The construction of a new road near Perth in Scotland has unearthed the remains of a fortified Iron Age settlement that, after several centuries of occupation, was mysteriously abandoned on the eve of ...
Swedish archaeologists recently found an “unusual” Viking-era coffin dating back over 1,100 years. The discovery was announced by Arkeologerna, an archaeological organization affiliated with the ...
A chance encounter in the Amazon rainforest has revealed what researchers describe as a rare archaeological find that could reshape our understanding of pre-Columbian societies in South America. In ...
Archaeologists discovered an unusual horseshoe-shaped monument in France alongside various Neolithic artifacts, officials said. Photo from INRAP Archaeologists in France recently unearthed an unusual, ...
A group of amateur archaeologists in Britain were shocked when they unearted a “very strange” and “very rare” Roman-era artifact. Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group When a group of amateur ...
The Romanian artist Andra Ursuța’s new show at David Zwirner gallery, “Retina Turner,” consists of 16 large ovoid slabs of cast glass — her Private Dancers. Each encases a spectral, half-formed figure ...
Here I provide a perspective on the palaeogenetic revolution from an archaeologist who has spent the last four years working alongside palaeogeneticists. I address the questions posed for this journal ...
Monumentality / Chris Scarre -- Landscape / Randi Haaland, Gunnar Haaland -- Water / Terje Oestigaard -- Fire / Anders Kaliff -- Myth and folklore / Amy Gazin ...
Archaeologists digging near the village of Offord Cluny recently unearthed the isolated burial of a man who, according to radiocarbon dating of his remains, lived between a.d. 126 and 228, during the ...