Sinkhole reveals original Roman paving next to Pantheon in Rome
A small sinkhole that appeared next to the Pantheon in Rome has enabled archaeologists to examine the original Roman paving that was laid when the Pantheon was built by Marcus Agrippa around 27-25 BC.
3500-year-old Ancient Egyptian stone chest could lead archaeologists to royal tomb
A stone chest excavated by archaeologist near Deir el-Bahari and the temple of Hatshepsut could lead archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw to a royal tomb.
Ancient genetic portrait created of civilisations from the Andes mapped from DNA
A study of DNA from ancient civilisations living in the central Andes and South America has been mapped by a team of researchers from the University of Adelaide.
New method to identify beer in the archaeological record
A process to determine the presence of beer and malted remains amongst archaeological finds by analysing microstructural markers have been proposed in a study by the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Genomic history of ancient Andean civilisations analysed
A wide-scale study of the genomic history from pre-Columbian civilisations in the Andes has been conducted by an international team from the Harvard Medical School and University of California.
Archaeologists have discovered unknown forts in Greater Poland
Ten newly discovered forts have been revealed by archaeologists applying aerial photography and magnetic measurements in south-eastern Wielkopolska, Poland.
Biological study of Tell es-Sin the Byzantine necropolis
A study published in the journal Bioarcheology of the Near East reveals the characteristics of the population that was buried in the Tell es-Sin necropolis, a Byzantine site dated between the 5th and 7th centuries that is located in Syria, on the left bank from the Euphrates River.
Demographic expansion of several Amazonian archaeological cultures by computer simulation
Expansions by groups of humans were common during prehistoric times, after the adoption of agriculture.
Archaeological Survey of William Wallace’s Fort
Forestry and Land Scotland has undertaken an archaeological survey of Wallace’s House, a fort reputed to have been built by William Wallace.
Possible hillforts discovered in Devon during lock-down
Amateur archaeologist Darren Murray believes he has discovered two hillforts in Devon, England.
During tough times, ancient ‘tourists’ sought solace in Florida oyster feasts
More than a thousand years ago, people from across the Southeast regularly traveled to a small island on Florida's Gulf Coast to bond over oysters, likely as a means of coping with climate change and social upheaval.
Archaeologists have a lot of dates wrong for North American indigenous history – but we’re using new techniques to get it right
Columbus famously reached the Americas in 1492. Other Europeans had made the journey before, but the century from then until 1609 marks the creation of the modern globalized world.
Evidence of Late Pleistocene human colonization of isolated islands beyond Wallace’s Line
A new article published in Nature Communications applies stable isotope analysis to a collection of fossil human teeth from the islands of Timor and Alor in Wallacea to study the ecological adaptations of the earliest members of our species to reach this isolated part of the world.
X-ray analysis sheds light on construction and conservation of artefacts from Henry VIII’s warship
21st century X-ray technology has allowed University of Warwick scientists to peer back through time at the production of the armour worn by the crew of Henry VIII's favoured warship, the Mary Rose.
Bronze Age swords bear the marks of skilled fighters
Warriors during the Bronze Age used their weapons in skilful ways that would have required lots of training in specific techniques, researchers say.
