Statues from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” Found
An archaeological team from Rome has recently announced the discovery of seven statues believed to depict one of the myths from the poet, Ovid’s masterpiece Metamorphoses.
Death, Narrative and Understanding the Viking Mind
We think we understand the Vikings and their ways as a culture of warriors and pirates. The Vikings plagued the coast of early medieval Britain, robbing from monastic and secular sites until they finally set up permanent residence in the Danelaw.
A Recap of Culver
For the last seven years the Culver Archaeological Project (CAP), under director Rob Wallace, has been investigating the historical environment of the Upper Ouse Valley in the parishes of Barcombe and Ringmer.
The Teotihuacans exhumed their dead and dignified them with make-up
In collaboration with the National University of Mexico, a team of Spanish researchers has analysed for the first time remains of cosmetics in the graves of prehispanic civilisations on the American continent.
Revisiting La Tene Art: Ideas of Ethnicity and Diaspora
Prehistory has been afforded a cursory mention amongst a rather impressive coverage of history from the Romano-British period to the 20th Century.
Who deforested Central Africa: Man or climate?
It is a much debated question: why did Central African forests become partially fragmented between 2,500 and 2,000 years ago, leaving room for more open forest landscapes and savannah?
Archaeologists unearth more than 300 prehistoric clay figurines in Greece
Koutroulou Magoula figurine : University of Southampton
Archaeologists from the University of Southampton studying a Neolithic archaeological site in central Greece have helped unearth over...
World’s oldest shipwreck reveals incredible cargo
Accidentally discovered by a Turkish sponge diver in 1982, the remains of the 3,300-year-old Uluburun shipwreck lie 10km off the coast of southern Turkey.
Stone Age hunters used the environment to improve standard of living
Extraordinary evidence showing that Stone Age people were more than just hunters has been found at a threatened archaeological site on the Severn Estuary.
Terrace Farming at Ancient Desert City of Petra
New archaeological research dates the heyday of terrace farming at the ancient desert city of Petra to the first century. This development led to an explosion of agricultural activity, increasing the city’s strategic significance as a military prize for the Roman Empire.
Rebirth of the Viking warship that may have helped Canute conquer the seas
11th-century troop-carrier Roskilde 6 emerges from the depths of history and heads for British Museum
Hadrian’s hall: archaeologists finish excavation of Roman arts centre
Arts centre discovered under one of Rome's busiest roundabouts was built in AD123 and could seat 900 people
Temple and rare cache of sacred vessels from Biblical times discovered at Tel Motza
The finds, dated to the early monarchic period and including pottery figurines of men and horses, provide rare testimony of a ritual cult in the Jerusalem region at the beginning of the period of the monarchy.
Archaeology of the Moon
Future archaeologist might consider going to the Moon to excavate the lunar surface for the remains of past lunar missions. The lunar surface is strewn with hundreds of items, from spacecraft, containers of urine, flags, footprints, personal items and finally plaques.
Its the end of the world, as we know it….. or is it?
December 21, 2012 is not the end of the world. Even the ancient Maya themselves did not think so.
