Archaeology Press Release

Archaeologists from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Torre Annunziata have announced the discovery of an intact Roman Ceremonial Chariot excavated near the Roman city of Pompeii.

Based on a manual recently discovered in a 3,500-year-old medical papyrus, University of Copenhagen Egyptologist Sofie Schiødt has been able to help reconstruct the embalming process used to prepare ancient Egyptians for the afterlife. It is the oldest surviving manual on mummification yet discovered.

A study by the Ca 'Foscari University of Venice has discovered the remains of a Roman port at the ancient city of Altinum in Italy.

Archaeologists conducting excavations in the French city of Nîmes have discovered the remains of two high status Roman domus (houses).

A two-metre-long painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia's Kimberley region has been identified as Australia's oldest intact rock painting.

A retired police officer has discovered a 1,000-year-old Viking treasure hoard on the Isle of Man

Archaeologists from the Don State Technical University, and the Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science have excavated a burial mound containing Scythian Grave Goods.

In ancient European settlements, livestock use was likely primarily determined by political structure and market demands, according to a study published by Ariadna Nieto-Espinet and colleagues of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Barcelona.

Archaeologists conducting excavations at Lány-Břeclav in the Czech Republic, have discovered an inscribed animal rib carved with Germanic runes, that represents the earliest known Slav writing system.

A new study published in the journal Science Advances shows that Bantu-speaking communities in the Congo rainforest underwent a major population collapse from 1600 to 1400 years ago, probably due to a prolonged disease epidemic, and that significant resettlement did not restart until around 1000 years ago.

Archaeologists conducting excavations in the Preseli Hills in Wales have discovered the remains of a stone circle, that may have been dismantled and used in the early phase of bluestone construction at Stonehenge.

For the first time in more than 17,000 years, three mellifluous musical notes - close in tone to C, D, and C sharp - have reverberated from a conch shell modified to serve as a wind instrument.

Ancient Amazonian communities fortified valuable land they had spent years making fertile to protect it from conflict, excavations show.

Newly published research reveals how GUARD Archaeologists have discovered evidence of Iron Age inhabitation on St Kilda from over two thousand years ago.

A ruler and scale can tell archaeologists the size and weight of a fragment of pottery - but identifying its precise colour can depend on individual perception. So, when a handheld colour-matching gadget came on the market, scientists hoped it offered a consistent way of determining colour, free of human bias.