Just Let Us Do Our Job – Archaeology in Australia
Field surveys, excavations and being in the ‘field’ is only a small portion of what archaeologists do. The majority of time is spent on research, interpreting, understanding and trying to date sites. Some portions of reports are available through the DIA, at no charge, but they need 24 hours notice before you come and also they need to know which reports you wish to view and the area they relate to.
The Truth About Greek Sex-Plato Style
A new study revealed in a book reveals how Plato lent his name to Platonic love - Plato never advocated love without sex.
Plato and his...
Oxford University to create prehistoric map of England
The 'Portal to the Past’ project from the University of Oxford is creating a prehistoric map of England, allowing users to discover their local history from the Bronze Age in 1500BC to the Domesday Book in 1086.
A Rare Statue of Hercules was exposed at Horvat Tarbenet in the Jezreel Valley
Archaeologists from the Israeli Antiquities Authority have discovered a rare marble statue of Hercules whilst excavating the site of Horvat Tarbenet.
Eddisbury Iron Age Hillfort under the spotlight by archaeologists
The University of Liverpool has been undertaking the second season of excavations at Eddisbury Iron Age Hillfort as part of the "Habitats and Hillforts project".
Archaeologists investigate Dartmoor prehistoric burial
The excavation of a prehistoric burial cist, situated high up on Whitehorse Hill on northern Dartmoor, has commenced. The cist was discovered 10 years ago when its end stone fell out of the peat hag which had been concealing it.
3,000-year-old citadel gate complex in found in Turkey
A monumental gate complex with a carved lion sculpture has been discovered by archaeologists excavating in southeastern Turkey.
Archaeologists plan to excavate Roman Caerleon
A team of archaeologists from the University of Cardiff will be conducting excavations of the possible vicus at the Roman Fortress of Caerleon, also called Isca Augusta.
Archaeologists discover the largest Roman settlement ever found in Deven
A team of archaeologists from the University of Exeter had discovered a major Roman settlement, considered to be the largest ever found in Devon.
Chance discovery by archaeologists of oldest rock art in Britain
The oldest example of rock art has been discovered by archaeologists from the University of Bristol in Wales.
Archaeologists believe they have discovered the Tomb Of Apostle St Philip
Archaeologists believe they may have found the tomb of the apostle, St Philip of Turkey during recent excavations of a Byzantine church in the ancient Greek city of Hierapolis (in modern southwest Turkey).
Spanish Armada Ship Found Off Irish Coast
The cold waters of the Atlantic off the Coast of Ireland have divulged one of its many secrets that might help to cast light on one of the major events of both Irish and British history, the defeat of the Spanish Armada
The Requiem of Hawass
In the year of our Lord 2011, a silence fell like a shadow over Egypt, a silence so loud it's roar was heard around the world. Like something straight from the walls of one of the great monuments, our newspapers and televisions produced hieroglyphics that depicted an age of larger than life characters and of political and social revolution, the likes of which we have difficulty in believing in the 21st Centuries ability to produce such events in a bloody and somewhat nonchalant attitude, reminiscent of events we deem to stay in history books.
Did warfare spark the development of civilisations?
Ancient warfare around 400-500 BC and during the first century AD may have been responsible in part, for shaping how civilisations developed in the Titicaca basin, Peru.
Archaeologists excavate the Canaanite/Israelite site of Tell Belata
Archaeologists excavate the ancient Canaanite/Israelite of Tell Belata, in the West Bank of Palestine in Nablus.
