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Stonehenge, a famous prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England.

Stonehenge’s Builders Were Heavy Meat-Eaters, Archaeologists Say

Oct 13, 2015 by News Staff

Archaeologists from Germany and the United Kingdom have revealed insights into cuisine choices and eating habits at Durrington Walls, a Neolithic settlement...

An archaeologist of the Israel Antiquities Authority conserving the mosaic. Image credit: Nikki Davidov / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Byzantine-Period Mosaic Map of Ancient Egyptian City Uncovered in Israel

Oct 1, 2015 by News Staff

A multi-colored mosaic map that outlines the ancient Egyptian city of Chortaso (also known as Qartassa or Kartasa) has been uncovered in Kiryat Gat in...

Archaeologists Recover Three Civil War Cannons from Scuttled CSS Pee Dee

Sep 30, 2015 by News Staff

A team of underwater archaeologists from the University of South Carolina has recovered three Civil War cannons – two Confederate Brooke rifle cannons...

Underwater Archaeologists Recover New Artifacts from Antikythera Shipwreck

Sep 28, 2015 by News Staff

Archaeologists excavating the famous 2,050-year-old Roman shipwreck off the remote island of Antikythera, Greece, have uncovered more than fifty new artifacts...

Aerial image of the foundation of a Roman stone building in Gernsheim. Image credit: Dennis Braks.

Roman Settlement Uncovered in Germany

Sep 21, 2015 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists has unearthed the remains of a Roman settlement at the site of a 1,900-year-old fort in Gernsheim, Germany. Aerial image of the...

This 1814 print includes an image of the Neva. Image credit: Dave McMahan / Sitka Historical Society.

Archaeologists Find 1813 Neva Shipwreck Survivors’ Camp

Sep 10, 2015 by News Staff

Archaeologists have begun to piece together an archaeological and historical narrative of how the crew of the wrecked 19th century Russian-American Company...

The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project team has revealed traces of up to 100 standing stones beneath Durrington Walls super-henge. The stones were up to 15 feet (4.5 m) in height, and are believed to have been deliberately toppled over the south-eastern edge of the bank of the circular enclosure before being incorporated into it. Image credit: Juan Torrejon Valdelomar / Joachim Brandtner / LBI ArchPro.

Archaeologists Find Large Stone Monument near Stonehenge

Sep 8, 2015 by News Staff

Using remote sensing techniques and geophysical surveys, archaeologists from the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project have discovered the remains of a...

The European kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Image credit: Charles J. Sharp / Jorge Láscar / CC BY-SA 4.0; collage by Sci.News.

Ancient Egyptians Bred Birds of Prey for Religious Purposes

Sep 4, 2015 by News Staff

According to a paper that will be published in the November issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, ancient Egyptians bred raptors as offerings...

Billy Ó Foghlú. Image credit: Stuart Hay / Australian National University.

Experimental Archaeologist Revives Music of Iron-Age Ireland

Sep 3, 2015 by News Staff

Billy Ó Foghlú, a Ph.D. student at the Australian National University’s College of Asia-Pacific, has created a replica of an Iron-Age artifact to revive...

Examples of Wañelek pottery: W52 - paddle and anvil made body sherd with red slip and incised decoration; W50 - body sherd with fingernail incision; W45 - plain body sherd with red burnish or slip; W14 - plain body sherd; W54 - possible broken coil or weathered rim sherd. Image credit: Gaffney D et al.

Archaeological Dig in Papua New Guinea Unearths 3,000-Year-Old Pottery

Sep 3, 2015 by News Staff

A team of Australian and New Zealand archaeologists has unearthed the oldest known pottery from Papua New Guinea at the remote highlands site of Wañelek...

IAA archaeologist Dr Joe Uziel sitting atop the stepped structure. Image credit: Shai Halevy / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Second Temple-Period Monumental Podium Unearthed in Jerusalem

Sep 1, 2015 by News Staff

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a unique 2,000-year-old stepped structure in the City of David, an ancient neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel. IAA...

Left: captive Philistine warriors from a wall relief at Medinet Habu, Egypt, 1185-1152 BC. Right: an artist's conception of a Philistine warrior. Image credit: John Shumate.

Philistines Introduced Cumin, Opium Poppy into Levant, Archaeologists Say

Aug 31, 2015 by News Staff

The Philistines – one of the so-called Sea Peoples, and mentioned in the Bible and other ancient sources – were a seafaring Indo-European people...

Excavations at Agios Vasileios. Image credit: Angelos Delivorias / Stavros Vlizos / Greek Ministry of Culture.

Greek Archaeologists Unearth 3,600-Year-Old Mycenaean Palace near Sparta

Aug 28, 2015 by News Staff

Archaeologists working at the site of Agios Vasileios in the valley of Sparta, southern Peloponnese, have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace of...

Top: map of Natufian sites with narrow and wide conical mortars in the Southern Levant. Bottom, from left to right: (i) almost peeled barley grain subsequent to the third shift of dehusking in the narrow conical mortar; (ii) grinding the dehusked grains to flour by intensive radial motion in a narrow conical mortar with a long wooden pestle; (iii) fine flour and some groats deposited in the adjacent cuphole, subsequent to the first shift of milling. Image credit: Eitam D et al.

Archaeologists Unravel Mystery of Paleolithic Rock-Cut Mortars Found throughout Levant

Aug 27, 2015 by News Staff

Using Paleolithic conical mortars carved into bedrock, a team of experimental archaeologists has reconstructed how the Natufian people – hunter-gatherers...

9,350-Year-Old Stonehenge-Style Monolith Found in Mediterranean Sea

Aug 12, 2015 by News Staff

A submerged, 39-foot-long (12 m) monolith has been discovered in the waters off the coast of Sicily at a depth of about 130 feet (40 m). Underwater composite...

The inscriptions were written in Aramaic. Image credit: Shai Halevy / Israel Antiquities Authority.

2,000-Year-Old Ritual Bath with Mysterious Aramaic Inscriptions Discovered in Israel

Aug 7, 2015 by News Staff

A ritual bath, or a miqwe, dating to the Second Temple period (the first century CE), has been discovered in an underground cave in the Arnona quarter...

The remains of the city wall of Philistine Gath. Image credit: Prof Aren Maeir, Director, Bar-Ilan University.

Archaeologists Unearth Entrance Gate, Fortifications of Gath

Aug 4, 2015 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists directed by Prof Aren Maeir of Bar-Ilan University has discovered a fortification wall and an entrance gate of the Biblical city...

The common wheat, Triticum aestivum. Image credit: Matt Lavin, Bozeman, Montana / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Scientists Find Evidence of Small-Scale Farming 23,000 Years Ago in Israel

Jul 23, 2015 by News Staff

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed evidence of early small-scale agricultural cultivation at Ohalo II, a 23,000-year-old hunter-gatherers’ sedentary...

One of nine glass bottles observed at the site of a centuries-old shipwreck off the North Carolina coast. Image credit: WHOI.

Scientists Discover American Revolution-Era Shipwreck off North Carolina Coast

Jul 20, 2015 by News Staff

Marine scientists have found the remains of a shipwreck more than a mile deep off the North Carolina coast, dating to the American Revolution. One of nine...