SNETTISHAM, ENGLAND—Metal fragments previously thought to be part of a vessel are actually pieces of an Iron Age helmet, according to a BBC News report. Conservator Fleur Shearman of the British ...
Organized by archaeology students and faculty, the mobile library offers two things: books and sandboxes. The organizers transport the books on a two-wheel trailer hitched to a bamboo bike.
Vadnagar, Gujarat, opens the new Archaeological Experience Museum showcasing over 5,000 artifacts spanning 2,500 years. Inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the museum features galleries ...
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Experts just found a 3D map that was carved into quartz sandstone likely 13,000 years ago. Located within the famed Segognole 3 rock shelter, researchers believe the map shows the local landscape ...
A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle Paleolithic eras. Included in the finds were ancient stone hand axes that ...
Our new study, published today in Australian Archaeology, presents the results of the only known archaeological excavation of one of these rings combined with Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung understanding ...
Archaeology is the study of the artefacts and other physical evidence left by past societies of humans and closely related species. It uses scientific analysis of field samples to inform ...
As a professor of Christian archaeology and director of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum’s museum, he’s part of a 700-year-old Franciscan mission to look after and protect ancient religious ...
A text allegedly sent by a young New Zealander accused of trying to bring 20kg of cocaine into Australia from the US has been aired in court. James Niven Timothy Moa, 21, was arrested at Sydney ...
Show more The latest findings as the biggest archaeological dig in Pompeii for a generation reaches its climax. Told through the drama of the dig and stylised, fresco-inspired animations ...