Category: Archaeology

Vicious Mummies on The Prowl

Attention everyone, the Army of Anubis has been unleashed. An army of vicious undead is taking over the nation, as a boy in Ohio finds […]

Colosseum was bustling medieval bazaar in Dark Ages, archaeologists find

Its gory past as an arena for gladiatorial battles and gruesome public executions is well known, but archaeologists have discovered that the Colosseum later fulfilled […]

Russian paleontologists find two ‘well-preserved’ 100 million year old dinosaur skeletons

Russian paleontologists have dug up well-preserved skeletons of two dinosaurs that roamed the Earth 100 million to 120 million years ago, a museum involved with […]

Three year dig uncovers medieval hospital

The final days of a three-year community dig have uncovered firm evidence of a medieval hospital buried beneath a Tyneside park. The volunteer-staffed archaeology project […]

Underwater Cave Full of Ancient Bones to Be Mapped in 3D

The bones of ground sloths, saber-toothed cats and other creatures of the Ice Age have been discovered in a deep underwater cavern on Mexico’s Yucatan […]

Archaeo-astronomy steps out from shadows of the past

This week, a developing field of research that merges astronomical techniques with the study of ancient human-made features and the surrounding landscapes will be highlighted […]

Boscawen-Un: Summer sun brings on the silly season

Summer solstice in Cornwall was an occasion of glorious weather, and a large degree of celebration, with the completion of the raising of Carwynnen Quoit […]

Gold treasure found in the ground to go on show at Royal Cornwall Museum

A new display of Cornwall’s treasures, including hoards of Roman gold and items from the Bronze Age will go on show at the Royal Cornwall […]

Mystery structure discovered in South Wales

From The South Wales Guardian: “BACK in October 2012 we reported what was initially thought to be a neolithic stone row on Betws Mountain was […]

Devil’s Arrows Standing Stones Boroughbridge

Standing nearly 22 feet in height, the three Bronze age monoliths, The Devil’s Arrows are the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom apart from […]

Kow Swamp

Archaeological excavations by Alan Thorne at Kow Swamp, 10 km south-east of Cohuna in the central Murray Valley, between 1968 and 1972 recovered the partial […]

Ireland’s ancient treasure and the man who found it

Cork antiquarian and businessman Robert Day – the founder of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society – assembled one of the largest private collections of […]

Egyptologist Locates King Cambyses’s “Missing” Army

Egyptologist Olaf Kaper of Leiden University has deciphered the full list of the titles of Pharaoh Petubastis III carved on ancient temple blocks at Amheida […]

What Discovery of Oldest Human Poop Reveals About Neanderthals’ Diet

Want the real poop on the Paleolithic Diet? Discovery of the oldest human fecal fossils, some 50,000 years old, suggests that Neanderthals balanced their meat-heavy […]

Brno is the New Sedlec: Europe’s Most Macabre Destination Gets a Rival of 50,000 Skeletons

The Sedlec ossuary, located just a few hours outside Prague, has been the obvious choice for morbidly curious tourists for a while now. It’s made […]

Aboriginal cave art ‘only few years old’

A piece of cave art resembling an ancient Aboriginal hand stencil, found near a controversial Australian coalmine project, has turned out to be less than […]

Food Remnants from 4,500-Year-Old Tomb Discovered at Bristol

The discovery was made when the department officials were evacuating some lab space to make way for a new radiocarbon dating facility. The heavy wooden […]

Mystery Surrounding Lost Army of Persian King Cambyses II May Have Been Solved

Prof Olaf Kaper, an archaeologist at Leiden University in the Netherlands, believes he may have solved one of the greatest mysteries in ancient history – […]

Hobthrush – Naked Goblins with a mission!

“Hobthrust: a good natured goblin, who assists servant maids in their early morning work, but in a state of nudity….” Glossary of Words, English Dialect […]

Arbor Low Stone Circle And Henge – Derbyshire

High up in the Derbyshire Peak District on Middleton Moor ‘the Stonehenge of the North’, Arbor Low is the most important monument in this area. […]

Vindolanda dig unearths rare Roman gold coin

A rare gold coin bearing the image of Roman emperor Nero has been unearthed in Northumberland.Deputy director of excavations Justin Blake, left, with Marcel Albert […]

Ancient Coins and Looting

“Let’s think of an ancient coin as a murder weapon. No one would disagree that going into a crime scene before the investigators arrive and […]

How the Indiana Jones Films Were Just a Dream by Han Solo

After Empire, director George Lucas decided to take some time out and so made a little movie you might have heard about, Raiders of the […]

INDIA’S MOST HAUNTED

If their fabled histories aren’t attractive enough to inspire a visit to these places, perhaps their spooky sagas will. Though the Indian Paranormal Society IPS […]

The 7 Most Terrifying Archaeological Discoveries

No professional position, aside from perhaps police officer and horny pizza delivery boy, is more frequently misrepresented in film than archaeologist. In movies, archaeologists are […]