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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 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...

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’

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

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Augmented reality trails to bring prehistoric archaeology in Hebrides to life

AUGMENTED reality archaeology trails aiming to bring the history behind an island's prehistoric tombs and Norse inscriptions to life have been launched ...

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,...

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...

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...

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...