A new study published in the journal Antiquity has revealed hundreds of previously unrecorded monuments at Baltinglass in County Wicklow, Ireland. The Baltinglass area (known as...
Archaeologist from NIKU are using a revolutionary new GPR robot to explore a Viking Age site in Norway’s Sandefjord municipality. The robot has been developed as...
Excavations in preparation for the S1 Expressway have delayed road construction following the discovery of two Bronze Age settlements. In a press statement announced by the...
Excavations at the Roman fort of Vindolanda have uncovered a possible phallus carving near Hadrian’s Wall. Vindolanda (translated as “white field” or “white moor”) was a...
An analysis of carbonised papyrus from the Roman town of Herculaneum has revealed the burial place of Plato. Plato (427 – 348 BC), was an ancient...
As part of a $40 million Mansion Revitalisation Project, archaeologists have discovered two sealed 18th century glass bottles at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon is...
Archaeologists excavating Stuttgart’s Roman fort have uncovered a statue depicting a Roman god. During the Roman period, Stuttgart was the site of Castra stative, a large...
The aftermath of the I-35w Bridge Collapse in 2007. Image: Wikipedia Just like the infamous Silver Bridge Mothman sightings, witnesses claim seeing a strange, 7ft tall...
Wessex founder Cerdic’s possible final resting place has emerged more than 1,000 years after it was named in an ancient royal charter. Cerdic is an enigmatic...
Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt have uncovered a “zombie grave” during excavations near Oppin, Germany. Excavations are in advance of...
A clay token unearthed by the Temple Mount Sifting Project, is believed to have served pilgrims exchanging offerings during the Passover festival 2,000-years-ago. The token features...
A study by a team of archaeoastronomers are investigating the possible connection of the moon in influencing the Stonehenge builders. According to a press statement by...
Archaeologists are conducting a study of the Iron-Age metropolis of Tel Hazor to understand how one of the largest “megacities” of the Bronze Age was abandoned...
Archaeologists from the University of Tokyo have uncovered possible traces of the Villa of Augustus during excavations at Somma Vesuviana. Somma Vesuviana is a town and...
Underwater archaeologists from Södertörn University, in collaboration with the CEMAS/Institute for Archaeology and Ancient Culture at Stockholm University, have conducted an investigation of the wreck of...
395 pre-Columbian artefacts have been repatriated to Costa Rica thanks to a grant by the United States Embassy to the Cultural Agreements Fund. Among the objects...
Archaeologists have uncovered an Aegean bronze mirror during excavations at Hal Sultan Tekke, Cyprus. Hal Sultan Tekke is a Late Bronze Age harbour city and cemetery...
Archaeologists have discovered human remains among thousands of jade and marine ornaments during excavations of a pyramid at K’anwitznal. K’anwitznal, known today as Ucanal, is a...
A study led by Griffith University’s Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE) has uncovered traces of prehistoric human occupation in a lava tube in northern...
A couple living in Lincoln, England, have discovered a trapdoor in their bathroom revealing a medieval imp. An imp is a European mythological being similar to...
The Alaca Höyük meteoric dagger is an iron forged dagger with extraterrestrial origins. During the Bronze Age, iron was more valued than gold (evidenced in the...
A new study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory has provided new evidence to suggest that the first Pacific cities were founded in...
Archaeologists from the Dubrovnik Museum have uncovered a well-preserved Greco-Illyrian helmet during excavations near the village of Zakotorac on the Pelješac peninsula, Croatia. Greco-Illyrian type helmets...
Archaeologists from the Border Reivers Archaeology Unit have uncovered traces of the violent history along the Anglo-Scottish border. Excavations at the Swinton Kirk parish church in...