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Bamburgh Castle reveals Anglo Saxon Past
A research team at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland has discovered an Anglo Saxon Hall at the inner courtyard of the castle after excavating a small trench. ... Full story
Unique burial in Prague causes debate
An excavation within the Czech Republic has caused a debate over the discovery of what has been described as a “gay caveman” dating from over 4,500 years ago. ... Full story
Abusing the past
For many people, archaeological evidence – the physical remains of the past – are the ultimate proof of “what happened in history”. Even a radical post-modernist cannot deny the physical existence of objects or buildings, so they can be presented as incontestable relics to be trotted out to prove one’s point and to illustrate the ‘truth’ of assertions about the past. ... Full story
Scientists Trace Violent Death Of Iron Age Man
An Iron Age man whose skull and brain was unearthed during excavations at the University of York was the victim of a gruesome ritual killing, according to new research. ... Full story
A Garage, A Roman Cemetery and an Elephant Tusk!!
An excavation on a former Garage site, in the St Dunstan’s area of Canterbury, uncovered a large Roman inhumation cemetery and one rather startling, extremely ancient, item – a 400,000 year old elephant tusk! ... Full story
Major New Findings At Jebel Faya
The Joint Sharjah-Germany's Tubingen Archaeological Project has announced new important findings from an eight year archaeological excavation at Jebel Faya, an inland desert site in Sharjah, UAE. ... Full story
Archaeologists Find Earliest Known Domestic Horses
The earliest known evidence of horses being domesticated by humans has been uncovered by an international team of archaeologists, led by experts at the Universities of Exeter and Bristol. ... Full story
Exhibition Shows How The Ancient World Used Color – And How Science Reveals The Faded Past
Were ancient Greece and Rome filled with dignified white marble statuary? Not a chance. A Stanford sophomore shows an ancient statue the way it was meant to be seen – in Technicolor. Her Cantor Arts Center exhibition also shows the technology that helped rediscover long-lost colors. ... Full story
Archaeological Research To Reveal Hidden Secrets Of Daily Life
A new archaeological research project at the University of Kent will reconstruct urban life in cities such as Constantinople during a period of history that has long remained hidden from view. ... Full story
Choctaw Nation To Repatriate 124 Of Its Ancestors
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) will be repatriating 124 of their ancestor’s remains this coming spring. ... Full story
Old-growth tree stumps tell the story of fire
Researchers have constructed a 226-year history of fire in southern Illinois by looking at fire scars in tree stumps. ... Full story
Is there a future for Swedish exploratory archaeology?
A lot of changes happens throughout the world when it comes to archaeology. One country that might see major changes in the exploratory archaeology is Sweden. ... Full story
Neanderthals Were Experts At Controlling Fire
A new study involving the University of Colorado Boulder shows clear evidence of the continuous control of fire by Neanderthals in Europe dating back roughly 400,000 years, yet another indication that they weren't dimwitted brutes as often portrayed. ... Full story
Irish Police Make Major Seizure Of Looted Romanian Gold Coins
Irish police have seized two gold coins at a coin auction in Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel after Romanian police informed them there was a real possibility that they came from a looted trove of ancient treasure and exported without their knowledge of the Romanian authorities. ... Full story
New Cleopatra Exhibition the Cincinnati Museum
Major exhibition on the life and times of Cleopatra has just opened at The Cincinnati Museum Center and promises to provide a unique glimpse into the life of this ill fated queen. ... Full story
Could Blood Group Defect Explain Why Henry VIII Became A Monster
Blood group incompatibility between Henry VIII and his wives could have driven the Tudor king’s reproductive woes, and a genetic condition related to his suspected blood group could also explain Henry’s dramatic mid-life transformation into a physically and mentally-impaired tyrant who executed two of his wives. ... Full story
Groundbreaking Method To Investigate Archaeological Sites
Prof. Lev Eppelbaum of TAU's Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences has invented a tool that combines advanced analyses from many geophysical methods to "see" below the earth's surface at depths of up to several dozen yards. With this information, archaeologists can decide which sites are significant enough to be "dug" and which sites can remain unexplored until a later date. ... Full story
Stonehenge: geologists overturn standing theory about the standing stone
It has been around for the best part of 5,000 years and still holds many mysteries but new research into Stonehenge has overturned established ideas about where some of the rocks came from ... Full story
Rare Egyptian Statue Recovered
Archaeologists were cheered by the recovery of the most important artifact stolen from Cairo’s Egyptian Museum, a rare statue of King Tut’s father ... Full story
Pompeii the Exhibit: Life and Death in the Shadow of Vesuvius
Witness the life and death of those frozen in time by ash - including ... representation starting from the moment of Vesuvius' massive explosion ... Full story
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Stanford University Goes Potty (The Roman Kind)
An American University has recreated a Roman Kiln to show their pupils how Roman pottery was made and the technology used in its production. ... Full story