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Scientists Unearth Centuries-Old Crocodile Stone

Sep. 1, 2016 — The discovery of a carved stone crocodile by archaeologists has provided a key to revising long-held ideas about the ruins of the ancient city of Lambityeco in what is now ... read more

One of the Most Significant Etruscan Discoveries in Decades Names Female Goddess Uni

Aug. 24, 2016 — Archaeologists translating a very rare inscription on an ancient Etruscan temple stone have discovered the name Uni -- an important female goddess. ... read more

High-Tech Imaging Reveals Precolonial Mexican Manuscript Hidden from View for 500 Years

Aug. 18, 2016 — Researchers have used high-tech imaging to uncover the details of a rare Mexican codex dating from before the colonization of the Americas. The newly ... read more

The Hunt for War Treasure in the Philippines Has Hidden Meanings

Aug. 10, 2016 — Many believe that enormous quantities of gold lie buried somewhere in the Philippines. According to a popular account, Japanese soldiers used the Philippines as a base to hide treasures they had ... read more

Sensational Grave Find in Cypriote Bronze Age City

Aug. 9, 2016 — An archaeological expedition has discovered one of the richest graves from the Late Bronze Age ever found on the island of Cyprus. The grave and its offering pit, located ... read more

New Insights on Great Lakes Pre-European Monuments

Aug. 9, 2016 — Merging an innovative modeling technique with old-fashioned sleuthing, researchers have shed new light on the mystery of pre-European archaeological monument sites in Michigan, even though 80 percent ... read more

Fresh Look at Burials, Mass Graves, Tells a New Story of Cahokia

Aug. 8, 2016 — A new study challenges earlier interpretations of an important burial mound at Cahokia, a pre-Columbian city in Illinois near present-day St. Louis. The study reveals that a ... read more

Whales' Ultrasonic Hearing Has Surprisingly Ancient History, Fossilized Ear Shows

Aug. 4, 2016 — All living toothed whales rely upon echoes of their own calls to navigate and hunt underwater, a skill that works best in ... read more

Population Boom Preceded Early Farming

Aug. 2, 2016 — Anthropologists have counted the number of carbon-dated artifacts at archaeological sites and concluded that a population boom and scarce food explain why people in eastern ... read more

Tracking Down the First Chefs

Aug. 2, 2016 — A piece of experimental research has shown that human bites on bones have distinctive features allowing them to be differentiated from the bites made by other animals, and ... read more

Archaeologists in Israel Race to Find Ancient Scrolls

Old Shipwreck Found at Boston Construction Site

Raw: Trove of Roman Coins Found in Spain

Gaza Archaeologists Call for Ancient Church to Be Protected

Postcards Provide Link to Edwardian Social Media

July 26, 2016 — A new public searchable database provides access to a unique and inspirational treasure trove of amazing stories and pictures through what researchers term the 'social media' of the ... read more

Archaeologists Find Elusive 16th-Century Spanish Fort on Parris Island

July 26, 2016 — The lost Spanish fort San Marcos, founded in 1577 at the town of Santa Elena by Pedro Menedez Marquez, has been found on present-day Parris Island in South Carolina by a pair of ... read more

Ancient Feces Provides Earliest Evidence of Infectious Disease Being Carried on Silk Road

July 21, 2016 — Intestinal parasites as well as goods were carried by travelers on the iconic route, say researchers examining an ancient ... read more

Neanderthals in Germany: First Population Peak, Then Sudden Extinction

July 21, 2016 — Neanderthals once populated the entire European continent. Around 45,000 years ago, Homo neanderthalensis was the predominant human species in Europe. Archaeological findings show that there were ... read more

Solving the Mesopotamia Timeline Puzzle With Tree-Rings and Radiocarbon Research

July 19, 2016 — Tree-ring dating and radiocarbon research has established an absolute timeline for the archaeological, historical and environmental record in Mesopotamia from the early second millennium ... read more

Hundreds of Years Later, Teeth Tell the Story of People Who Didn't Get Enough Sunshine

July 18, 2016 — Researchers have found a rich new record of vitamin D deficiency, one that resides in the teeth of every person and remains viable for hundreds of years or more.The team of anthropologists has ... read more

23 Ancient Shipwrecks Discovered Off Greece

July 14, 2016 — An expedition to the Fourni archipelago in Greece has found 23 new shipwrecks dating from around 1,000 BC to the 19th century ... read more

Technological and Cultural Innovations Amongst Early Humans Not Sparked by Climate Change

July 13, 2016 — Environmental records obtained from archaeological sites in South Africa's southern Cape suggest climate may not have been directly linked to cultural and technological innovations of Middle ... read more

Monkeys in Brazil 'Have Used Stone Tools for Hundreds of Years at Least'

July 11, 2016 — New archaeological evidence suggests that Brazilian capuchins have been using stone tools to crack open cashew nuts for at least 700 years. Researchers say, to date, they have found the earliest ... read more

Archeology: Rare Discovery of Late Roman Official Buried in Leicester

July 7, 2016 — Archaeologists have recently excavated a Late Roman cemetery at Western Road in Leicester's West End. Amongst the 83 skeletons recorded by the team, one burial is proving to be very ... read more

Fire Discovery Sheds New Light on 'Hobbit' Demise

June 29, 2016 — Crucial new evidence has revealed modern humans (Homo sapiens) were likely using fire at Liang Bua 41,000 years ago, narrowing the time gap between the last hobbits (Homo floresiensis) and the first ... read more

Exploring the Prehistory of Palawan Island Through Human Remains

June 24, 2016 — Researchers are excavating human remains from caves in Palawan Island in the Philippines to learn more about the diversity of burial and other cultural practices over the past 10,000 ... read more

Researchers Find Highland East Asian Origin for Prehistoric Himalayan Populations

June 20, 2016 — Researchers have conducted the first ancient DNA investigation of the Himalayan arc, generating genomic data for eight individuals ranging in time from the earliest known human settlements to the ... read more

Old World Metals Traded on Alaska Coast Hundreds of Years Before Contact With Europeans

June 8, 2016 — Two leaded bronze artifacts found in northwestern Alaska are the first evidence that metal from Asia reached prehistoric North America prior to contact with Europeans, according to new ... read more

Sea Snakes Have Extra Sense for Water Living

June 8, 2016 — The move from life on land to life in the sea has led to the evolution of a new sense for sea snakes, an Australian study ... read more

Researchers Map 6,000 Years of Urban Settlements

June 7, 2016 — A new provides the first spatially explicit dataset of the location and size of urban settlements worldwide over the past 6,000 years, offering clarity on long-term historical urbanization trends and ... read more

'Pristine' Landscapes Haven't Existed for Thousands of Years Due to Human Activity

June 6, 2016 — 'Pristine' landscapes simply do not exist anywhere in the world today and, in most cases, have not existed for at least several thousand years. An exhaustive review of archaeological data ... read more

Underwater 'Lost City' Found to Be Geological Formation

June 2, 2016 — New research reveals how an underwater 'lost city' has been found to be a geological formation.The ancient underwater remains of what was thought to be a long lost Greek city, found close ... read more

Ancient Wari Empire Likely Did Not Cause Large Shifts in Population Genetic Diversity

June 1, 2016 — The imperial dominance of the ancient Wari Empire at the Huaca Pucllana site in Lima, Peru, was likely not achieved through population replacement, according to a new ... read more

Remains of Rice and Mung Beans Help Solve a Madagascan Mystery

May 30, 2016 — Researchers have helped discover why the inhabitants of Madagascar speak Malagasy, a language otherwise unique to Southeast Asia and the Pacific -- a region located at least 6,000 km away. An ... read more

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Solving the mesopotamia timeline puzzle with tree-rings and radiocarbon research

Monday, July 18, 2016

Hundreds of years later, teeth tell the story of people who didn't get enough sunshine

Thursday, July 14, 2016

23 ancient shipwrecks discovered off Greece

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Technological and cultural innovations amongst early humans not sparked by climate change

Monday, July 11, 2016

Monkeys in Brazil 'have used stone tools for hundreds of years at least'

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Archeology: Rare discovery of Late Roman official buried in Leicester

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Fire discovery sheds new light on 'hobbit' demise

Friday, June 24, 2016

Exploring the prehistory of Palawan Island through human remains

Monday, June 20, 2016

Researchers find Highland East Asian origin for prehistoric Himalayan populations

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Researchers map 6,000 years of urban settlements

Monday, June 6, 2016

'Pristine' landscapes haven't existed for thousands of years due to human activity

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Underwater 'lost city' found to be geological formation

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Ancient Wari Empire likely did not cause large shifts in population genetic diversity

Monday, May 30, 2016

Remains of rice and mung beans help solve a Madagascan mystery

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Burial sites show how Nubians, Egyptians integrated communities thousands of years ago

Friday, May 13, 2016

Pre-Clovis civilization in Florida; settlement 1,500 years earlier than previously believed

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

World's oldest axe fragment found in Australia

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Friday, April 22, 2016

Novel collagen fingerprinting identifies a Neanderthal bone among 2,000 fragments

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

First North American monkey fossils are found in Panama Canal excavation

Monday, April 18, 2016

Royal 17th century wardrobe found in the Wadden Sea

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Headdress reconstruction throws light on hunter-gatherer rituals

Friday, April 8, 2016

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Optical approach offers faster, less expensive method for carbon dating

Monday, April 4, 2016

We haven't finished with Tutankhamun's tomb yet, say scientists

Friday, April 1, 2016

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Indonesian 'Hobbits' may have died out sooner than thought

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Archaeologists create 3D interactive digital reconstruction of King Richard III’s grave found under a car park

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Bronze bell recovered from World War II aircraft-carrying submarine off Oahu coast

Friday, March 11, 2016

Satellites and shipwrecks: Landsat satellite spots foundered ships in coastal waters

Thursday, March 10, 2016

First non-utilitarian weapons found in the Arabian Peninsula

Monday, March 7, 2016

Shipwrecks, tree rings reveal Caribbean hurricanes in buccaneer era

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Mystery on the marsh: Newly discovered Anglo-Saxon island is one of the most important archaeological finds in decades

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Evidence of early medieval Muslim graves found in France

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Monday, February 22, 2016

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Prehistoric village found in the Jordan Valley links old and new stone ages

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

The Nullarbor Plain's ancient forests revealed

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Ancient genomes reveal that the English are one-third Anglo-Saxon

Thursday, January 14, 2016

New discoveries concerning Ötzi's genetic history

Monday, January 11, 2016

Ancient burial rituals prove you can take it with you ... and what you take says a lot

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Were Panamanian islanders dolphin hunters?

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Archaeological discovery yields surprising revelations about Europe's oldest city

Monday, January 4, 2016

First European farmers traced back to Anatolia

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Iron-Age Norwegians liked their bling

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Archaeologists unearth new evidence of Roman, medieval Leicester

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Ancient trade routes between Bronze Age Iran and Mesopotamia uncovered

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Impression of King Hezekiah's royal seal discovered in excavations in Jerusalem

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Paleolithic elephant butchering site found in Greece

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Early farmers exploited beehive products at least 8,500 years ago

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Twenty-two ancient shipwrecks discovered in small Greek archipelago

Monday, November 9, 2015

Earliest church in the tropics unearthed in former heart of Atlantic slave trade

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Snail trails lead to climate-driven cultural shift in ancient Morocco

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

New test for ancient DNA authenticity throws doubt on Stone Age wheat trade

Monday, November 2, 2015

Invaluable ancient Syrian mosaic discovered

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

3D models provide a credible stimulus to current archaeological thought, practice

Monday, October 26, 2015

Rare warrior tomb filled with Bronze Age wealth and weapons discovered

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Evidence of Ice Age ‘economic migrants’ in Europe to be unearthed

Monday, September 21, 2015

Earliest evidence of ancient North American salmon fishing verified

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Archaeologists discover 'Roman Village' in Gernsheim

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Unlocking secrets of how fossils form

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Archaeologists piece together how crew survived 1813 shipwreck in Alaska

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Cod bones from Mary Rose reveal globalized fish trade in Tudor England

Monday, September 7, 2015

Thursday, September 3, 2015

X-rays reveal fossil secrets

Friday, August 28, 2015

Philistines introduced sycamore, cumin and opium poppy into Israel during the Iron Age

Monday, August 10, 2015

Has the Baron de Rothschild’s Ship, lost over 100 years ago, been found?

Friday, July 17, 2015

Centuries-old shipwreck discovered off North Carolina coast

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

The last Viking and his 'magical' sword?

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Fossil of huge 'walking' bat discovered in New Zealand

Monday, June 8, 2015

Getting to the heart of the matter: CERN's hidden heritage

Friday, June 5, 2015

Archaeologists discover evidence of prehistoric gold trade route

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Ancient DNA sheds light on how past environments affected ancient populations

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Social media and archaeology: A match not made in heaven

Friday, May 22, 2015

The Viking's grave and the sunken ship: New photogrammetry method transforms archaeological sites

Thursday, May 21, 2015

The Bronze Age Egtved Girl was not from Denmark

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Size of domestic animals has increased over time

Friday, May 8, 2015

Monday, May 4, 2015

As the river rises: Cahokia's emergence and decline linked to Mississippi River flooding