archaeology

Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology (Mola) have completed an excavation at Stanton Cross in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, revealing what has been described as a "remarkable window into life in the area during the Roman period". The dig covered nine hectares at a new housing development situated near Chester House Estate, where evidence of an ancient Roman settlement had previ…

A 7,000-year-old village may have practiced a haunting skull ritual that left bodies behind

An analysis of corn, cassava and coca plants discovered with sacrificed Inca children reveals they died during the reign of one of the last Inca emperors.

Identified with Tel Shiloh in the West Bank, the site holds a prominent place in biblical tradition.

A routine river dredge pulled up a rusted weapon, then revealed a hidden Revolutionary War story buried underwater for centuries.

Recent studies are revealing just how extensive that burial landscape was and how long it remained in use.

An archaeology student has uncovered a ninth-century Viking grave in Cambridge with an unusually tall skeleton inside. A routine training excavation conducted by University of Cambridge archaeology students has yielded an extraordinary ninth-century mass burial site at Wandlebury, located just three miles from the city centre. The 2025 dig initially appeared unremarkable before researchers uncove…

Scattered across rocky outcrops in northern Europe, these ancient footprints have endured for nearly 3,000 years. What they meant to the people who carved them has remained elusive...until now.

Dated to the ninth century C.E., a time when the Vikings ruled the area, the grave held the remains of at least 10 different young men.

A spectacular fossil fish discovered on a remote cliff in New Zealand nearly 30 years ago has finally revealed its full story thanks to an unexpected discovery: the original collector’s long-lost field notebooks. The 1.2-meter fossil, preserved in stunning three-dimensional detail, belonged to an ancient tarpon-like predator that cruised New Zealand waters about 55 million years ago.

The fall of the Roman Empire led to a tumultuous period of political, demographic and cultural change in Western Europe from the 4th to 6th centuries in the Common Era (CE). A new study that uses ancient human DNA analyses combined with archeological finds is helping scientists to frame a better picture of the Early Medieval people who inhabited Western Europe and the societies they created. Thei…

Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools.

Archaeologists searching beneath layers of sediment at an ancient Egyptian site have uncovered intriguing signs of a long-hidden structure.

For nearly 700 years, Indigenous hunters repeatedly used a bison kill site in central Montana—then suddenly stopped, even though bison were still abundant. Researchers uncovered evidence that recurring, decades-long droughts likely made the site less practical by reducing access to the water needed to process large numbers of animals. At the same time, hunting groups were shifting toward larger, …

Ötzi the Iceman was discovered in 1991, and is a treasure trove of information about the Copper Age.

Archaeologists found a rare medieval burial of a woman, newborn child and horse in southern Russia.

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07881-x Developing and applying an analytical framework for visitor centres at archaeological heritage sites: the Çatalhöyük case study

USC researchers’ CT scans of two Egyptian mummies demonstrate the power of advanced imaging technologies to bridge the gap between the present day and the ancient world. The post Scanning the past: USC researchers use CT Scans and 3D printing to unlock secrets of ancient Egyptian mummies appeared first on USC .

USC researchers’ CT scans of two Egyptian mummies demonstrate the power of advanced imaging technologies to bridge the gap between the present day and the ancient world. The post Scanning the past: USC researchers unlock ancient secrets with cutting-edge technologies appeared first on USC .

A remarkable archaeological discovery in Slovakia is changing what scientists thought they knew about life and death in some of Europe’s earliest farming communities. Since 2022, researchers have been excavating a 7,000-year-old settlement near the modern town of Vráble. What they found was startling: dozens of human skeletons piled together in and around a ditch, […] The post Archaeologists disc…