#Archaeology

Articles (14)

• 🇺🇸 German researchers set right the story of a 9,000-year-old shaman's grave — 04/04/2026 [USA]

  When a 9,000 year-old grave of a shaman was discovered in Nazi Germany, the discovery was quickly politicized to support Nazi propaganda. But new analysis shows that initial narrative was all wrong.

  Related: #Historical Revision, #Propaganda
• 🇬🇧 ‘A fascinating discovery’: research challenges Battle of Hastings narrative — 21/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Harold may have sailed, not marched, in 1066, reshaping explanations for his defeat in England’s historic battle</p><p>It is a story that has been taught to generations of British schoolchildren ab...

  Related: #Historical revision
• 🇺🇸 New study challenges a site that's key to how humans got to the Americas — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  A new study challenges a site that's crucial to our understanding of how people got to the Americas

  Related: #Human Migration, #Scientific Debate
• 🇬🇧 Archaeological site in Chile upends theory of how humans populated the Americas … again — 19/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Discovery at Monte Verde puts north-to-south expansion theory back at centre of heated debate on continent’s human history</p><p>A groundbreaking new study may have once again upended our understan...

  Related: #Human Migration
• 🇺🇸 Divers find marble treasure possibly taken from Parthenon at Aegean shipwreck — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Excavations at the site of the 1802 Mentor shipwreck uncovered a marble fragment that may have ties to the Parthenon in Ancient Greece, officials say.

  Related: #Cultural Heritage
• 🇺🇸 Children discover mysterious ancient skeleton next to playground — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  The skeleton is the latest in a series of bodies discovered in the city of Dijon that were mysteriously buried in a seated position while facing west.

  Related: #Discovery
• 🇬🇧 Ancient skeleton unearthed in France is latest to be found sitting upright — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Scientists trying to work out why Gauls chose to bury some of their dead in seated position facing west</p><p>Children at a primary school in eastern France found a strange attraction next to their...

  Related: #Ancient Burial
• 🇺🇸 Opinion: An ancient, sophisticated palate — 14/03/2026 [USA]

  Researchers looking at foodcrusts on the pottery shards of ancient humans say there&apos;s evidence of a wide variety of ingredients, indicating that they may have been experimenting with "recipes."

  Related: #Ancient Cuisine
• 🇺🇸 In Ancient Peru, a Parrot Trade That Crossed the Andes — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  Scientists studied centuries-old bird feathers from an ancient tomb on the coast, and then traced the origins back to the Amazon.

  Related: #Ancient Trade
• 🇺🇸 ‘Pompei: Below the Clouds’ Review: Trembling Beauties, Old and New — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  The past and the present converge in this ravishingly beautiful Italian documentary set in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius.

  Related: #Documentary
• 🇺🇸 Rules of mysterious ancient board game decoded by AI, scientists say — 11/02/2026 [USA]

  The aim of the "deceptively simple but thrilling strategy game" was to hunt and trap the opponent's pieces in as few moves as possible, scientists said.

  Related: #Artificial Intelligence, #History
• 🇬🇧 British Museum to keep pendant linked to Henry VIII — 10/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The museum says it has reached a fundraising goal so it can permanently display the artefact.

  Related: #History, #Heritage
• 🇺🇸 Shipwreck timbers from 17th Century appear on beach in Dorset — 09/02/2026 [USA]

  Experts believe timbers found at Studland Beach form a missing piece of the Swash Channel wreck from 1631.

  Related: #History, #Environment
• 🇺🇸 Secret warehouse guards lost world of treasures found on HS2 route — 30/01/2026 [USA]

  Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.

  Related: #National Heritage, #Infrastructure