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Scientists Find Evidence of Viking Presence in Arctic Canada

Norsemen Landing in Iceland by Oscar Wergeland, published in 1909.
Dec 16, 2014 by News Staff

A small stone artifact recovered from a Paleo-Eskimo site on Baffin Island is important evidence of a Viking presence in Arctic Canada around 1000 CE, says a team of scientists led by Dr Patricia Sutherland of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Three views of the crucible from Nanook site, Baffin Island, Canada. Image credit: Patricia D. Sutherland et al. The ancient site, called Nanook, was first discovered in the 1960s by Dr Moreau Maxwell of...

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An aerial photograph of the 2,800-year-old farm house near the city of Rosh Ha-Ayin, Israel. Image credit: Skyview Company / Israel Antiquities Authority.

2,800-Year-Old Farm House Unearthed in Israel

Dec 15, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered the remains of an ancient farm house near the city of Rosh Ha-Ayin in central...

Roman coins. Image credit: Portable Antiquities Scheme / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pictish-Roman Silver Hoard Discovered in Scotland

Dec 10, 2014 by News Staff

A hoard of Roman and Pictish hacked-up silver, coins and jewelry has been found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Archaeologist examines a crescent shaped brooch...

A Viking hall on the Lofoton Island, northern Norway.

Viking Feasting Hall Discovered in Sweden

Dec 8, 2014 by News Staff

Swedish archaeologists Dr Andreas Viberg of Stockholm University and Dr Martin Rundkvist of the University of Umeå have found the remains of a major Viking...

Detail of the engraving. Image credit: Wim Lustenhouwer / VU University Amsterdam.

500,000-Year-Old Homo erectus Engraving Discovered

Dec 4, 2014 by News Staff

A multinational group of scientists led by Prof Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University in the Netherlands has discovered the earliest known engraving on a...

The nine Muses. Image credit: Ankara University.

Stunning Mosaics Uncovered in Ancient City of Zeugma

Nov 28, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists has unearthed three 2,200-year-old, well-preserved glass mosaics at the site of the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey. The...

The scientists have reported evidence from the northeastern Tibetan Plateau indicating that the first villages were established only by 5,200 years ago.

Archaeologists Shed More Light on Colonization of Tibetan Plateau

Nov 21, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of scientists has discovered extensive archaeological evidence of Neolithic farming and human habitation at altitudes above 2,000...

Sargon II (reigned 722-705 BC), king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, and dignitary. Low-relief from a wall of the palace of Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria, now Khorsabad in Iraq. Image credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen.

Drought, Population Growth Led to Decline of Neo-Assyrian Empire

Nov 6, 2014 by News Staff

According to a new study published in the journal Climatic Change, the Neo-Assyrian Empire was forced into terminal decline by the combination of two factors...

Divers illuminate artifacts of the Panarea III ship. Image credit: © Global Underwater Explorers.

Archaeologists Recover Artifacts from 2,200-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck

Oct 28, 2014 by News Staff

Italian archaeologists and divers from a Florida-based group called Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) have recovered a wide range of artifacts from an...

Stone tools found at Cuncaicha and Pucuncho sites in Peru. Image credit: Kurt Rademaker et al.

Archaeologists Discover Two 12,000-Year-Old High-Altitude Settlements in Peru

Oct 24, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the United States, Canada, Germany, and Peru, have discovered two ancient settlements in the Pucuncho Basin in the southern Peruvian...

Location of the remains of a 6,000-year-old temple. Image credit: Nataliia Burdo / Mykhailo Videiko.

6,000-Year-Old Temple Unearthed in Ukraine

Oct 22, 2014 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists led by Dr Mykhailo Videiko of the Kyiv Institute of Archaeology has discovered the remains of a 6,000-year-old temple at a Trypillian...

Chariot linch pin from three angles, showing the intricate decoration at the ends. Image credit: University of Leicester.

Bronze Parts of Celtic Chariot Found in UK

Oct 15, 2014 by News Staff

The bronze remains of a Celtic chariot dating to the 2nd or 3rd century BC have been unearthed at the Burrough Hill Iron Age hillfort, near Melton Mowbray...

The mosaic depicts the Greek god Hermes in front of a horse drawn chariot. Image credit: Greek Culture Ministry.

Alexander the Great-Era Mosaic Unearthed in Amphipolis

Oct 14, 2014 by News Staff

A team of Greek archaeologists has announced the discovery of a colorful mosaic in a mysterious tomb dating from the times of Alexander the Great. The...

Archaeologists Find More Artifacts at Antikythera Shipwreck

Oct 12, 2014 by News Staff

During a 2014 expedition to the famed 2,050-year-old Roman shipwreck off the remote island of Antikythera in Greece, underwater archaeologists from the...

39,900-Year-Old Indonesian Cave Paintings Rewrite History of Art

Oct 9, 2014 by News Staff

Elaborate cave paintings of animals and hand stencils on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi were created between 17,400 and 39,900 years ago, according...

Top: an internal view of the Anaweka canoe hull showing the pointed end and butt end, and lashing holes for attachment of other timbers on all sides. Middle: a sea turtle is carved in raised relief at the shaped end of the Anaweka canoe strake. Bottom: detail of the sea turtle. Image credit: Dilys A. Johns et al.

600-Year-Old Polynesian Ocean-Sailing Canoe Discovered in New Zealand

Sep 30, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the University of Auckland have found a large section of an East Polynesian sailing canoe dating to around 1400 CE on New Zealand’s...

Neanderthal engraving from Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar. Image credit: Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal et al.

39,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Engraving Found in Gorham’s Cave

Sep 24, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists working in Gorham’s Cave in Gibraltar have found what they believe is the first known example of Neanderthal rock art. Neanderthal...

The Byzantine-era compound with oil and wine presses. Image credit: Griffin Aerial Photography Company / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Byzantine-Era Monastery Discovered in Israel

Sep 22, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have discovered what they say is an ancient compound with ‘industrial-scale’ wine and oil...

Jethro Cairn: 5,000-Year-Old Stone Monument Discovered in Israel

Sep 16, 2014 by News Staff

Ido Wachtel, a PhD student and an archaeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology, has discovered a 5,000-year-old crescent-shaped...

17 Previously Unknown Monuments Discovered around Stonehenge

Sep 10, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Birmingham University-led Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project have discovered 17 previously unknown archaeological monuments around...

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