Archaeology

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1,900-year-old Roman legionary fortress unearthed next to UK cathedral

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3,500-year-old 'rest house' used by ancient Egyptian army discovered in Sinai desert

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Roman snail dye found in UK for the first time

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Archaeology team discovers a 7,000-year-old settlement in Serbia

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Lost civilisations make good TV, but archaeology’s real stories hold far more wonder | Archaeology | The Guardian

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‘A deeply colonial backward step’: why are donors, staff and politicians up in arms about the South Australian Museum?

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Ancient Maya Royals' Remains Were Burned in a Public Ceremony to Mark a New Political Regime

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More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers

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Plato's burial place finally revealed after AI deciphers ancient scroll carbonized in Mount Vesuvius eruption

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Social change may explain decline in genetic diversity of the Y chromosome at the end of the Neolithic period

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Trove of artifacts — including cannonballs and coins — found at French island fort

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2,500-year-old skeletons with legs chopped off may be elites who received 'cruel' punishment in ancient China

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Maya ruler burned bodies of old dynasty during regime change, charred human remains reveal

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Humans and their livestock have sheltered in this cave for 10,000 years

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Bronze Age Stone Anchors as Material Metaphors: Applying Conceptual Blending Theory to Investigate Their Symbolic Value - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

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Silver coin boom in medieval England due to melted down Byzantine treasures, study reveals

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Neolithic women in Europe were tied up and buried alive in ritual sacrifices, study suggests

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1,500-year-old burial of lynx with 4 dogs stacked on it puzzles archaeologists

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Archaeologists Are Organizing to Dig Out of Poverty Wages

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Low tides reveal Bronze Age fortress that likely defended against Irish mainland

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Archaeological site found at Holloman Air Force Base

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Day 1: Modbury Community Dig | Time Team (Devon) 2024

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Maya nobility performed bloodletting sacrifices to strengthen a 'dying' sun god during solar eclipses

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Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils

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1,700-year-old Roman fort discovered in Germany was built to keep out barbarians

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Excavation at French hotel reveals a medieval castle with a moat, coins and jewelry

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Vikings may have practiced body modification as "rite of initiation"

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An Ancient Construction Site Is Discovered in Pompeii

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9,000-year-old rock art discovered among dinosaur footprints in Brazil

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Why archaeologists must speak up for Gaza

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Elephant hunting by early humans may explain proximity between extensive Paleolithic stone quarries and water sources

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Genetic secrets from 4,000-year-old teeth illuminate the impact of changing human diets over the centuries

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How a Rare Islamic Astrolabe Helped Muslims, Jews and Christians Tell Time and Read Horoscopes

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Centuries-old Aztec texts detail history of their capital, conquests and fall to the Spanish

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The Persian plateau served as hub for Homo sapiens after the main out of Africa dispersal

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4,300-year-old Egyptian tomb with stunning wall paintings was burial place of priestess and royal official

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‘Truth behind the myths’: Amazon warrior women of Greek legend may really have existed

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Scientists uncover evidence that microplastics are contaminating archaeological remains

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Obsidian blades with food traces reveal 1st settlers of Rapa Nui had regular contact with South Americans 1,000 years ago

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‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time | CNN

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Human brains found at archaeological sites are surprisingly well-preserved

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Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé

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Dozens of Neolithic burials and 'sacrificed' urns and ax discovered in France

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A Monumental Stone Plaza in Peru Is Older Than the Pyramids of Giza

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Archaeologists discover 6,000-year-old burial mounds at future Intel site

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British warship identified off Florida coast nearly 300 years after it sank

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10 shipwrecks dating from 3000 BC to the World War II era found off the coast of Greece

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Manuports in the context of archaeology

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A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It

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Prehistoric piercings may have been coming-of-age ritual

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The first Europeans reached Ukraine 1.4 million years ago, new study finds

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3,300-year-old tablet from mysterious Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities

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Archaeologists find top half of giant Ramesses II statue, completing a century-long puzzle

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Mass grave of plague victims may be largest ever found in Europe, archaeologists say

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The 160-year mystery of Europe's Ice Age 'queens'

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These scientists built their own Stone Age tools to figure out how they were used

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Redefining Human History: Scientists Uncover Advanced 1.1 Million-Year-Old Tools in China

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Discovering a New Neolithic World - Archaeology Magazine

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Patagonia cave paintings are earliest found in South America

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Archaeologists in Panama find ancient tomb filled with gold treasure — and sacrificial victims

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Power of and from the Sea #ClimateChange

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Time Team to dig Sutton Hoo 2024 | Feature length documentary to be released in 2025

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The Top 6 Bacula (Penis Bones) in Archaeology. And what they reveal about ancient humans & animals.

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The Top 6 Bacula (Penis Bones) in Archaeology. And what they reveal about ancient humans & animals.

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Ancient humans used cave in Spain as burial spot for 4 millennia, 7,000 bones reveal

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East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago - Nature

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East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago - Nature

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Oldest stone tools in Europe hint at ancient humans’ route there

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Ancient Mesoamericans may have drunk tobacco in healing rituals, reveal archaeologists

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Europe's last hunter-gatherers had sophisticated societies that helped them avoid inbreeding

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“Barbarians”, Bronzes, and the Legendary Capital of Ancient Vietnam

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Battle to save pristine prehistoric rock art from vast new quarry in Norway

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Remains of 7th-century Saxon town discovered under central London

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Archaeologists find Pompeii fresco depicting Greek mythological siblings

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4,000-year-old copper dagger unearthed by metal detectorist in Poland

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The iron age hillfort that makes people cry: David R Abram’s best photograph

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Seeing the wood for the trees: How archaeologists use hazelnuts to reconstruct ancient woodlands

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Copper Age necropolis unearthed in Italy contains skeletal remains and still-sharp weapons, maybe from ancient warriors

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Alzheimer's Was 'Exceptionally' Rare in Ancient Greeks And Romans, Study Suggests

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Diversity of thought and data enrich archaeology - Nature Human Behaviour

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Roman Plagues Struck During Cool, Dry Periods - Eos

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Ethiopian government tries to stop UK auction of looted Maqdala shield

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Massive 500-year-old Aztec snakehead emerges after Mexico City earthquake

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Bones Reveal Bog Man's Secret Life Before His Violent End in a Foreign Land

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What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change—and how political power influences outcomes

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Road to ruins: how I discovered the magic of archaeology

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Afghanistan archaeological sites dating back to 1000BC destroyed under Taliban rule

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Rethinking ancient Rome and its colonies in Africa

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Neanderthals' usage of complex adhesives reveals higher cognitive abilities, scientists discover

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Cracking the Code of Linear B

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The life and gruesome death of a bog man revealed after 5000 years

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more...

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Archaeology 101: - Historic England's Guides for the Archaeological Sciences

Get Involved: - AIA Societies (USA) - Black Trowel Collective (Anarchist Archaeologist Collective - Mutual Aid for Students)

University and Field Work: - Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities Bulletin - University Archaeology (UK)

Jobs and Career: - Ways into Archaeology - Profiling the Profession - Shovelbums

Professional Organisations: - Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (UK) - BAJR (UK) - Association for Environmental Archaeology - Archaeology Scotland - Historic England

FOSS Tools: - Tools for Quantitative Archaeology – in R - Open Archaeo: A list of open source archaeological tools and software. - The Open Digital Archaeology Textbook

Datasets: - Dutch archaeological repository (Archis III) - Archaeology Data Service (UK)

Fun: - Time Team from the BBC

Other Resources: - List of Archaeological Academic Journals - Archaeologists of Mastodon Listing - Academics on Mastodon

Archaeology

476,000-year-old ancient woodworking discovery rewrites early human history (earth.com)

1,900-year-old Roman legionary fortress unearthed next to UK cathedral (livescience.com)

3,500-year-old 'rest house' used by ancient Egyptian army discovered in Sinai desert (livescience.com)

Roman snail dye found in UK for the first time (bbc.com)

Archaeology team discovers a 7,000-year-old settlement in Serbia (phys.org)

Lost civilisations make good TV, but archaeology’s real stories hold far more wonder | Archaeology | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)

‘A deeply colonial backward step’: why are donors, staff and politicians up in arms about the South Australian Museum? (theguardian.com)

Ancient Maya Royals' Remains Were Burned in a Public Ceremony to Mark a New Political Regime (smithsonianmag.com)

More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers (sciencedaily.com)

Plato's burial place finally revealed after AI deciphers ancient scroll carbonized in Mount Vesuvius eruption (livescience.com)

Social change may explain decline in genetic diversity of the Y chromosome at the end of the Neolithic period (phys.org)

Trove of artifacts — including cannonballs and coins — found at French island fort (miamiherald.com)

2,500-year-old skeletons with legs chopped off may be elites who received 'cruel' punishment in ancient China (livescience.com)

Maya ruler burned bodies of old dynasty during regime change, charred human remains reveal (livescience.com)

Humans and their livestock have sheltered in this cave for 10,000 years (nature.com)

Bronze Age Stone Anchors as Material Metaphors: Applying Conceptual Blending Theory to Investigate Their Symbolic Value - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory (link.springer.com)

'Medieval' relic found hidden under Lincoln toilet trapdoor - BBC News (bbc.co.uk)

Archaeologists reveal rock art may depict people singing while high (newsweek.com)

Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils (sapiens.org)

Early humans used wood splitting 300,000 years ago to hunt animals, study shows (phys.org)

Silver coin boom in medieval England due to melted down Byzantine treasures, study reveals (theguardian.com)

Neolithic women in Europe were tied up and buried alive in ritual sacrifices, study suggests (livescience.com)

1,500-year-old burial of lynx with 4 dogs stacked on it puzzles archaeologists (livescience.com)

Archaeologists Are Organizing to Dig Out of Poverty Wages (jacobin.com)

Low tides reveal Bronze Age fortress that likely defended against Irish mainland (livescience.com)

Archaeological site found at Holloman Air Force Base (news.yahoo.com)

Day 1: Modbury Community Dig | Time Team (Devon) 2024 (youtube.com)

Maya nobility performed bloodletting sacrifices to strengthen a 'dying' sun god during solar eclipses (livescience.com)

Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils (sapiens.org)

1,700-year-old Roman fort discovered in Germany was built to keep out barbarians (livescience.com)

Excavation at French hotel reveals a medieval castle with a moat, coins and jewelry (cbsnews.com)

Vikings may have practiced body modification as "rite of initiation" (newsweek.com)

An Ancient Construction Site Is Discovered in Pompeii (news.artnet.com)

9,000-year-old rock art discovered among dinosaur footprints in Brazil (livescience.com)

Why archaeologists must speak up for Gaza (aljazeera.com)

Elephant hunting by early humans may explain proximity between extensive Paleolithic stone quarries and water sources (phys.org)

Genetic secrets from 4,000-year-old teeth illuminate the impact of changing human diets over the centuries (phys.org)

How a Rare Islamic Astrolabe Helped Muslims, Jews and Christians Tell Time and Read Horoscopes (scientificamerican.com)

Centuries-old Aztec texts detail history of their capital, conquests and fall to the Spanish (livescience.com)

The Persian plateau served as hub for Homo sapiens after the main out of Africa dispersal (nature.com)

4,300-year-old Egyptian tomb with stunning wall paintings was burial place of priestess and royal official (livescience.com)

‘Truth behind the myths’: Amazon warrior women of Greek legend may really have existed (theguardian.com)

Scientists uncover evidence that microplastics are contaminating archaeological remains (phys.org)

Obsidian blades with food traces reveal 1st settlers of Rapa Nui had regular contact with South Americans 1,000 years ago (livescience.com)

‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

Human brains found at archaeological sites are surprisingly well-preserved (sciencenews.org)

Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé (sapiens.org)

Dozens of Neolithic burials and 'sacrificed' urns and ax discovered in France (livescience.com)

A Monumental Stone Plaza in Peru Is Older Than the Pyramids of Giza (news.artnet.com)

Archaeologists discover 6,000-year-old burial mounds at future Intel site (newsweek.com)

British warship identified off Florida coast nearly 300 years after it sank (telegraph.co.uk)

10 shipwrecks dating from 3000 BC to the World War II era found off the coast of Greece (cbsnews.com)

Manuports in the context of archaeology (phys.org)

A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It (popularmechanics.com)

Prehistoric piercings may have been coming-of-age ritual (phys.org)

The first Europeans reached Ukraine 1.4 million years ago, new study finds (phys.org)

3,300-year-old tablet from mysterious Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities (livescience.com)

Archaeologists find top half of giant Ramesses II statue, completing a century-long puzzle (livescience.com)

Mass grave of plague victims may be largest ever found in Europe, archaeologists say (livescience.com)

The 160-year mystery of Europe's Ice Age 'queens' (bbc.com)

These scientists built their own Stone Age tools to figure out how they were used (arstechnica.com)

Redefining Human History: Scientists Uncover Advanced 1.1 Million-Year-Old Tools in China (scitechdaily.com)

Discovering a New Neolithic World - Archaeology Magazine (archaeology.org)

Patagonia cave paintings are earliest found in South America (reuters.com)

Archaeologists in Panama find ancient tomb filled with gold treasure — and sacrificial victims (cbsnews.com)

Power of and from the Sea #ClimateChange (theorkneynews.scot)

Time Team to dig Sutton Hoo 2024 | Feature length documentary to be released in 2025 (youtube.com)

The Top 6 Bacula (Penis Bones) in Archaeology. And what they reveal about ancient humans & animals. (youtube.com)

The Top 6 Bacula (Penis Bones) in Archaeology. And what they reveal about ancient humans & animals. (youtube.com)

Ancient humans used cave in Spain as burial spot for 4 millennia, 7,000 bones reveal (livescience.com)

East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago - Nature (nature.com)

East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago - Nature (nature.com)

Oldest stone tools in Europe hint at ancient humans’ route there (nature.com)

Ancient Mesoamericans may have drunk tobacco in healing rituals, reveal archaeologists (phys.org)

Europe's last hunter-gatherers had sophisticated societies that helped them avoid inbreeding (livescience.com)

“Barbarians”, Bronzes, and the Legendary Capital of Ancient Vietnam (youtube.com)

Battle to save pristine prehistoric rock art from vast new quarry in Norway (theguardian.com)

Remains of 7th-century Saxon town discovered under central London (livescience.com)

Archaeologists find Pompeii fresco depicting Greek mythological siblings (theguardian.com)

476,000-year-old ancient woodworking discovery rewrites early human history

1,900-year-old Roman legionary fortress unearthed next to UK cathedral

3,500-year-old 'rest house' used by ancient Egyptian army discovered in Sinai desert

Roman snail dye found in UK for the first time

Archaeology team discovers a 7,000-year-old settlement in Serbia

Lost civilisations make good TV, but archaeology’s real stories hold far more wonder | Archaeology | The Guardian

‘A deeply colonial backward step’: why are donors, staff and politicians up in arms about the South Australian Museum?

Ancient Maya Royals' Remains Were Burned in a Public Ceremony to Mark a New Political Regime

More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers

Plato's burial place finally revealed after AI deciphers ancient scroll carbonized in Mount Vesuvius eruption

Social change may explain decline in genetic diversity of the Y chromosome at the end of the Neolithic period

Trove of artifacts — including cannonballs and coins — found at French island fort

2,500-year-old skeletons with legs chopped off may be elites who received 'cruel' punishment in ancient China

Maya ruler burned bodies of old dynasty during regime change, charred human remains reveal

Humans and their livestock have sheltered in this cave for 10,000 years

Bronze Age Stone Anchors as Material Metaphors: Applying Conceptual Blending Theory to Investigate Their Symbolic Value - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory

'Medieval' relic found hidden under Lincoln toilet trapdoor - BBC News

Archaeologists reveal rock art may depict people singing while high

Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils

Early humans used wood splitting 300,000 years ago to hunt animals, study shows

Silver coin boom in medieval England due to melted down Byzantine treasures, study reveals

Neolithic women in Europe were tied up and buried alive in ritual sacrifices, study suggests

1,500-year-old burial of lynx with 4 dogs stacked on it puzzles archaeologists

Archaeologists Are Organizing to Dig Out of Poverty Wages

Low tides reveal Bronze Age fortress that likely defended against Irish mainland

Archaeological site found at Holloman Air Force Base

Day 1: Modbury Community Dig | Time Team (Devon) 2024

Maya nobility performed bloodletting sacrifices to strengthen a 'dying' sun god during solar eclipses

Learning From Snapshots of Lost Fossils

1,700-year-old Roman fort discovered in Germany was built to keep out barbarians

Excavation at French hotel reveals a medieval castle with a moat, coins and jewelry

Vikings may have practiced body modification as "rite of initiation"

An Ancient Construction Site Is Discovered in Pompeii

9,000-year-old rock art discovered among dinosaur footprints in Brazil

Why archaeologists must speak up for Gaza

Elephant hunting by early humans may explain proximity between extensive Paleolithic stone quarries and water sources

Genetic secrets from 4,000-year-old teeth illuminate the impact of changing human diets over the centuries

How a Rare Islamic Astrolabe Helped Muslims, Jews and Christians Tell Time and Read Horoscopes

Centuries-old Aztec texts detail history of their capital, conquests and fall to the Spanish

The Persian plateau served as hub for Homo sapiens after the main out of Africa dispersal

4,300-year-old Egyptian tomb with stunning wall paintings was burial place of priestess and royal official

‘Truth behind the myths’: Amazon warrior women of Greek legend may really have existed

Scientists uncover evidence that microplastics are contaminating archaeological remains

Obsidian blades with food traces reveal 1st settlers of Rapa Nui had regular contact with South Americans 1,000 years ago

‘Britain’s Pompeii’ reveals Bronze Age village frozen in time | CNN

Human brains found at archaeological sites are surprisingly well-preserved

Unearthing the Origins of Plantation Slavery on São Tomé

Dozens of Neolithic burials and 'sacrificed' urns and ax discovered in France

A Monumental Stone Plaza in Peru Is Older Than the Pyramids of Giza

Archaeologists discover 6,000-year-old burial mounds at future Intel site

British warship identified off Florida coast nearly 300 years after it sank

10 shipwrecks dating from 3000 BC to the World War II era found off the coast of Greece

Manuports in the context of archaeology

A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It

Prehistoric piercings may have been coming-of-age ritual

The first Europeans reached Ukraine 1.4 million years ago, new study finds

3,300-year-old tablet from mysterious Hittite Empire describes catastrophic invasion of four cities

Archaeologists find top half of giant Ramesses II statue, completing a century-long puzzle

Mass grave of plague victims may be largest ever found in Europe, archaeologists say

The 160-year mystery of Europe's Ice Age 'queens'

These scientists built their own Stone Age tools to figure out how they were used

Redefining Human History: Scientists Uncover Advanced 1.1 Million-Year-Old Tools in China

Discovering a New Neolithic World - Archaeology Magazine

Patagonia cave paintings are earliest found in South America

Archaeologists in Panama find ancient tomb filled with gold treasure — and sacrificial victims

Power of and from the Sea #ClimateChange

Time Team to dig Sutton Hoo 2024 | Feature length documentary to be released in 2025

The Top 6 Bacula (Penis Bones) in Archaeology. And what they reveal about ancient humans & animals.

The Top 6 Bacula (Penis Bones) in Archaeology. And what they reveal about ancient humans & animals.

Ancient humans used cave in Spain as burial spot for 4 millennia, 7,000 bones reveal

East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago - Nature

East-to-west human dispersal into Europe 1.4 million years ago - Nature

Oldest stone tools in Europe hint at ancient humans’ route there

Ancient Mesoamericans may have drunk tobacco in healing rituals, reveal archaeologists

Europe's last hunter-gatherers had sophisticated societies that helped them avoid inbreeding

“Barbarians”, Bronzes, and the Legendary Capital of Ancient Vietnam

Battle to save pristine prehistoric rock art from vast new quarry in Norway

Remains of 7th-century Saxon town discovered under central London

Archaeologists find Pompeii fresco depicting Greek mythological siblings

4,000-year-old copper dagger unearthed by metal detectorist in Poland