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Ancient ‘Stepped Street’ in Jerusalem Commissioned by Pontius Pilate, Archaeologists Say

The Stepped Street: signs of rock-cutting and smoothing of bedrock. Image credit: A. Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority.
Oct 22, 2019 by News Staff

For over a century, excavations in Jerusalem have been uncovering segments of the city’s Roman-period network of streets, particularly the so-called Stepped Street that wended its way from the southernmost gate of the city, alongside the Siloam Pool and towards the Temple Mount. Based on newly-discovered numismatic evidence, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Tel Aviv University believe that the Stepped Street was constructed...

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Photograph of the collection of bronze objects from the battlefield site in the Tollense Valley, Germany. Image credit: V. Minkus.

Archaeologists Find Personal Equipment of Bronze Age Warrior

Oct 17, 2019 by News Staff

Archaeologists have unearthed a collection of 31 metal objects, including a bronze tool with a birch handle, a knife, a chisel, bronze cylinders, and ingot...

Cores from Phase D (48,000-34,000 years ago) and Phase C (13,000-12,000 years ago) of Fa-Hien Lena Cave, Sri Lanka: bipolar core (4, 5, 6), bipolar orthogonal core (1, 2, 7, 8), unidirectional abrupt core (3). Image credit: Wedage et al, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222606.

45,000-Year-Old Tiny Stone Tools Found in Sri Lanka

Oct 4, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists has found a collection of microliths — small, retouched, often-backed stone tools — at the cave site...

Archaeologists uncovering Roman ditches in Exeter, England. Image credit: Exeter City Council.

British Archaeologists Unearth Remains of Roman Military Site

Sep 30, 2019 by News Staff

A group of archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology and Kier Construction has uncovered the remains of a previously unknown Roman military site —...

Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia. Image credit: Alex Demin / CC BY-SA 4.0.

New Research Sheds Light on Everyday Life in Denisova Cave

Sep 27, 2019 by News Staff

At least three hominins (Denisovans, Neanderthals, and early Homo sapiens) and large cave-dwelling carnivores (hyena, wolves, and even bears) used Denisova...

Reconstruction of the Trypillian giant-settlement Maidanetske, Ukraine. Image credit: Kenny Arne Lang Antonsen / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mega-Structures of Ukraine’s Trypillia Culture Served as Community Centers

Sep 26, 2019 by News Staff

Mega-structures of the Trypillia culture, which was part of the larger Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, were public buildings that served a variety of economic...

Bronze Age baby bottles. Image credit: Enver-Hirsch, Wien Museum.

Archaeologists Find Prehistoric ‘Baby Bottles’ in Europe

Sep 25, 2019 by News Staff

Archaeologists have found traces of ruminant milk on pottery recovered from Neolithic sites in Europe. Bronze Age baby bottles. Image credit: Enver-Hirsch,...

The fragment of the mosaic in Hippos-Sussita, Israel. Image credit: University of Haifa.

1,400-Year-Old Colorful Christian Mosaic Found in Israel

Sep 20, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of Israeli archaeologists has uncovered an impressively detailed mosaic in an ancient city called Hippos-Sussita. Dating back approximately 1,400...

Main features of the organization of production and detailed chaîne opératoires for the copper industry in Edom during the Late Bronze and early Iron Ages. Image credit: Ben-Yosef et al, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221967.

Biblical Edomite Kingdom was ‘Copper Powerhouse,’ Study Reveals

Sep 19, 2019 by News Staff

Edom, an ancient kingdom of the southern Levant mentioned in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as well as in Assyrian and Egyptian sources, experienced...

The Cooper’s Ferry site located in Idaho’s lower Salmon River canyon. White arrow points to the site. Image credit: Davis et al, doi: 10.1126/science.aax9830.

16,000-Year-Old Stone Artifacts Unearthed in Idaho

Aug 30, 2019 by News Staff

Archaeologists have uncovered almost two hundred stone artifacts, including projectile points and flake tools, and bone fragments from large mammals at...

Historian Dan Snow inspecting the 8,000-year-old wooden platform off the coast of the Isle of Wight, UK. Image credit: Maritime Archaeological Trust.

8,000-Year-Old Wooden Platform Found Off Isle of Wight

Aug 21, 2019 by News Staff

Underwater archaeologists working off the coast of the Isle of Wight have discovered an 8,000-year-old structure next to what is believed to be the world’s...

Karen Fleming and the 3D wax reconstruction of Hilda. Image credit: University of Dundee.

Researcher Reconstructs Female Druid’s Face after 2,000 Years

Aug 20, 2019 by News Staff

A researcher from the University of Dundee has recreated the head of one of Scotland’s oldest druids. Karen Fleming and the 3D wax reconstruction of...

Archaeologists Unearth 45,000-Year-Old Stone Tools in Mongolia

Aug 19, 2019 by News Staff

A collection of stone artifacts unearthed at the archaeological site of Tolbor-16 in the northern Khangai Mountains of Mongolia indicates that anatomically...

Skaill farmstead looking towards St Marys kirk and Midhowe Broch. Image credit: Bobby Friel, @Takethehighview / Archaeology Institute, the University of the Highlands and Islands.

Archaeologists Unearth Norse-Period Hall in Scotland

Aug 9, 2019 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the Archaeology Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands has unearthed the remains of a large Norse building...

The 6,500-year-old pottery fragments from the archaeological site of Real Alto in the Chanduy Valley of Ecuador’s Guayas province. Image credit: Kanomata et al, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2019.56.

6,500-Year-Old Pottery Fragments Found in Ecuador

Jul 26, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

Shards of incised ceramic vessels dating back to 4640-4460 BCE have been found at the site of Real Alto on the Ecuadorian coast. The 6,500-year-old pottery...

Photogrammetric model of the 500-year-old ship’s stern. Image credit: University of Southampton / Deep Sea Productions / MMT.

Archaeologists Find 500-Year-Old Shipwreck in Baltic Sea

Jul 26, 2019 by News Staff

A team of marine archaeologists has discovered the intact wreck of an ancient ship on the floor of the Baltic Sea. Photogrammetric model of the 500-year-old...

Archaeologists Locate Long-Lost Biblical City of Ziklag

Jul 25, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists believe they have found the lost Philistine city of Ziklag, where young David lived when he fled from King Saul. They said they had discovered...

Archaeologists Unearth 9,000-Year-Old Settlement in Israel

Jul 22, 2019 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered the remains of a large Neolithic-period settlement near the modern town of Motza,...

Photographs of the two engraved bone fragments from the site of Lingjing, China. Image credit: F. d’Errico & L. Doyon.

115,000-Year-Old Engraved Bones Found in China

Jul 19, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists digging at an early hominin site in China have discovered two engraved bone fragments that date back nearly 115,000 years. Photographs of...

A 16th-century fresco in the Vatican Palace shows an idealized reconstruction of Portus’ architectural and engineering features.

Researchers Shed New Light on Harbor Technologies of Ancient Rome

Jul 18, 2019 by News Staff

Portus, the maritime harbor of Rome at the height of the Roman Empire, was a port complex composed of basins and canals connecting the commercial harbor...

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