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The possible join between the fragments of an ancient epic written in cuneiform in London and Geneva has been speculated for over 50 years.
The discovery of the signature of Christianity’s favourite prophet has caused a stir, but what does it mean?
Neanderthals, rather than modern humans, created the world’s oldest cave paintings.
Growing grapes and making wine come with a lot of implications about a culture’s capabilities. Apparently, Sicily of 6,000 years ago was more sophisticated than archaeologists had given it credit for.
Children in the distant past were put to work early, reveal footprints.
New discoveries are changing archaeologists’ ideas about the origins of our own species and our migration out of Africa. This fossil pushes Homo sapiens’ African exodus date back by 50,000 years.
Scandinavia was populated by two main migrations, making its first inhabitants more genetically diverse and adapted to harsh climates than those in the rest of Europe.
The Anglo-Saxons were written into history by their descendants.
A Native American tribe in California got a chance to reconnect with their past through virtual reality models of inaccessible, sacred sites.
At Ebbsfleet, in northeast Kent, archaeologists have finally uncovered the site where Julius Caesar’s fleet landed in 54BC.
An archaeological dig at Cat’s Brain has unearthed a remarkable insight into life in Britain before Stonehenge.
Maeve, age 8, has a question that has stumped many scientists over the years. And that’s because it’s a surprisingly tricky question to answer. It depends a bit on what you mean by ‘person’.
Recent archaeological evidence shows the remote islanders didn’t commit ‘ecocide’ after all.
The shipwreck of the Batavia and subsequent murders of 115 men, women and children have inspired many retellings. A new exhibition combines art and science to find new angles on an old tale.
A rush of ancient DNA projects in Africa has presented the curators of archaeological skeletons with ethical issues because research requires the destruction of human bone.
Archaeologists have a long tradition of taking artists along on their expeditions. A new exhibition in Cyprus aims to revive the practice.
Bringing the past into a digital space creates so much more overt space for interpretation and different narratives.
Latest development in ‘Crete feet’ find serves as a reminder of the challenges facing dig sites.
A new study can’t rule out the possibility that human ancestors lived on Crete at the same time as they evolved in Africa.
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