Archaeology & History French Archaeologists Make ‘Unprecedented Discovery’ of What May Be the Remains of a Roman-Era Mausoleum The apparent funerary monument was unearthed in Néris-les-Bains, a Roman colony in the 1st century C.E. By Artnet News, Jan 9, 2023
Archaeology & History English Quarry Workers Have Struck Elizabethan-History-Lover’s Gold With the Discovery of a Rare 16th-Century Ship The wreck has been remarkably preserved by sediment. By Artnet News, Jan 6, 2023
Archaeology & History An Amateur Archaeologist Has Deciphered a Cave Art Code Used by Ice Age Hunter-Gatherers The man noticed the prehistoric "proto-writing" system tracking animals' life cycles while pouring over images in the British Library. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 6, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Denmark Have Unearthed a 10th-Century Viking Hall Deemed to Be the Largest Discovery of Its Kind in a Decade The structure likely dates back to the reign of Harald I during the late Viking Age. By Artnet News, Jan 5, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Discover 60 High-Ranking Renegade Mummies in a Tomb of an Ancient Egyptian Opposition Figure in Luxor Important Egyptians chose to be interred in Amenhotep-Huy's burial place because he opposed Akhenaten's controversial move to monotheism. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 4, 2023
Archaeology & History Ancient Stone Tools Once Thought to be Made by Humans Were Actually Crafted by Monkeys, Say Archaeologists If monkeys made the tools, it's a major blow to experts seeking to disprove the long-held "Clovis First" theory. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 3, 2023
Archaeology & History Police Seized Hundreds of Paleolithic Tools, Roman Tiles, Bones, and Other Ancient Artifacts From Two Homes in Spain Also uncovered at one of the sites was a hand-written notebook detailing the exact locations from which the items were taken. By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 3, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Recovered 275 Artifacts From the Wreck of a 19th-Century Ship That Sunk in the Search for the Northwest Passage The finds include a leather folio with an accompanying feather quill pen. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 26, 2022
Archaeology & History Researchers Using Laser Technology Have Located Nearly 1,000 Previously Unknown Maya Settlements in Guatemala The sites include ceremonial centers, sporting facilities, roads, and reservoirs. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 22, 2022
Archaeology & History A Christmas Miracle? Israeli Archaeologists Are Freshly Excavating a Tomb Believed to Hold the Woman Who Helped Deliver Baby Jesus The Salome Cave is being developed as part of the Judean Kings Trail. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 21, 2022
Archaeology & History Here Are 2022’s 12 Most Mind-Blowing Archaeological Discoveries, From Ancient Lice Combs to the World’s Oldest Mummies Revisit our best stories on the tombs, shipwrecks, and coin hoards unearthed this year. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Denmark Have Unearthed a 5,000-Year-Old ‘Bog Body,’ a Neolithic Skeleton Bearing Traces of Ritual Sacrifice “It doesn’t happen very often that you find a bog body,” said the lead archaeologist. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 20, 2022
Archaeology & History Norwegian Researchers Piloting a Deep Sea Rover Stumbled Upon a Well-Preserved Medieval Shipwreck The wreck was found in Lake Mjøsa, which once served a thriving Viking trade route. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 20, 2022
Archaeology & History 7,000-Year-Old Cotton Fibers Discovered in Israel Are Revealing the Inner Workings of an Ancient International Trade Network The fibers were found in an ancient village in Israel, indicating its place within a global network. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 20, 2022
Archaeology & History U.K. Archaeologists Say That Ancient Tools Discovered Around Stonehenge Point to a More Advanced Society Than Previously Known Researchers have examined several 4,000-year-old tools from a burial site near Stonehenge for the first time. By Vittoria Benzine, Dec 16, 2022
