Mummies can be found all over the world and Papua New Guinea is no different. Continue reading “Papua New Guinea cliffside mummies”
In an innovative new program Seljord folk high school in Telemark Norway gives students the opportunity to learn viking skills and crafts. Continue reading “School program uses experimental archaeology to learn to live like a Viking”
A group of researchers trying to determine the reason for the number of mummified birds of prey found in Egyptian tombs are one step closer after recent research. Continue reading “Overfed Kestrel indicates active breeding in Egypt”
Legio I Italica, the 80 strong Imperial Roman Army, will be descending on England Continue reading “Hadrian’s wall will be manned by Romans again soon”
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”
Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a huge marble sarcophagus. Continue reading “Thracian burial tumulus discovered”
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”
An archaeologist has 3D-printed a replica of an iron-age artefact to revive a rich musical culture in ancient Ireland. Continue reading “3D-printed a replica of an iron-age artefact to revive a rich musical culture”
The site located in Cyprus on the Akrotiri pennisula and was originally a harbour complex dated to the late Roman or early Byzantine period. Continue reading “Rescue excavation of a late Roman / early Byzantine harbour at UK airbase”
The 10′ tall Shigir Idol which was discovered in the Ural Mountains in 1894 has had a new set of Radiocarbon dates assigned to it. Continue reading “New dates for the Shigir Idol”
Ban Ki-moon UN Secretary-General issued a statement through his spokesperson regarding the systematic destruction and plunder of Syria’s cultural heritage. Continue reading “UN Secretary-General – “destruction of our common cultural heritage is a war crime””
September 1 – On this day
The Titanic was found on this day in 1985 Continue reading “1985 – Titanic found”
This month we are featuring an image of the Ludovisi battle sarcophagus. Continue reading “Our title photo for the month”
With the destruction of sites in the Middle East by ISIS digital preservation of archaeological sites has again become a point of discussion. Continue reading “VR, the future of site preservation?”
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