Seven hundred and two years ago Robert the Bruce defeated the forces of the English monarch Edward II, leading to Scottish independence. Interest in Robert the Bruce has only increased through the years. Researchers from the University of Glasgow and… Continue Reading
A report in TheWashington Post suggests that the early human ancestor Australopithecus afarensis, which had hips, feet, and legs suitable for walking, and ape-like long arms with curved fingers, probably spent a significant amount of time in trees. Biological anthropologist… Continue Reading
Western Digs reports that Mark Chenault of Westland Resources found a cache of clay figurines at a pre-contact village site in the Sonoran Desert. Only a few similar objects have been found in the Southwest. It had been proposed that… Continue Reading
An excavation on a hilltop on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu has found evidence of a seventh-century fortification, complete with castles and large-scale earthworks, according to a report in The Asahi Shimbun. The site is thought to have been part… Continue Reading
A shrine to a Viking king who was sainted has been discovered in Trondheim, according to a report in Live Science. Researchers from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage believe they have unearthed the stone foundations of a wooden church… Continue Reading
Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe is part of the original settlement of the Pilgrims who arrived at Plymouth in 1620, The Boston Globe reports. A team from the University of Massachusetts Boston excavated a seventeenth-century trash pit at Burial… Continue Reading
One of the more famed attractions of Philadlephia, PA – among those of a, ahem, “certain disposition” is the Mutter Museum. This was established as a medical research facilty WAY back in the day and thus if filled with skulls… Continue Reading
According to a report by the Associated Press, archaeologists have detected what may be the original 30-foot-tall structure within the pyramid of Kukulkan with tri-dimensional electric resistivity tomography, or ERT-3D. Previous research at the Maya site of Chichén Itzá had… Continue Reading
The Washington Post reports that a team of scientists used a full-field photoluminescence technique to examine the molecular structure of a 6,000-year-old amulet discovered in Pakistan at the Neolithic site of Mehrgarh. Using a powerful synchrotron beam, the researchers found copper… Continue Reading
The Guardian reports that a mummy has been discovered in a tomb near Luxor by a team of Spanish archaeologists led by Myriam Seco Alvarez. According to Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities, the tomb is thought to date to between 1075… Continue Reading