Subsurface structures discovered at prehistoric archaeological site
A team of undergraduate researchers from Ithaca College traveled to Las Vegas to scan for subsurface cultural features at the Larder Site—an archaeological site occupied by Native Americans nearly...
View ArticleSA's archaeological wonder-sites reveal more of the origins of our unity and...
Two of South Africa's most famous archaeological sites, Sibudu and Blombos, have revealed that Middle Stone Age groups who lived in these different areas, more than 1 000 kilometres apart, used similar...
View ArticleAncient storage jar discovered under Roman Road
An archaeological dig in a rural Devon village is yielding more ancient secrets.
View ArticleGiant Egyptian statues go on display in Paris
Three giant Egyptian statues submerged in the Mediterranean for more than a millennium have gone on display at Paris' Arab World Institute.
View ArticleArchaeologists unearth ancient Greek palace near Sparta
Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace with important archaic inscriptions dating back to the Mycenaean Age, the culture ministry said Tuesday.
View ArticleData analysis yields striking maps of human expansion in North American Holocene
(Phys.org)—The Holocene began approximately 11,700 years ago, and encompasses the entire history of human civilization, all known written records, the epochs of human migrations, and the development of...
View ArticlePerfect pre-Roman era tomb discovered at Pompeii
Archaeologists have discovered a Pre-Roman era tomb in perfect condition at Pompeii, the team at the archaeological site buried in a 79AD volcanic eruption announced Monday.
View ArticleAncient carving stolen decades ago in Mexico found in France
A nearly 3,000-year-old carving stolen more than four decades ago from a remote area of southern Mexico has been recovered in France.
View ArticleStudy shows ISIS is not the only culprit in war-related looting in Syria
As we read about the looting and destruction of cultural heritage sites in Syria, ISIS tends to make the headlines. Yet, a recent Dartmouth led study published in Near Eastern Archaeology analyzing...
View ArticleAdditive manufacturing as a possible solution to fight destruction of the...
Archaeological concepts such as the real, virtual, and authentic are becoming increasingly unstable as a consequence of archaeological artefacts and assemblages being digitalised, reiterated, extended...
View ArticleBiologists trace how human innovation impacts tool evolution
Many animals exhibit learned behaviors, but humans are unique in their capacity to build on existing knowledge to make new innovations. Understanding the patterns of how new generations of tools...
View ArticleArchaeologist discovers Maya royal burial
Tom Garrison was four hours away from camp down a bumpy jungle road—headed into the city to get treated for poisonwood exposure—when he got the call from his co-director Edwin Román.
View ArticleThe aftermath of 1492: Study shows how Native American depopulation impacted...
There is little dispute that in the wake of European colonists' arrival in the New World, Native American populations were decimated by disease and conflict. But when it comes to the timing, magnitude,...
View ArticleFrom genes to latrines—Vikings and their worms provide clues to emphysema
In a paper published today in Scientific Reports a group of researchers led by LSTM have found that the key to an inherited deficiency, predisposing people to emphysema and other lung conditions, could...
View ArticleCyber-archaeology, big data and the race to save threatened cultural heritage...
In January, it was confirmed that St. Elijah's Monastery, the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq, was completely destroyed by ISIS troops after standing for 1,400 years near the city of Mosul. The race...
View ArticleRomanian police seize stolen archaeological treasures
Romanian police have seized gold coins and a treasure trove of statues which are over 2,000 years old allegedly stolen from archaeological sites and destined for auction, prosecutors said Monday.
View Article3D images of Syria archaeological treasures go online
3D reconstructions of some of Syria's most spectacular archaeological sites go online Tuesday after a big push to digitalise the war-torn country's threatened heritage.
View ArticleAP PHOTOS: Iraqi museum refuge for relics of the past
After the destruction wreaked on archaeological sites by Islamic State group, the collections at the Iraq's National Museum in Baghdad have become even more important. It's now one of the only places...
View ArticleUnderwater archaeology looks at atomic relic of the Cold War
The April issue of Springer's Journal of Maritime Archaeology (JMA) focuses on a single shipwreck as the lens through which maritime archaeology assesses the advent of the Atomic Age and the Cold War....
View ArticleFrance shows off humanoid underwater exploration robot
French officials have unveiled a humanoid diving robot that they hope will give a big artificial hand to the practice of underwater archaeology.
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