Archaeology & History See New Sonar Scans That Capture Long-Forgotten Dunkirk Shipwrecks in Vivid Detail The images emerged from a joint project by French and British researchers. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 13, 2023
Archaeology & History New Research Reveals the Earliest-Known Organic Red Dye Dating Back 15,000 Years A study of 10 beads from a Levant cave shows the earliest use of dye from the rubiaceae plant. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 12, 2023
Archaeology & History Cold Plunges Are All the Rage Now—But Archaeologists in the U.K. Just Found a Plunge Pool From the 18th Century The plunge pool was found underneath a historic social club. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 11, 2023
Archaeology & History What Did Peru’s Most Famous Mummy Actually Look Like? A New Silicon Bust Brings Her Back to Life One of Peru's most well-preserved mummies, "Juanita" lay frozen in the Andes for 500 years. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 8, 2023
Archaeology & History A 2,700-Year-Old Sculpture of an Assyrian God—Once Buried for Safekeeping—Has Been Unearthed Again in Iraq The monumental, 18-ton body of the ancient winged deity will now be reunited with its head, held at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 7, 2023
Archaeology & History A Finnish Man Inspecting a Pipe Trench Discovered a Christian Burial Site Dating Back to the Swedish Crusades A shaft of iron sticking out of the ground turned out to be a 12th-century sword. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 7, 2023
Archaeology & History A 21-Year-Old Student Has Deciphered the First Word from the Herculaneum Scrolls, Charred in the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius Computer scientist Luke Farritor won $40,000 as part of a competition to decode the scrolls. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 31, 2023
Archaeology & History Ahoy, Mateys! Florida Construction Workers Have Dug Up a 19th-Century Shipwreck Representatives of an archaeology firm were on hand in case of any unexpected discoveries. By Max Berlinger, Oct 30, 2023
Archaeology & History An Ancient Egyptian Mug at the Tampa Museum of Art Once Held Psychotropic Drugs, Human Blood, and Bodily Fluids, Research Reveals The object was probably used in rituals by cult worshippers of the deity Bes, one of the most popular figures in the ancient Egyptian pantheon. By Artnet News, Oct 29, 2023
Archaeology & History Extreme Drought in the Brazilian Amazon Has Resurfaced Ancient Rock Carvings Along a River Bank As water levels dropped, carvings dating back to ancient civilizations were revealed. By Max Berlinger, Oct 28, 2023
Archaeology & History The 400-Year-Old Remains of a Child Once Believed to Be a Vampire Was Discovered in a Locked Grave in Poland The tomb was padlocked as a safeguard against the deceased. By Adam Schrader, Oct 27, 2023
Archaeology & History Fossilized Footprints Discovered in New Mexico Indicate That Humans Were in the Americas Earlier Than Previously Believed New scientific findings put humans in the Americas 6,000 to 8,000 years earlier than previously thought. By Max Berlinger, Oct 25, 2023
Archaeology & History The Parthenon Marbles Were Painted in Bright Colors and With Intricate Designs, a New Study Reveals Using non-invasive techniques, scientists have found traces of pigments from blue to purple. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 23, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Turkey Have Unearthed Human and Animal Sculptures That Are the Earliest Examples of Prehistoric Art Pigment residue suggests that the objects could be the oldest painted sculptures ever found. By Adam Schrader, Oct 22, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in France Have Discovered a 2nd-Century Roman Sarcophagus, Still Fastened Close With Lead Staples DNA will be taken from the skeleton and entered into an archeological database. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 21, 2023
