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Archaeology Close to Home: Discovering the Past in Everyday Places

A road crew breaks ground for a new construction project and uncovers an ancient cemetery. Workers renovating a city street discover a centuries-old road buried beneath the pavemen...

Archaeology Students Discover Rare 400-Year-Old Intact Pot

A rare intact pot is helping archaeologists reconstruct life and cultural exchange at Mission San Francisco de Potano. Four centuries after someone shaped a small clay vessel by ha...

Archaeologists discover and ‘rediscover’ two neolithic tombs in Galway

Newly uncovered sites said to deepen understanding of culture and society in Neolithic period ‘and beyond’

Archaeology uncovered in town's castle wall repairs

Works to repair Wallingford's castle walls saw an archaeological excavation uncover a layer of the town's history.

Ancient Burial Uncovered in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR—Phys.org reports that a burial estimated to be 3,000 years old has […] The post Ancient Burial Uncovered in El Salvador appeared first on Archaeology Maga...

24-year-old archaeology enthusiast helps uncover a 3,700-year-old stone circle

Bronze Artifacts Discovered at Bottom of Etruscan Well

MARZABOTTO, ITALY—According to a Discover Magazine report, a team from University of Bologna found a […] The post Bronze Artifacts Discovered at Bottom of Etruscan Well appeared fi...

Markings on Anatolian Arrowheads Studied

CAPPADOCIA, TURKEY—According to an IFL Science report, 11 obsidian points have been discovered in central […] The post Markings on Anatolian Arrowheads Studied appeared first on Ar...

Archaeologist Turns Over a Stone and Finds a Roman Guardian Hidden Near Hadrian’s Wall for 1,600 Years

Learn how a third-generation archaeologist uncovered a rare Roman guardian beneath a barrack near Hadrian’s Wall after more than 1,600 years.

Earth's magnetic field can help archaeologists sniff out forged antiquities

Researchers devise method to determine whether ancient clay artifacts are authentic by analyzing the signal left over millennia by the ambient 'noise' of Earth's magnetic field

An Archaeologist’s Cell Phone Light Uncovers a Hidden Medieval Wall Beneath Chester Crown Court

Learn how part of a nearly 800-year-old medieval castle thought to have been destroyed was found beneath Chester Crown Court.

Underwater Cave Bones Reveal Hidden Clues About Ancient Fossils

Distinct marks on cave bones can reveal how underwater fossil deposits formed and changed over time. Deep inside flooded caves, animal bones can remain remarkably intact for decade...

Archaeologists Discover a Forgotten 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb – Now They’re Racing To Save It

A newly discovered Ramesside tomb near Luxor is revealing details about ancient Egyptian burial practices while facing growing danger from flash flooding. Standing at the entrance...

Bones From Underwater Caves May Hold New Clues to Ancient Megafauna

Researchers identified telltale "fingerprints" left by different cave environments that could help reconstruct the history of megafauna fossils.

Archaeologists in Turkey uncover a 2,400-year-old grave

LED Light System Could Help Archaeologists Evaluate Sites Before Excavation

AARHUS, DENMARK—According to a statement released by Aarhus University, a team of researchers has developed […] The post LED Light System Could Help Archaeologists Evaluate Sites B...

Archaeologists Discover a 10,000-Year Human History Hidden in the Pyrenees

Carbon-14 dates show that people repeatedly occupied high Pyrenean landscapes throughout the Holocene. The high Pyrenees may look like one of Europe’s last untouched wildernesses,...

Climate change is unearthing archaeological discoveries, while also threatening them

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Jørgen Hollesen, a Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark, about how climate change is impacting the study of archaeology.

Rare 8,000-Year-Old Rock Shelter Captures a Turning Point in Human History

A Catalan rock shelter preserves a rare record of the transition from hunter-gathering to farming. For thousands of years, people repeatedly returned to a rock shelter above the Mo...

Archaeologists Discover Evidence of “Brands” 3,200 Years Before Modern Capitalism

Researchers found that brands existed long before modern capitalism. Long before modern corporations and capitalism, craftspeople may already have been producing goods with a recog...

2,000-Year-Old Cemetery in England Reflects Roman Invasion

LONDON, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by University College London (UCL), an Iron Age cemetery […] The post 2,000-Year-Old Cemetery in England Reflects Roman Invasion a...

4,000-Year-Old Tomb Unearthed in Saqqara

SAQQARA, EGYPT—According to an Ahram Online report, an intact Old Kingdom (ca. 2649–2150 b.c.) tomb […] The post 4,000-Year-Old Tomb Unearthed in Saqqara appeared first on Archaeol...

Shipwreck Located Off Greek Island

ANDROS, GREECE—According to a ProtoThema report, Greek authorities announced the discovery of an ancient shipwreck […] The post Shipwreck Located Off Greek Island appeared first on...

Later Dwellings Found Near Memphis Temple

MIT RAHINA, EGYPT—According to a report in La Brújula Verde, a team of researchers from […] The post Later Dwellings Found Near Memphis Temple appeared first on Archaeology Magazin...