The tomb of an Iron Age Celtic prince has been unearthed in a small French town. The ‘exceptional’ grave, crammed with Greek and possibly Etruscan artifacts, was discovered in a business zone on the outskirts of Lavau in France’s Champagne… Continue Reading
For Associated Press, Alberto Arce reports: “Leonel Mendoza fishes every day in a reservoir surrounded by forest and mountains in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. But in recent days, he also has been ferrying curious passengers out to see… Continue Reading
The Daily Reports that archaeologists have found 70 fragments of an individual which could be the “missing” link between the various ape species – including the lines that eventually produced homo sapiens (perhaps the worst carriers of that “disease of… Continue Reading
A stunning wooden statue pulled from a Russian peat bog 125 years ago has been dated as being 11,000 years old after ‘sensational’ new analysis. This means the remarkable Shigir Idol, which is covered in ‘encrypted code’ and may be… Continue Reading
A collaborative of adult LEGO builders with an interest in historical themes called Brick to the Past built a replica of Hadrian’s Wall, which they exhibited at the Great Western Brick Show. Smithsonian reports: “The attention to detail makes this Lego version of… Continue Reading
An ancient arrowhead with human blood on it points to a Maya bloodletting ceremony in which a person’s “life force” fed the gods, two researchers say. The ceremony took place around 500 years ago in Guatemala at a temple at… Continue Reading
The Turin Shroud is traditionally considered to be the burial cloth in which the body of Jesus Christ was wrapped after his death approximately 2000 years ago. Here, we report the main findings from the analysis of genomic DNA extracted… Continue Reading
Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace with important archaic inscriptions dating back to the Mycenaean age, the culture ministry said Tuesday. The palace, likely built around the 17th-16th centuries BC, had around 10 rooms and… Continue Reading
That bastion of sober, utterly-factual coverage, England’s Daily Mail reports that tourists who’ve pocketed archaeological materials from the site of the ancient city of Pompeii — everything from fragments of pottery to entire statues — have been returning them to… Continue Reading
A mass grave in Germany underscores what some archaeologists have long suspected: The first farmers were far from peaceful tillers of the soil. In a newly discovered form of Neolithic violence, attackers 7000 years ago systematically broke the shinbones of… Continue Reading