A new virtual museum created by Duke researchers will be housed in an Italian museum by Eric Ferreri | Duke University For many people, the Roman Empire is an abstraction — a […]
Project Offers A 3D Look At The Roman Empire
Stony Brook Archaeologists Find The Earliest Evidence Of Stone Tool Making In Cradle Of Humankind
by Stony Brook University Our ancestors were making stone tools even earlier than we thought—some 700,000 years older. That’s the finding of the West Turkana Archaeological Project (WTAP) team—co-led by Stony Brook […]
Heritage Destruction In Conflict Zones Provides Archaeological Opportunities
by University of Leicester An international archaeological team is investigating an historic site devastated by conflict in Lebanon. They have demonstrated it is possible to obtain original and important information from heritage […]
Did Richard III Manage To Keep His Scoliosis A Secret Up Until His Death In 1485?
by University of Leicester Last month saw the mortal remains of King Richard III reinterred at Leicester Cathedral, more than two years after University of Leicester archaeologists discovered his skeleton in a […]
Complete Camel Skeleton Unearthed In Austria
by University of Veterinary Medicine – Vienna In 2006 construction began on a new shopping centre in Tulln. The works unearthed various archaeologically valuable objects that were salvaged during rescue excavations. Among […]
Archaeologists Open The Mysterious Lead Coffin Found Buried Just Feet From The Former Grave Of King Richard III
‘This is the first stone coffin in Leicester to be excavated using modern archaeological practices. This makes it a unique discovery which will provide important new insights into the lives of the […]
Ancient And Modern Cities Aren’t So Different
New research finds that the bigger the ancient settlement, the more productive and efficient it was…just like modern cities. Despite notable differences in appearance and governance, ancient human settlements function in much […]
An Italian Cemetery May Provide Clues On Cholera’s Evolution
A team of archaeologists and other researchers hope that an ancient graveyard in Italy can yield clues about the deadly bacterium that causes cholera. The researchers are excavating the graveyard surrounding the […]
Tomb Of Previously Unknown Pharaonic Queen Found
A Czech archeology team in Egypt has uncovered an intriguing find: the tomb of a previously unknown queen. The discovery was made in an Old Kingdom necropolis southwest of Cairo in Abusir*, […]
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