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Stone tools recovered from the Drop 45 Drive Lane. Image credit: O’Shea JM et al.

9,000-Year-Old Caribou Hunting Site Found underneath Lake Huron

Apr 29, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists led by Prof John O’Shea from the University of Michigan have discovered what they say is a 9,000-year-old caribou hunting drive lane...

Newly discovered features at Ostia. Satellite imagery courtesy of Digital Globe Inc.

New Finds at Ancient Roman City of Ostia

Apr 18, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeological activities at the site of the ancient city of Ostia have yielded new and exciting finds. Newly discovered features at Ostia. Satellite imagery...

This image shows a Neanderthal and a human kid. Image credit: Neanderthal Museum.

Neanderthals were Good Parents, New Study Finds

Apr 10, 2014 by News Staff

A new study reported in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology challenges the traditional view that Neanderthal childhood was short, difficult and dangerous. This...

A 1,500-year-old monastery with well-preserved mosaic floors unearthed near the Bedouin village of Hura, Israel. Image credit: Skyview Company / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Byzantine Period Monastery with Stunning Mosaics Discovered in Israel

Apr 4, 2014 by News Staff

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed ruins of a 1,500-year-old monastery with well-preserved mosaic floors near the Bedouin village of Hura in the South...

Archaeologists Unearth 4,600-Year-Old Step Pyramid in Egypt

Feb 4, 2014 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of researchers has unearthed a 4,600-year-old small step pyramid at the archaeological site of al-Ghonemiya near the modern town...

Buddhist monks in front of the reflection pool at Angkor Wat, the capital of the Khmer Empire. The founding city of the Empire was called Mahendraparvata. Image credit: Sam Garza / CC BY 2.0.

New Research Sheds Some Light on History of Ancient Cambodian City Mahendraparvata

Jan 31, 2014 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal PLoS ONE has uncovered about 400 years of intensive land use around the ancient city of Mahendraparvata, Cambodia. Buddhist...

The 300,000-year-old hearth discovered in Qesem cave, near Rosh HaAyin, Israel. Scale is 1 m. Image credit: R. Shahack-Gross et al.

Archaeologists Unearth 300,000-Year-Old Hearth in Israel

Jan 28, 2014 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of archaeologists has uncovered a large, stone-lined hearth – dating to about 300,000 years ago – in a cave near the modern...

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.

Tell Abu al-Kharaz: New Finds from ‘Sea People’ Settlement

Jan 28, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, say they have unearthed a 3,100-year-old building and a number of artifacts at the archaeological...

One of the magnificent mosaic floors uncovered at an archaeological site near Moshav Aluma, Israel. Image credit: Yoli Shwartz / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Byzantine Church with Stunning Mosaic Uncovered in Israel

Jan 24, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) say they have unearthed a 1,500-year-old Christian church with a magnificent mosaic and five...

This is an artist's reconstruction of the gateway and drain at the city of Harappa. Image credit: Chris Sloan.

Study Sheds More Light on Collapse of Harappan Civilization

Jan 21, 2014 by News Staff

Climate change, violence and disease played a key role in the collapse of the Harappan civilization more than 3,000 years ago, according to a new study. This...

Painted decoration in the burial chamber of the pharaoh Woseribre Senebkay. Image credit: Jennifer Wegner, Penn Museum.

Senebkay: Archaeologists Find ‘Lost’ Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt

Jan 17, 2014 by News Staff

U.S. archaeologists digging at Abydos, Egypt say they have discovered the tomb of Woseribre-Senebkay, a previously unknown Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during...

This is an artist's impression of Çatalhöyük. Image credit: Dan Lewandowski.

Çatalhöyük ‘Map’ Mural May Depict Volcanic Eruption 8,900 Years Ago

Jan 13, 2014 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE suggests a mural excavated at the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Central Anatolia, Turkey, may be based...

Portrait of the baker Terentius Neo with his wife found on the wall of a Pompeii house.

Pompeii: Scientists Reconstruct Diet of Roman City’s Middle, Lower Class

Jan 2, 2014 by News Staff

According to University of Cincinnati archaeologists digging in the famed Roman city, the poor and mid-level Pompeians ate grains, fruits, nuts, olives,...

This image shows the remains of a 1,000-year-old estate with a fountain unearthed at Ramla, Israel. Image credit: Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Fatimid Period Estate with Fountain, Garden Unearthed in Israel

Dec 21, 2013 by News Staff

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 1,000-year-old wealthy estate with a fountain and a garden at an archaeological site in the city of Ramla,...

An illustration of the Scottish wildcat, Felis silvestris grampia, by A. Thorburn, 1920.

Chinese Farmers May Have Domesticated Cats over 5,000 Years Ago: Study

Dec 18, 2013 by News Staff

A new study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides possible evidence of domesticated cats between 5,560 and 5,280...

This image shows the remains of a semi-subterranean building unearthed at the Neolithic site of Ayia Varvara Asprokremnos, Cyprus. Image credit: Ministry of Communications and Works, Republic of Cyprus.

Ayia Varvara Asprokremnos: New Finds at 11,000-Year-Old Settlement

Dec 9, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

A group of archaeologists digging at the Neolithic site of Ayia Varvara Asprokremnos, Cyprus, has unearthed an early Neolithic building and a number of...

Stonehenge, a famous prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England.

Scientists Reveal Extraordinary Sonic Properties of Stonehenge Bluestones

Dec 2, 2013 by News Staff

British researchers, reporting in the journal Time & Mind: the Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, may have cracked the mystery of why...

This map shows Neolithic ring ditches and 2013 excavation trenches at the archaeological site near Damerham. Image credit: Wickstead H et al.

Archaeologists Map Neolithic Monument Complex at Damerham, near Stonehenge

Nov 27, 2013 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from London’s Kingston University has mapped a prehistoric temple complex at a Neolithic site near the village of Damerham...

Prof Robin Coningham, left, and Dr Kosh Prasad Acharya direct excavations within the Maya Devi Temple, uncovering a series of ancient temples contemporary with the Buddha. Image credit: Ira Block / National Geographic.

Oldest Buddhist Shrine Unearthed at Birthplace of Buddha in Nepal

Nov 26, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists digging at site of the sacred Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal, has discovered remains of a Buddhist wooden shrine...