - Roman Theatre St Albans
#man #archeology #museum #archaeology #dude - Me giving a tour of the roman town of Verulamium#archeology #archaeology - Roman dressing room for the theatre at St Albans#art #archaeology #archeology - Roman mosaic St Albans
TAP

Social

1955
followers
15131
fans

Latest Tweets


    Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/archnews/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/flyingnews/framework/widgets/jwtwitter.php on line 63

Newsletter

Please enter your email address

Archive

Copyright © 2013 Powered by HeritageMedia.