Archaeology

Ancient coastal defences reveal 2,000 years of sea-level change

Archaeologists have uncovered a series of ancient wooden palisades off the coast of Grado in northeastern Italy, providing rare evidence of how sea levels along the Adriatic have changed since Roman times.

Elite Bronze Age burial complex unearthed at Yavneh-Yam

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a Bronze Age burial complex during excavations at Israel’s coastal port of Yavneh-Yam.

Bronze temple-façade box among new discoveries in Turda

Excavations of a Roman canabae legionis (civilian settlement) in Turda, Romania, have revealed a bronze box depicting a classical temple façade.

Roman writing tablets discovered in ancient wells

Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have discovered a rare collection of wooden writing tablets dating from the Roman period.

Depiction of Ancient Egyptian deities found in Roman bathhouse

Excavations in the city of Sagalassos in southwestern Turkey have uncovered Ancient Egyptian imagery in a Roman-era bathhouse.

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.

Unique Bone Figurine Discovered in One of World`s Oldest Cities

Polish researcher discovered a human-like figurine in one of the oldest cities in the world: Çatalhöyük in Turkey. 

Study traces spread of early dairy farming across Western Europe

A study has tracked the shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to early farming that occurred in prehistoric Europe over a period of around 1,500 years.

Bones in homes: Residents of prehistoric settlements were buried in their own homes

Residents of an 8,000-year-old prehistoric proto-city could be buried in the houses where they lived, according to grim new research.

Farmer Finds Roman Treasure Trove Scattered Across Field

A farmer has discovered one of the largest hauls of Roman coins to ever be found in Poland.

Polish Scientists Discover 1,000-Year-Old Church Walls in Ethiopia

The walls of a 1,000-year-old church in Ethiopia have been discovered by archaeologists from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw.

Diverse livelihoods helped resilient Levänluhta people survive a climate disaster

A multidisciplinary research group coordinated by the University of Helsinki dated the bones of dozens of Iron Age residents of the Levänluhta site in Finland, and studied the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios.

Archaeologists verify Florida’s Mound Key as location of elusive Spanish fort

Florida and Georgia archaeologists have discovered the location of Fort San Antón de Carlos, home of one of the first Jesuit missions in North America.

William Shakespeare: archaeology is revealing new clues about the Bard’s life (and death)

William Shakespeare is widely regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time and one of the most important and influential people who has ever lived.

Study sheds light on unique culinary traditions of prehistoric hunter-gatherers

Hunter-gatherer groups living in the Baltic between seven and a half and six thousand years ago had culturally distinct cuisines, analysis of ancient pottery fragments has revealed.

Study reveals one of the possible uses of spheroids 400,000 ago in the Middle East

Researchers at the National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH) have participated in a study that proposes the possible uses of the spheroids or...

Study sheds light on alterations by carnivores to Paleolithic campsites

Ruth Blasco, Taphonomy researcher at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has participated in a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports which demonstrates the considerable alteration and anatomical bias produced by wild carnivores once places inhabited by Paleolithic hominins have been abandoned.

300,000-year-old throwing stick documents the evolution of hunting

Homo heidelbergensis used wooden weapons to hunt waterbirds and horses.

Papua New Guinea highland research redates Neolithic period

A new report published in Science Advances on the emergence of agriculture in highland Papua New Guinea shows advancements often associated with a later Neolithic period occurred about 1000 years' earlier than previously thought.

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