Archaeology

Dorset Archaeological Find Reveals Life Of Rural Elites In Late-Roman Britain

Skeletal remains uncovered near the site of a Roman villa in Dorset are likely the five skeletons of the owners and occupants of the villa – the first time in Britain that the graves of villa owners have been found in such close proximity to the villa itse ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2014 - 11:41am

Tokens Of Trade: Prehistoric Bookkeeping Lasted Long After The Invention Of Writing

An archaeological dig in southeast Turkey has uncovered a large number of clay tokens that would ordinarily been have dated before the invention of writing- but the new find of tokens dates from a time when writing was commonplace, thousands of years afte ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2014 - 8:12pm

Acheulean Artefacts: Stone Age Find In Northern Cape Of South Africa

Excavations at an archaeological site at Kathu in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, one of the richest early prehistoric archaeological sites in South Africa, have produced tens of thousands of Earlier Stone Age artifacts, including hand axes an ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2014 - 10:00am

Collaboration And Creativity: When Competition Enters In, Women Check Out

Recent papers have suggested that women improve small working groups and so adding women to a group is a surefire way to boost team collaboration and creativity. A new study from Washington University in St. Louis says that is only true when women there i ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 11 2014 - 4:19pm

Embalming Study Finds Mummification 1,500 Years Earlier Than Believed

Researchers have discovered new evidence to suggest that the origins of mummification started in ancient Egypt 1,500 years earlier than previously thought. Traditional theories on ancient Egyptian mummification suggest that in prehistory-- the Late Neolit ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2014 - 4:30pm

Bronze Age Wine Cellar Found In Israel

A Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palace at the Tel Kabri excavation in Israel has revealed an ancient wine cellar. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2014 - 3:17pm

Wild Nights Of The Canaanites Revealed By Massive Wine Cellar Discovery

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Article - The Conversation - Aug 28 2014 - 5:00am

Iron Age: Workers At Slaves' Hill Were Not Slaves

In 1934, American archaeologist Nelson Glueck named one of the largest known copper production sites of the Levant, located deep in Israel's Arava Valley, "Slaves' Hill." This hilltop station seemed to bear all the marks of an Iron Age ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 11:04am

Studying The Silk Tunics And Relics Of St. Ambrose

Archaeologists and restorers, are preserving and studying 4th-century tunics ascribed to St. Ambrose. In the course of examining the valuable silk garments, they have made surprising scholarly discoveries regarding the development of early relic worship. B ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 3 2014 - 10:32am

Who Was Dangerous Enough To Make Vikings Build Fortresses? Other Vikings

South of Copenhagen, Danish archaeologists have done something that has not happened in over 60 years- they have found a previously undiscovered Viking fortress. It will be a surprise to most that Vikings built fortresses at all- they were the people that ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2014 - 9:30am