Archaeology & History Neolithic Pottery Suggests That Scotland’s Helpless Love of Porridge Has Endured for Thousands of Years Traces of cereal, milk and meat were found on crockery from underwater sites on the Isle of Lewis. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 15, 2022
Archaeology & History An Ancient Structure in Israel Long Thought to Be a Synagogue Is Actually an 1,800-Year-Old Roman Temple The building could help fill in a gap in the historical record of the region. By Artnet News, Sep 14, 2022
Archaeology & History A Massive Railroad Project in Mexico Has Led to the Discovery of the Ancient Maya City of Paamul II The government is teasing a new museum in Mérida for 'Maya Train discoveries.' By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 13, 2022
Archaeology & History A Missing Scrap of a Dead Sea Scroll That Mysteriously Ended Up in Montana Has Been Returned to Israel The relic, which is just about the size of a postage stamp, ended up an ocean away from Israel in unclear circumstances. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 9, 2022
Archaeology & History In a 17th-Century Polish Grave, Archaeologists Have Discovered the Shackled Bones of a Woman Once Believed to Be a Vampire The woman had a pointy front tooth. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 7, 2022
Archaeology & History A Photographer Has Revealed Mysterious Carvings on an Ancient Stone Monument in Ireland Using a Special Technique He Invented The Grange Stone Circle was likely used for rituals in prehistoric times. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 7, 2022
Archaeology & History A U.K. Couple Found a Literal Hoard of Rare Gold Coins Buried Under Their Kitchen Floor During Home Renovations The coins had been buried for generations and now could sell for at auction for as much as $280,000. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 2, 2022
Archaeology & History Paleontologists in Portugal Are Excavating a Dinosaur Skeleton the Size of a Four-Story House—One of the Biggest Ever Found in Europe Researchers came upon the fossil after a man in Portugal noticed several bone fragments in his garden. By Artnet News, Sep 2, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Israel Uncover an Exceptionally Well-Preserved Eight-Foot Mammoth Tusk That Could Be Half a Million Years Old The field archaeologist who headed the dig calls it “the largest fossil tusk ever found at a prehistoric site in Israel or the Near East.” By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 1, 2022
Archaeology & History Pompeii’s Middle-Class Citizens Aspired to Higher Interior Design Goals, Archaeologists Discover The building has been dubbed the House of the Lararium, after its lavish courtyard shrine to household spirits. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 31, 2022
Archaeology & History Scientists From Eight Nations Band Together for an Unprecedented Archaeological Marine Survey of the Mediterranean The site to be surveyed in the central Mediterranean, between Sicily and Tunisia, is believed to be home to hundreds of wrecked ships. By Artnet News, Aug 30, 2022
Archaeology & History See How Experts Restored 1,000-Year-Old Nubian Wall Paintings, Recently Discovered in Sudan, to Their Original Religious Glory The imagery includes the Virgin and Christ as well as two archangels in ornate ceremonial costume. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Aug 30, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Uncovered an Enormous Megalithic Complex of More Than 500 Standing Stones in Spain The oldest stones discovered at the site were likely erected as early as the fifth century B.C., experts say. By Artnet News, Aug 24, 2022
Archaeology & History A Renowned Archaeologist Is Calling on European Museums to Return the Rosetta Stone and Other Historic Treasures Hawass is hoping that European museums will reconsider in the wake of a wave of repatriation successes. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 23, 2022
Archaeology & History Severe Droughts Have Revealed the ‘Spanish Stonehenge,’ a Remarkable Ancient Rock Formation That’s Almost Always Underwater The prehistoric site was flooded by the creation of a reservoir in 1963. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 19, 2022
