A recent study of pottery samples from Southwestern archaeological sites has illustrated the extent of stimulant usage. Continue reading “Caffeinated stimulant drinks common in Southwest America”
An opportunity for anyone who is interested in the search for fossils to take part in an exciting new project Continue reading “New online fossil finding project”
A McDonalds in Tamworth England has two mummies buried beneath the floor.
Continue reading “Egyptian Mummies buried beneath McDonalds Restaurant”
Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis at Shahr-i-Sokhta [“Burnt City”] in the Sistan desert have discovered that the first known prosthetic eye belonged to a Persian priestess 5000 years ago. Continue reading “The world’s first prosthetic eye”
9 September – On this day
One of the most significant losses Rome ever suffered occurred in the Teutoburg forest during the reign of Rome’s first emperor Augustus. Continue reading “AD 9 – Varian Disaster”
Stonehenge researchers have discovered a much larger henge less than 3 kilometres from the famous monument. Continue reading “Super-henge discovered near Stone-henge”
Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network (CITiZAN) is a community archaeology project Continue reading “Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network looking for volunteers”
As some of you would be aware by now I have an interest in the use of technology in teaching, history and archaeology. In 2013 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by English Heritage to revisit an 18th Century Dutch Shipwreck and update the survey. Continue reading “3D technology used to recreate elements of an 18th Century Dutch Shipwreck”
LiDAR is a remote sensing technology that analyses the light reflected off a target that has been illuminated by means laser. Continue reading “LiDAR being used to 3D scan the Maya landscape”
We recently reported the discovery of a new Greek palace near Sparta. Continue reading “New Linear B tablets discovered at Greek palace”
The 26,000 year old piece of carved woolly mammoth tusk, which is only 4.8 cm long smaller than a thumb, was discovered in Moravia (the Czech Republic). Continue reading “The first ever portrait of a woman”
Mummies can be found all over the world and Papua New Guinea is no different. Continue reading “Papua New Guinea cliffside mummies”
A group of international scientists have used forensic reconstruction techniques to determine what the oldest mummy at the Egyptian museum of Florence actually looked like when he was alive. Continue reading “Forensic facial reconstruction of Mummy”
Police raids on a house in Heyuan city in southern Guangdong Province on 29 July uncovered 231 fossilised dinosaur eggs Continue reading “Smugglers caught with 231 fossil dinosaur eggs”
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