Ramses II’s long-lost sarcophagus has finally been identified ~humanities.history Article 457 words 26 votes
Blacksmiths are reconstructing a Viking ship to better understand the secrets of the navigation of Scandinavian warriors a thousand years ago ~humanities.history Article 552 words 16 votes
The oldest art in Greece is not what you think ~humanities.history Video 8:08, published May 25 2024 5 votes
Alexander the Great's untold story: Excavations in northern Greece are revealing the world that shaped the future king ~humanities.history Article 438 words 14 votes
Plato's burial place finally revealed after AI deciphers ancient scroll carbonized in Mount Vesuvius eruption ~humanities.history Article 453 words, published Apr 25 2024 21 votes
Pseudoarchaeology and the pseudoscience pipeline - Milo Rossi live at Virginia Tech archaeology Video 38:23, published Apr 14 2024 8 votes
Did grave robbers plunder battlefields? Bones went to fertilizer and sugar processing, book argues. ~humanities.history Link 14 votes
Insular India - A video on the archaeological legacies of the Indian subcontinent ~humanities.history Video 38:27, published Apr 1 2024 5 votes
New analysis of wooden finds at Schöningen show wood was crucial raw material 300,000 years ago ~humanities.history Article 459 words 7 votes
Ancient Beat - the newsletter of ancient history - celebrates its 100th Issue ~humanities.history Link 6 votes
Battle to save pristine prehistoric rock art from vast new quarry in Norway – archaeologists fear more than 2,000 carved figures could be destroyed ~humanities.history Article 629 words 19 votes
Two waves of mass death hit prehistoric Denmark, with farmers wiping out hunter-gatherers and pastoralists later wiping out the farmers, genetic study reveals ~humanities.history Link 15 votes
DNA from stone age chewing gum sheds light on diet and disease in Scandinavia's ancient hunter-gatherers ~humanities.history Article 974 words, published Jan 18 2024 11 votes
Engraving on an almost 2,000-year-old knife believed to be the oldest runes ever found in Denmark ~humanities.languages Article 504 words 11 votes
Commentary - on archaeology and small mundane discoveries ~humanities.history Article 578 words, published Jan 7 2024 4 votes
Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. Canadian scientists say evidence shows digits may have been ritually removed to appease deities or aid social cohesion. ~humanities.history Article 776 words 26 votes
Ancient Sahul's submerged landscapes reveal a mosaic of human habitation ~humanities.history Article 726 words 17 votes
If we shoot a 140lb draw weight English longbow from a five story medieval tower, how much further will the arrows go? ~humanities.history Video 11:42 13 votes
Scandinavia's oldest known ship burial is located in mid-Norway – Merovingian period discovery pushes back tradition of ship burials ~humanities.history Article 962 words 11 votes
Archaeologists reveal life stories of hundreds of people from medieval Cambridge ~humanities.history Article 520 words 12 votes
Ordering off a 5,000-year-old Mesopotamian menu ~humanities.history Article 1816 words, published Nov 3 2023 21 votes
Scientists: Indonesian pyramid may date to 14000 BC, rewriting human history ~humanities.history Article 670 words 22 votes
Another gold treasure discovery in Norway – thirty-five 1400 year old gold foil figures found in a pagan temple near Hov ~humanities.history Article 1569 words, published Sep 19 2023 12 votes
As the earth warms, glacial archaeologists in Norway are in a race against time to preserve objects before they are destroyed by the elements ~humanities.history Article 826 words 10 votes
Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure: dating back half a million years and predating the evolution of our own species, Homo sapiens ~humanities.history Link 33 votes
Solar storm confirms Vikings were settled in North America in 1021AD ~humanities.history Article 705 words, published Oct 21 2021 28 votes
Archaeologists reveal largest palaeolithic cave art site in Eastern Iberia ~humanities.history Article 379 words 16 votes
Ancient Beat - A weekly newsletter about developments in the study of the ancient world ~humanities.history Article 896 words 9 votes
Metal detectorist makes Norway's ‘gold find of century’ – cache comprised nine gold medallions and gold pearls that once formed an opulent necklace, as well as three gold rings ~humanities.history Article 476 words 8 votes
Archeologists in Norway found an arrow that was likely trapped in ice for 4,000 years ~humanities.history Article 414 words 11 votes
Archaeologists in Türkiye have identified massive structures below a Roman-era castle ~humanities.history Article 591 words 28 votes
Long barrows are Neolithic constructions that might have been churches, or graveyards, or landmarks. And some are being built again: for the first time in recorded history. ~humanities.history Video 6:04 15 votes
2,400-year-old baskets still filled with fruit found in submerged Egyptian city ~humanities.history Article 623 words 26 votes