Archaeology

An enduring mystery of archaeology involving a well-known historical site in ancient Rome.

. Great works of art and literature are likely to survive for a fair amount of time through replication or conservation, whether or not they are stored digitally. But there are limits to physical preservation, and the destruction of intentionally conserved records tends to be down to human, rather than natural processes.

How will our descendants in the very distant future view us, assuming they exist? Will they have a better understanding of us than we do of, say, the Romans? Or will differential preservation lead them to think we lived in a mad world full of glazed china figurine shrines, toilet bowls as status symbols, and the ritual deposition of jewellery in sinks?

To date, only two pieces of fabric treated with dye-murex have been found in Israel.

Historic perceptions of how the Romans dined

UC research puts a high-tech spin on studying the ancient world

The top ten archaeological discoveries from across the globe for 2013

Zaballa (Iruña de Oca) was a medieval settlement abandoned in the 15th century.

Remarkable array of archaeological monuments and features.

Archaeo-informaticist has used virtual simulations to flip the calendar.

Evidence shows that healers in Peru practiced trepanation

Counter argument for displaying human remains

New evidence debunks previous theories that the islanders “self-destructed”

Five-thousand years before it was immortalized in a British nursery rhyme.

Beneath the Guatemalan rainforests, lies the Maya Kindgom