Category: Archaeology

Sheela-na-Gig

Sheela-na Gig is probably a corrupt version of the Irish meaning ‘old hag of the breasts’ or ‘of the hunkers’, referring to the figure’s typical […]

A Treasure Trove of Animal Mummies

The current issue of Archeology magazine includes the article “Messenger to the Gods: During a turbulent period in ancient Egypt, common people turned to animal […]

Skeleton executed by sword blows to head poses questions on Norman Conquest | Culture24

A brutally-murdered man, executed by six sword blows to the back of the skull during a vicious 11th century battle on hospital grounds in Sussex, […]

Viking and Anglo-Saxon rarities to stay in Yorkshire as museum buys “incredible” Bedale Hoard

Found by a metal detectorist on a little-known swathe of Viking Yorkshire in May 2012, the Bedale Hoard – including an inlaid gold sword pommel […]

Pictured: Family of RABBITS unearth ancient cavemen tools dating back 8,000 years

Archaeologists have revealed the amazing finds they made at one of Britain’s most iconic landmarks – with help from a family of rabbits.Three experts unearthed […]

Fossil Hunter Mary Anning Honoured by Google Doodle: Facts About British Palaeontologist

The 215th anniversary of British fossil hunter Mary Anning is being celebrated by Google Doodle today. To mark the occasion, IBTimes UK looks back at […]

Nasa: Strange Markings Across The Globe ‘Might Have Been Made By Aliens’ (Wait…What??)

Ancient rock carvings found across the globe were made by human civilisations, long ago, right?Well…perhaps not. No less an authority than Nasa have suggested they […]

7,000-year-old cave paintings found in Spain

Archaeologists in eastern Spain have discovered 12 prehistoric rock paintings depicting hunting scenes from 7,000 years ago. read more 7,000-year-old cave paintings found in Spain […]

17th century Southend shipwreck to give up its secrets with new English Heritage excavation

A 17TH century shipwreck will give up its secrets over the next two years, with Southend Museum displaying whatever treasure is found.The London sank just […]

Rowtor Rocks – Carved Rocks / Rock-Art. Birchover, Derbyshire

From http://www.stone-circles.org.uk: Rowtor Rocks is a weird and wonderful place. Perched on the western edge of the village of Birchover just above the Druid Inn […]

Search for medieval hospital remains continues this weekend

THE SEARCH for a legendary medieval hospital built by the Knights Templar will resume this weekend as archaeology enthusiasts get to work in a Marlow […]

Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail And Discovers That His Bid For Tenure Has Been Denied.

Back From Yet Another Globetrotting Adventure, Indiana Jones Checks His Mail And Discovers That His Bid For Tenure Has Been Denied.. read more  McSweeney’s Internet […]

Spiritual Power? 18th-Century Artifacts Unearthed in Caribbean

Archaeologists working on two small Caribbean islands have found artifacts intentionally buried beneath two 18th-century plantation houses. read more Spiritual Power? 18th-Century Artifacts Unearthed in […]

Petra, built for the sun gods?

Few ancient civilizations have left an architectural footprint quite as indelible as the Nabateans did in Petra, southern Jordan.Majestic temples, burial chambers and homes still […]

Tomb raider: enter the British Museum’s underground mummy store

From Edgar Allan Poe to Scooby Doo, culture is cursed with the ancient Egyptian dead. Jonathan Jones visits the British Museum’s mummy store to unwrap […]

The Legend of Black Shuck | DigVentures

You know you’re on to a winner when the Daily Mail runs an archaeology story with a question mark in the title. There’s always the […]

Dig at Halloween ritual site to get under way

The secrets of Halloween may be discovered, as the first-ever archaeological excavations begin today on the Co Meath site hailed as the birthplace of the […]

BBC News – Lewes skeleton linked to Norman invasion of 1066

A skeleton found in East Sussex is the first discovered of a man likely to have been involved in battles at the time of the […]

Book review: Digging For Richard III by Mike Pitts

Revisionists put their loving arms around Richard III a long time ago. He became a poster boy for misunderstood royals everywhere as historians sought to […]

Egypt fights looters stealing its antiquities with spacecraft, statecraft

The closest comparison is Swiss cheese: holes in vast swaths of land where looters, armed with machine guns and bulldozers, take to ancient archaeological sites […]

Piltdown Man: Untangling One of the Most Infamous Hoaxes in Scientific History

Few scientific forgeries have captured the scientific and public imaginations as completely as that of the 1912 Piltdown Man hoax. While examples of blatant fraud […]

Clyde Snow, a Sleuth Who Read Bones From King Tut’s to Kennedy’s, Is Dead at 86

With ghoulish geniality, Clyde Snow liked to say that bones made good witnesses, never lying, never forgetting, and that a skeleton, no matter how old, […]

Lost Maya city of Noh Kah has been mapped

For people who lived in the area, El Paredón, a wall covered with creepers and roots, was clear evidence of an ancient city that had […]

University of Manchester Worsley Man: Scan reveals evidence of ritual human sacrifice in Salford

Scientists and archaeologists at the University of Manchester have uncovered evidence that our ancestors carried out ritual human sacrifice … in Salford. via University of […]

Prehistoric girl’s bones in underwater cave helps link ancient and native Americans

The pristine skeleton of a teenaged girl who lived about 13,000 years ago, discovered in a deep, water-filled underground cavern in the sprawling cave system […]