Modern mummification sheds light on Ramses II
A modern, domestic house cat is helping shed light on the practice of mummification and the lives of ancients, such as Ramses II, the most celebrated pharaoh of Egypt.
Postdoc bringing faces of Egypt from the past
A postdoctoral fellow in Western’s Anthropology department, he has been working with a forensic artist from John Abbott College reconstructing the identities of three Egyptian mummies, laid to rest roughly 2,000 years ago.
Ritual sacrifice and decapitation
Tlaloc, the god of rain and water: National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City - Teotihuacán hall
Georgia State University’s Christopher Morehart and...
A lost royal city of Nubia in northern Sudan
Remains of the pyramid of Piye. Image credit: Geoff Emberling
Geoff Emberling is doing what few archaeologists do anymore in a world that has been...
Archaic Native Americans built massive Louisiana mound in less than 90 days, research confirms
Nominated early this year for recognition on the UNESCO World Heritage List, which includes such famous cultural sites as the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu and Stonehenge, the earthen works at Poverty Point, La., have been described as one of the world’s greatest feats of construction by an archaic civilization of hunters and gatherers.
War a money-spinner for rank-and-file soldiers in Late Middle Ages
Not just a King's ransom: war was a money-spinner for the rank-and-file soldier in the Late Middle Ages
Illegal metal detecting in Warminster area causes concern
English Heritage and Wiltshire Police are concerned about a spate of illegal metal detecting at a nationally important archaeological site in the Warminster area.
New study sheds light on the origin of the European Jewish population
Despite being one of the most genetically analysed groups, the origin of European Jews has remained obscure.
Ovarian tumour, with teeth and a bone fragment inside, found in a Roman-age skeleton
A team of researchers led by the UAB has found the first ancient remains of a calcified ovarian teratoma, in the pelvis of the skeleton of a woman from the Roman era.
A French-Peruvian-Spanish Team Discovers a Chamber in Machu Picchu
For more than fifteen years, Thierry Jamin, French Archaeologist and adventurer, explores the jungles of South Peru in every possible direction, searching for clues of the permanent presence of the Incas in the Amazonian forest, and the legendary lost city of Paititi.
Staffordshire County Council to lift lid on Cannock Chase Great War history
A scaled model of a Belgian battlefield built on Cannock Chase during the First World War to prepare soldiers for trench warfare is to be unearthed.
Spitfire search in Burma draws a blank
Archaeologists cancel news conference after failing to find British fighter planes believed to be buried in Burma
War was central to Europe’s first civilisation – contrary to popular belief
Research from the University of Sheffield has discovered that the ancient civilisation of Crete, known as Minoan, had strong martial traditions, contradicting the commonly held view of Minoans as a peace-loving people.
Archaeology: Where is it going?
Where is archaeology going? As archaeologists, it’s not exactly in our nature to postulate about the future. Written by James Spry
Gene flow from India to Australia about 4,000 years ago
Australia is thought to have remained largely isolated between its initial colonisation around 40,000 years ago and the arrival of Europeans in the late 1800s.
