Excavations in Stonehenge Landscape Reveals Neolithic Burials & Bronze Age Enclosure
Wessex Archaeology’s investigations, which included over 462 hectares of geophysical survey and 440 evaluation trenches, uncovered evidence of human activity dating back over 7000 years.
New Discovery Sheds Light on Human History of Symbols
While scientists and historians have long surmised that etchings on stones and bones have been used as a form of symbolism dating back as early as the Middle Paleolithic period (250,000-45,000 BCE), findings to support that theory are extremely rare.
Archaeologists Excavate Anthropomorphic Stele at Roman Necropolis
Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at the Russian Academy of Science have discovered a Roman necropolis in the Crimea, containing anthropomorphic gravestones and stele.
New Detailed Map Reveals Extent of Ancient City of Pergamon
Archaeologists from the German Archaeological Institute, and the Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism has published a detailed cartographic digital map of the ancient city of Pergamon.
Archaeologists Excavate Ornate Tudor Garden
Archaeologists from Wessex Archaeology have discovered a 16th century Tudor garden, associated with the remains of Coleshill Manor in Warwickshire, England.
First People to Enter the Americas Likely Did so With Their Dogs
The first people to settle in the Americas likely brought their own canine companions with them, according to new research which sheds more light on the origin of dogs.
Archaeologists Discover Bas-Relief of Golden Eagle at Aztec Templo Mayor
A team of archaeologists from the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH) have announced the discovery of a bas-relief depicting an American golden eagle (aquila chrysaetos canadensis).
Lost Alaskan Fort of the Tlingit Discovered
Researchers from Cornell University and the National Park Service have discovered the remnants of a wooden fort in Alaska – the Tlingit people’s last physical bulwark against Russian colonisation forces in 1804.
Exploring the Stonehenge Landscape
The Stonehenge Landscape contains over 400 ancient sites, that includes burial mounds known as barrows, Woodhenge, the Durrington Walls, the Stonehenge Cursus, the Avenue, and surrounds the monument of Stonehenge which is managed by English Heritage.
Early Humans Used Chopping Tools to Break Animal Bones & Consume the Bone Marrow
Researchers from the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University unraveled the function of flint tools known as 'chopping tools', found at the prehistoric site of Revadim, east of Ashdod.
Archaeologists Excavating Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Reveal 3000 Ornate Grave Goods
A team from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) have excavated the largest Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Northamptonshire at Overstone Gate.
New Archaeology for Anthropocene Era
Indiana Jones and Lara Croft have a lot to answer for. Public perceptions of archaeology are often thoroughly outdated, and these characterisations do little to help.
Royal Funerary Temple & 50 Sarcophagi Discovered at Saqqara
Archaeologists conducting excavations at the necropolis of Saqqara in Egypt have discovered an ancient funerary temple, and over 50 sarcophagi.
Scientists Identify Contents of Ancient Maya Drug Containers
Scientists have identified the presence of a non-tobacco plant in ancient Maya drug containers for the first time.
Teeth Pendants Speak of the Elk’s Prominent Status in the Stone Age
Roughly 8,200 years ago, the island of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, housed a large burial ground where men, women and children of varying ages were buried.
