Archaeology News

An Italian-Aussie team of archaeologists has unearthed new evidence of ancient dentistry in the form of a 6,500-year-old human jaw bone with a tooth showing...

A study of fire-damaged artifacts found at the Molí del Salt site in Spain has revealed that hunter-gatherer humans of the Upper Paleolithic Age recycled...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has tried to answer the question: did a massive comet explode over Canada...

Archaeologists at the University of Tübingen suggest that eight extremely well-preserved wooden throwing spears found more than a decade ago in Germany...

Archaeologists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have discovered what they believe is the largest Roman mosaic ever found in southern Turkey. This...

An archaeological team from the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz has discovered the precise location of the oldest Roman military fortification known...

European archaeologists using geophysical methods have mapped an ancient Roman town, which disappeared after its abandonment 1,500 years ago and now lies...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a large rock-hewn water reservoir dating back to the First Temple period in the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden...

Archaeologists of the Israel Antiquities Authority have unearthed 9,500-year-old figurines of a ram and a wild bovine at the Tel Moza archaeological site,...

A team of researchers aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s flagship R/V Falkor has discovered the S.S. Terra Nova, a whaler, sealer and polar exploration...

A new study by Tel Aviv University scientists shows that the transition from hunting to agricultural society during the Neolithic age parallels development...

Archaeologists of the Tel Aviv University have unearthed a seal, measuring about a half-inch in diameter, which depicts a human figure next to a lion at...

Zooarchaeologists at the University of Florida have found that the wild turkey was domesticated by the ancient Maya more than 1,000 years earlier than...

Archaeologists have discovered that people living 700 to 900 years ago in Cahokia, a massive pre-Columbian settlement near the confluence of the Missouri...

An international team of archaeologists has unearthed a beautiful and colossal human sculpture at the Tayinat Archaeological Project excavation site in...

A team of archaeologists from the University of Bonn, Germany, has discovered a tomb of a young prince at the ancient Mayan city of Uxul. A cup from the...

An international team of archaeologists has uncovered the first evidence of ceramic figurative art in late Upper Paleolithic Europe – from about...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered what they believe is a 2,300-year-old harbor of the ancient city of Akko. A member of the Israel Antiquities Authority...

Archaeologists led by the University of Cincinnati have revealed new details about sustainable water and land management among the ancient Maya, including...