Tag: archaeologist blog
“Discovery of a lifetime” golden sun bowl discovered in prehistoric settlement
Archaeologists conducting excavations in a prehistoric settlement in Ebreichsdorf, Austria, have discovered a golden sun bowl dating from 3,000 years ago.
Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2018
HeritageDaily's list of the 10 most prominent archaeological discoveries to hit the headlines in 2018
Two thousand year old wooden bowl discovered in underground chamber beneath broch site.
Archaeologists from the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute were astonished last week when they unearthed a two thousand year old wooden bowl from an underground chamber beneath The Cairns Broch, South Ronaldsay in Orkney.
Genetics of ancient resistance to Inca Rule
The fate of indigenous populations was only noted down from Spanish records based largely on Inca oral histories. Writings by the major chroniclers of the time, such as Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, were based on fragmentary second-hand accounts and claimed that the Chachapoya culture was resettled and assimilated across the Inca Empire.
Secrets of ancient Irish funeral practices revealed
New insights into the lifeways - and death rites - of the ancient people of Ireland are being provided through funerary studies led by a researcher at the Department of Anatomy at New Zealand's University of Otago.
Maritime Archaeology Project underway in Orkney
Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) announces a collaborative maritime archaeology project surveying shipwrecks of the German High Seas Fleet and the war graves HMS Hampshire, HMS Vanguard and HMS Royal Oak.