It was meant to be a grand gesture that would raise the profile of South African science – by allowing fossil bones found at the…
View More ‘Callous, reckless, unethical’: scientists in row over rare fossils flown into spaceTag: Archaeology
Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers find
It may be considered an unusual ingredient in western cuisine, cropping up in a fancy cookbook or local delicacy. But it turns out that seaweed…
View More Seaweed was common food in Europe for thousands of years, researchers findResearchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius
When the blast from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius reached Herculaneum in AD79, it burned hundreds of ancient scrolls to a crisp in the library…
View More Researchers use AI to read word on ancient scroll burned by Vesuvius‘Enough is enough’: US looted treasures unit faces accusations over credit
Since 2017, when the Manhattan district attorney’s office announced the formation of its first antiquities trafficking unit, it has recovered nearly 4,500 artefacts stolen from…
View More ‘Enough is enough’: US looted treasures unit faces accusations over creditVirgil quote found on fragment of Roman jar unearthed in Spain
A tiny fragment of a Roman jar that once held olive oil, produced in what is now southern Spain, has left archaeologists delighted, puzzled and…
View More Virgil quote found on fragment of Roman jar unearthed in SpainOldest carved piece of wood to be found in Britain dates back 6,000 years
It could easily have gone on to the bonfire or into the skip. But Derek Fawcett decided to take a closer look at the blackened,…
View More Oldest carved piece of wood to be found in Britain dates back 6,000 yearsOldest evidence of plague in Britain found in 4,000-year-old human remains
The oldest evidence for the plague in Britain has been discovered in 4,000-year-old human remains unearthed at bronze age burial sites in Cumbria and Somerset.…
View More Oldest evidence of plague in Britain found in 4,000-year-old human remains‘Ancient’ vase repatriated from UK to Greece faces fresh forgery claim
Days after Greece announced the recovery of hundreds of antiquities from a disgraced British dealer, its ministry of culture faces the accusation that one of…
View More ‘Ancient’ vase repatriated from UK to Greece faces fresh forgery claimFirst records of human kissing may date back 1,000 years earlier than estimated
Humanity’s earliest record of kissing dates back about 4,500 years in the ancient Middle East, 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to researchers. Scientists…
View More First records of human kissing may date back 1,000 years earlier than estimatedThree sections of Roman wall in City of London given protected status
Three sections of a huge but little-known Roman wall, discovered under the City of London, have been given protected status as scheduled national monuments. The…
View More Three sections of Roman wall in City of London given protected status