Archaeology

The Roanoke Colony refers to two colonisation attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to establish a permanent English settlement in North America.

Archaeologists excavating a settlement on the Stevns Peninsula in Denmark suggests they have discovered a toilet from the Viking Age.

Innovation by ancient farmers to improve soil fertility continues to have an impact on the biodiversity of the Amazon, a major new study shows.

Villagers from the Perumallapadu village in the Pradesh’s Nellore district of India have unearthed the 300-year-old Temple of Nageswara Swamy on the banks of the Penna River.

Archaeologists working with Geneticists from the Trinity College Dublin have determined that a burial in the Newgrange passage tomb shows indications of first-degree incest.

The Nowy Sącz Historical and Exploratory Association has discovered a cache of 103 silver objects buried in a chest at Nowy Sącz Royal Castle in Poland.

Prehistoric pioneers could have relied on shellfish to sustain them as they followed migratory routes out of Africa during times of drought, a new study suggests.

Archaeologists from the Regional Historical Museum in Burgas have announced the discovery of a Thracian Pit Sanctuary that dates from the 5th to the 4th century BC.

Archaeologists from the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) have announced the discovery of a stone map that dates from between 200 BC and AD 200 in Colima, Mexico.

In order to reveal the population interactions that gave rise to Africa's enormous linguistic, cultural, and economic diversity, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Africa, Europe, and North America sampled key regions in which current models predict a legacy of significant population interactions.

Excavations by archaeologists are revealing new information about the Viking settlement of Iceland.

The British Museum has revealed that public finds have hit record levels based on a study of declared discoveries across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland from 2019.

A new study in the topics of Sri Lanka has revealed the earliest evidence for bow and arrow technology outside of Africa dating from 48,000-45,000 years ago.

Archaeologists excavating in the city of Pathirys near Gebelein are searching for the home of Apolonia, a wealthy businesswoman who lived around 2,000 years ago.

Archaeologists conducting ground penetrating radar surveys of Elbląg Castle in Poland have traced the foundations of a tower from the outer bailey.