Rare Frescoes from the Roman Period Discovered at Zippori in the Galilee
A team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has discovered hundreds of fragments belonging to frescoes from the Roman period, in the Zippori National Park.
First Bell Beaker earthwork enclosure found in Spain
Archaeologists from the Tübingen collaborative research center Resource Cultures have discovered an earthwork enclosure in southern Spain dating from the Bell Beaker period of 2,600 to 2,200 BCE.
Sensational Grave Find in Cypriote Bronze Age City
An archaeological expedition from the University of Gothenburg has discovered one of the richest graves from the Late Bronze Age ever found on the island of Cyprus.
Researchers uncover new insights on Great Lakes monuments
Merging an innovative modeling technique with old-fashioned sleuthing, researchers from the University of New Hampshire have shed new light on the mystery of pre-European archaeological monument sites in Michigan, even though 80 percent of the sites they're studying no longer exist.
Darius I stele found in ancient town of Phanagoria in Russia
Oleg Deripaska Volnoe Delo Foundation and the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Archaeology have discovered fragments of a marble stele carrying an inscription of the ancient Persian King Darius I.
A research team working in Jordan has discovered the residual remains of butchered animals on stone tools used 250,000 years ago
How smart were human-like species of the Stone Age? New research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science by a team led by paleoanthropologist April Nowell of the University of Victoria reveals surprisingly sophisticated adaptations by early humans living 250,000 years ago in a former oasis near Azraq, Jordan.
Hunter-gatherers experimented with farming in Turkey before migrating to Europe
Clusters of hunter-gatherers spent much of the late Stone Age working out the basics of farming on the fertile lands of what is now Turkey before taking this knowledge to Europe.
Tracking down the first chefs
A piece of research by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country establishes the bases that can be used to differentiate between bones eaten by humans and those eaten by animals among the bones found on archaeological sites
Bronze figure of the Roman goddess Ceres found at Arbeia Roman Fort
Volunteers from the WallQuest community archaeology project and the Earthwatch Institute have made an amazing discovery at Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields.
Top archaeological finds-from-the-air list shows aerial technology is transforming understanding of the past
A Roman camp in Dorset, a Neolithic henge in East Yorkshire and a Bronze Age cemetery in West Sussex are among the amazing archaeological sites Historic England has discovered from the air.
Historic Find: A Statue of an Egyptian Official at Tel-Hazor in Israel
In a historic find, a large fragment of an Egyptian statue measuring 45 X 40 centimeters, made of lime-stone, was discovered In the course of the current season of excavations at Tel-Hazor, north of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.
Ancient “poo” provides earliest evidence of infectious disease being carried on Silk Road
An ancient latrine near a desert in north-western China has revealed the first archaeological evidence that travellers along the Silk Road were responsible for the spread of infectious diseases along huge distances of the route 2,000 years ago.
Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered at Rothley, Leicestershire
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester have recently excavated a Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery under former allotments at Rothley in Leicestershire.
23 shipwrecks discovered off Greece dating from around 1,000 BC to the 19th century AD.
An expedition to the Fourni archipelago in Greece, co-directed by a University of Southampton archaeologist, has found 23 new shipwrecks dating from around 1,000 BC to the 19th century AD.
Cave discoveries shed new light on Native and European religious encounters in the Americas
A project led by archaeologists from the British Museum and the University of Leicester has discovered remarkable evidence which shows how the first generations of Europeans to arrive in the Americas engaged with indigenous peoples and their spiritual beliefs deep inside the caves of a remote Caribbean island.
