Researchers shed light on the lives of Stone Age hunter-gatherers in England
Archaeologists from the Universities of Chester and Manchester have made discoveries that shed new light on the communities that inhabited Britain after the last Ice Age ended….
Violence was widespread in early farming society, new study reveals
According to a recent study, violence and fighting were widespread in many Neolithic communities across Northwest Europe during the period ᴀssociated with the adoption of farming. Examples…
Archaeologists discovered a 16-meter-long ancient papyrus in Egypt
For the first time in a century, archaeologists excavating in Egypt’s Saqqara region have discovered a 16-meter-long ancient papyrus. An ancient papyrus in the Egyptian Museum in…
Archaeologists in Egypt unearth 2,500-year-old mummified crocodiles sacrificed to the Gods
In 2019, Spanish archaeologists excavating in Qubbat al-Haw in southern Egypt discovered a tomb containing the remains of ten mummified crocodiles, which once swam in large numbers…
Graves of 144 enslaved people discovered on Rock Hill property
More than a hundred graves believed to hold the remains of enslaved people were discovered on a York County property, and the owners hope to reveal the…
Researchers uncover 92 fossil nests belonging to India’s largest dinosaurs
The discovery of more than 250 fossilized eggs reveals intimate details about the lives of тιтanosaurs in the Indian subcontinent, according to a study published in the…
3,600-year-old hoards may contain the earliest silver currency hoards in the Southern Levant
According to a new study, ancient silver pieces discovered during excavations in Israel and the Gaza Strip were used as currency in ancient times. Since the silver…
A mᴀss burial of headless Roman skeletons found in England
A team of archaeologists discovered a Roman cemetery with decapitated skeletons. Excavations at the site were in preparation for the construction of new homes in Wintringham, Cambridgeshire,…
Evidence of early Civil War battle found by HS2 archaeologists
Archaeologists may have uncovered evidence of one of the earliest skirmishes of the English Civil War during excavations along the planned HS2 rail route, according to BBC…
Ancient Roman-era city with ‘pigeon towers’ found in Luxor, Egypt
An Egyptian archaeological team, led by Dr. Mustafa Waziri, announced on Tuesday they had discovered a “complete residential city from the Roman era” in the southern city…