Category: Archaeology

Israel accidentally finds ‘impressive’ ancient mosaic

Israel will present to the public for the first time this week an “impressive” mosaic accidentally discovered in what was a wealthy neighborhood in Roman […]

Villager’s book traces treasures of Staffordshire Hoard

Intrigued historian Robert Sharp went down to the site in Hammerwich when archaeologists were digging up the 3,500 treasure trove in 2009.The 70-year-old, who lives […]

Metal Detector Enthusiasts Find Untouched Bronze Age Burial Site

A pair of metal detector enthusiasts discovered an untouched Bronze Age burial site in Lancashire. The burial site is estimated to date back from 2,500 […]

Surprise archaeological discovery updates 4000-year-old Epic of Gilgamesh

A clay tablet has been discovered in Iraq, adding 20 new lines to the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, a work of poetry widely regarded as […]

Archaeologists uncover buried village on Anglesey

Archaeologists in Gwynedd have discovered what is thought to be a buried village on Anglesey.The discovery was made at Rhuddgaer, near Newborough, following a survey […]

The Lakenheath Warrior

THE EXCAVATION of a man buried with a horse and lavish grave goods at RAF Lakenheath attracted national media attention. Evidence of a burial mound […]

Lasers reveal ‘lost’ Roman roads

Since 1998 the Environment Agency has used lasers to scan and map the English landscape from above to help with work such as flood modelling […]

Canaanean sickle blades of the southern Levant.

This article illustrates and describes several examples of Early Bronze Age Canaanean core, blade and tabular flake artifacts that were excavated on a site in […]

Digger driver unearths 3,300 Roman coins reversing bulldozer at Yeovil Rec

A bulldozer driver levelling a recreation ground for a hockey pitch unearthed a hoard of 3,339 Roman coins.The coins, mainly of silver, include depictions of […]

‘Outstanding’ Roman relics discovered at roadside

A rare Roman brooch and miniature sword have been discovered by a roadside in North Yorkshire.Archaeologists have unearthed 177,000 artefacts from the Prehistoric, Iron Age […]

Injuries on Mammoth Skeleton Put Humans in the Arctic 45,000 Years Ago

There’s a lot of debate about what killed off the woolly mammoths. Some scientists believe climate change was to blame; some say bone disease. Others […]

Stone Age Horror! Pit Filled with Severed Limbs Uncovered

An ancient pit filled with severed human arms, hands and fingers has been unearthed in France.The nearly 6,000-year-old pit was found near the village of […]

Solving the mystery of Roman London’s headless bodies

For the past 150 years, a mystery has surrounded part of the City of London, where an unusually large number of human skulls were discovered, […]

Why ancient Roman graffiti is so important to archaeologists

Pompeii’s graffiti is the world’s most frustrating goldmine. When it comes to ancient Rome, the vast majority of insights into their world we have are […]

Breathtaking fossil of tiny mammal preserves fur and internal organs

Most of our knowledge of very ancient life comes from fossilized remains of hard tissues—bones, shells, and teeth. Now, the exquisitely preserved fossil of a […]

Man With Metal Detector Finds Roman-Era Grave

A man in England went exploring with a metal detector and made the discovery of a lifetime: an exquisitely preserved Roman-era grave filled with artifacts, […]

Bog Bodies Rediscovered

Aside from a bit of periodontal disease, he was a healthy man in his 30s, about 5’7″ tall, with a strong build. He had recently […]

The Amazing Sky Calendar That Ancients Used to Track Seasons

Henry Westphal is tired. It’s July 4, 1999, a Sunday. He and a friend are climbing the Mittelberg or “Central Hill,” a small mountain near […]

7 Blood-Thirsty Facts About Europe’s Real-Life Vampires

Since Bram Stoker’s Dracula was published in 1897, vampires have seized the Western world’s imagination—and the past few years’ influx of vampires in pop culture […]

Animal heads carved into rock may been used for ceremonies by Iron Age Bulgarians

At first glance, there seems nothing unusual with a group of craggy rocks in eastern Bulgaria – but then you start to notice creepy carved […]

Hadrian’s Wall stolen Roman head makes surprise return

Part of a Roman statue stolen from a museum on Hadrian’s Wall has made a surprise return.The fragment of the head of a young male […]

How bronze age Britons mummified the dead

New study of ancient death rituals reveals evidence how bodies were smoked over fire, kept in peat bogs, brought out for special occasions, or even […]

Troy archaeologist’s 169-year-old engrave discovered

In the cave of Shepherd Paris on Mount Ida, a local tourist discovered names engraved on the walls, predicted to belong to famous British archaeologist […]

Archaeological discovery in Sweden reveals site of Stone Age rituals

Archaeologists unearth a 9,000-year-old ritual site in a Swedish cave on an island with a long history of superstition and witchcraft read more: Archaeological discovery […]

Breaking the Spell: Witch Bottles

Used as a form of counter magic, they were believed to release the owner from the power of the witch who had “overlooked” them, and […]