The polished surface was a sure sign this was no natural fragment.
Australian Archaeology
Getting a scientific paper published about a significant finding - like the discovery of the world’s oldest axe - is challenge in itself.
Frank Augstein/AP
A model Palmyra’s Arch of Triumph, made in Italy from Egyptian marble, has been installed in London’s Trafalgar Square. Is this such a good thing?
There’s something in the water.
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The reach of the Vikings in England went further than we thought.
Omar Sanadiki/Reuters
Unpaid volunteers are negotiating with Islamic State and facing military attacks as they try to save Syria’s ancient cities.
Yuttasak Jannarong / shutterstock
Archaeological remains, traditional tribes and conflict among chimpanzees can tell us much about the history of human warfare.
The extreme architectural investment in Chaco Canyon typifies periods of peak building.
Nathan Crabtree
Multiple times over the centuries, climate issues caused Pueblo farming to collapse, taking the establishment down with it. New research suggests there are parallels with American inequalities today.
A depiction of the destruction.
Humam Alsalim and Rami Bakhos
Work is already underway to repair the damage to the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, but we need to question if technology will take things too far.
EPA
It takes more than a quick scan for high-tech archaeology to reveal history’s secrets.
Indiana Jones: the real deal?
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As a fifth Indiana Jones film is announced, what Indy got right – and wrong – in his earlier exploits …
One of the spear points found in the 2,500-year-old grave in Pocklington, East Yorkshire.
Anna Gowthorpe/PA
What’s in a name? In search of the link between the Parisi people of East Yorkshire and Parisii of northern France.
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Archaeologists are launching a crowdfunded search for Lindisfarne monastery, famous for St Cuthbert and Lindisfarne Gospels.
More is possible in a virtual world than in a classroom – that’s what makes Minecraft invaluable.
An artist’s rendering of the planned Alexandria Underwater Museum.
Jacques Rougerie
In an attempt to revive Egypt’s crucial tourism industry, its government has launched a series of sensational projects.
A panoramic view of the interior of the Blombos Cave, which holds fascinating insights into human evolution.
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The discovery of the world’s oldest jewellery at the Blombos Cave in South Africa has resulted in a paradigm shift in our understanding of human evolution.
Skull of a man with multiple lesions on the side, probably caused by a club.
Image by Marta Mirazon Lahr, enhanced by Fabio Lahr
Why hunter gatherers weren’t as peaceful as you may think.
Artist’s reconstruction of a Red Deer Cave man.
Peter Schouten
A new study is rewriting our understanding of archaic humans and how they may have interacted with early humans.
Delphi, Greece.
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Modern technology is helping archaeologists to discover buried sites without risking to damage them.
A particularly fruitful moment for technological innovation?
Viktor M Vasnetsov
Not all technologies are created equal. Researchers devised a new model to explain why, after eons of nothing much new, we sometimes see an explosion of innovation in the archaeological record.
Tom Booth
Turns out the Egyptians weren’t the only ones who mummified their dead.
Ruin of a second-century public toilet in Roman Ostia.
Fr Lawrence Lew, OP
Archaeological and textual detective work is filling in some information about how ancient Romans used and thought about their sewers thousands of years ago.