Spectacular finds from ancient greek shipwreck: New Antihythera discoveries prove luxury cargo survives
A team of Greek and international divers and archaeologists have retrieved stunning new discoveries from an ancient Greek ship that sank over 2,000 years ago off the remote island of Antikythera. The rescued antiquities include tableware, ship components and a giant bronze spear that would have belonged to a life-sized warrior statue.
Bronze Age Palace and Grave Goods Discovered at the Archaeological Site of La Almoloya in Pliego, Murcia
An excavation carried out in August by the researchers of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona’s (UAB) Department of Prehistory Vicente Lull, Cristina Huete, Rafael Micó y Roberto Risch have made evident the unique archaeological wealth of the La Almoloya site, in Pliego, Murcia. The site was the cradle of the “El Argar” civilisation, which resided in the south-eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula during the Bronze Age.
Treasure trove of ancient genomes helps recalibrate the human evolutionary clock
Just as if you were adjusting a watch, the key to accurately telling evolutionary time is based on periodically calibrating against a gold standard.
Tracing our ancestors at the bottom of the sea
New European Marine Board report recommends exploration of sea-submerged settlements abandoned by our ancestors.
UNCOVERING YEMEN
2500 years ago, frankincense and myrhh burned throughout the kingdoms of Southern Arabia. 50 years ago, Wendell Phillips unearthed the sand-covered ruins along the ancient incense trading route.
Hyperspectral imaging shines light on the early Finns’ life in the Stone Age
The 5,500 years old clay figurines found at community excavations in Vantaa, Finland in summer 2014, were recently scanned with SPECIM’s hyperspectral camera.
Science & Activism in the 21st Century : The Archaeoventurers Project
The ArchaeoVenturers Project flips the script on traditional archaeology. ArchaeoVenturers Katie Paul (‘The Digger’) and Justine Benanty (‘The Diver’) explore the challenges facing our history today and the people who are working to protect it.
Genetic Makeup of Europeans
Researchers compare ancient hunter-gatherers and early farmers to present-day human genomes and find that Europeans today trace their ancestry to three ancient populations
Innovative Stone Age tools were not African invention, say researchers
A new discovery of thousands of Stone Age tools has provided a major insight into human innovation 325,000 years ago and how early technological developments spread across the world, according to research published in the journal Science.
Stone Age site challenges old archaeological assumptions about human technology
Local innovation rather than the expansion of the population is the reason behind the appearance of new technologies in Eurasia over 300,000 years ago.
Gleaming in the Dust – Ancient Antiquities Looted & Sold on International Markets
Gleaming in the Dust is a new audio documentary that reveals the extent to which ancient antiquities are being looted in Egypt and sold on international markets in London, Paris and New York.
Crossrail uncovers Brunel’s railway heritage
Remains of structures built by celebrated engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel for his Great Western Railway have been unearthed near Paddington in west London.
First World War dead commemorated in new online archive blog
The University of Greenwich’s First World War casualties are being investigated in a new online project, with members of the public being urged to contribute.
New high-resolution satellite image analysis: 5 of 6 Syrian World Heritage sites ‘exhibit significant damage’
In war-torn Syria, five out of six World Heritage sites now “exhibit significant damage” and some structures have even been “reduced to rubble”, according to new high-resolution satellite image analysis conducted by the nonprofit, nonpartisan American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
‘Lost chapel’ skeletons found holding hands after 700 years
Archaeologists from the University of Leicester uncover a trove of relics and remains at Chapel of St. Morrell in Leicestershire.
