Archaeologists have uncovered significant new evidence about life in Roman Wales following the latest excavation at the site of the first confirmed Roman villa discovered in North Wales.

More than 620 mysterious marks carved into the limestone blocks of an ancient Libyan gate have revealed how stonemasons organised their work more than 2,000 years ago.

Such graves were used from the end of the Stone Age to the beginning of the Early Bronze Age, according to a researcher.

Anglo-Saxon coins discovered near the Vatican reveal new evidence for Rome’s medieval English community and its connections with England.

Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of Lismore

Young adults, not families, drove migration in Bronze Age communities. Using skeletal samples from various archaeological sites in Greece, researchers have been able to map mobility during the local M...

Historical accounts of the eruption nearly 2,000 years ago provide a precise timeline that allowed recalibration of one of the most versatile dating methods.

A skeleton reveals a lost Norse church near Erik the Red’s Greenland settlement, offering new clues to medieval power struggles and Viking history.

Archaeologists uncover Göbeklitepe’s first burials, offering new clues to a 30-year mystery surrounding hundreds of 10,000-year-old human bones.

At the recent European Association of Archaeologists Annual Meeting in Athens, we invited visitors to our stand to answer a simple question: What matters to you in archaeology right now? Researchers, ...

Archaeologists say the discovery suggests possible trading links between Viking and Anglo-Saxons.

Woolly mammoths – elephant-sized relatives of modern elephants wrapped in thick fur – once roamed the frozen grasslands of Ice Age Eurasia.

Excavations on Hisarlik hill in Turkey have uncovered the site’s oldest agora, proving Troy was resettled 80–90 years after the war, not deserted for centuries before the Aeolians arrived.

Archaeologists at Govan Old in Glasgow have discovered evidence of an early medieval jewellery workshop, including an unfinished shale finger ring.

Communities in the north-west Maghreb were able to coordinate large construction projects thousands of years ago.

All attempts to identify potential burial mounds were essentially given up many decades ago, one researcher says.

A 100-meter rock-cut aqueduct discovered near Trebula Mutuesca reveals sophisticated Sabine water management before Roman rule.

Archaeologists in Switzerland uncovered a Roman settlement destroyed by fire, alongside iron slag, bronze-working waste...

The ‘Saxon’ church was found underneath a Norman church being excavated by HS2 archaeologists New video available here: https://youtu.be/f9YPT2B8iOM  A Field Museum Open Weekend on the site of Old St ...

For a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital was and whether current motorways trace Roman routes

Archaeologists at Corent uncovered a massive Gallic mint in France that may be the largest known coin-production workshop in the ancient world.

From Westminster Abbey to Mont St Michel, the Bayeux tapestry’s 33 buildings reveal its designer was familiar with monastic manuscripts and stonemasonry.

Despite their name, Tasmanian devils could be found across mainland Australia thousands of years ago.

Intricate designs engraved across the surface of 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory were inspired by the distinctive growth patterns visible in the tusks, a new study has revea...

New research from the Universities of Leicester and York reveals how medieval sheep and cattle farming transformed the English countryside and helped shape the nation’s economy.

Meretneith was buried in a tomb fit for a male ruler. But for decades, debate has raged over her true royal status.

Archaeologists in Florence have uncovered medieval city walls, a 14th-century bridge and gateway structures that may have a connection to Giotto.

Missing from the archaeological record, fiber innovations like string played a huge role in the daily lives of our ancestors. Researchers are working to weave together new insights from the traces the...

A new study involving Estonian researchers sheds light on the complex history of the Black Death and subsequent plague outbreaks. The plague reached Estonia on multiple occasions and gained renewed mo...

From Serbia comes the story of a technically-impressive and luxurious Roman bath complex discovered for the first time.

At the foot of Istanbul’s historic land walls, centuries-old urban farming traditions are being revived as the İsmailpaşa Garden in Yedikule prepares to return to cultivation after roughly a century.

Ancient wildfires and soil erosion may have helped Neolithic communities learn how to turn clay into pottery.

Betel nut is the fourth most-used psychoactive drug in the world – and new evidence suggests it was being used in Indonesia as long as 25,000 years ago.

Crafted from the teeth of large mammals, such as wolves, deer, bears and perhaps even humans, the jewelry was found in a grave in southern Poland that may belong to an important patriarch of the Corde...

Researchers have shed new light on a series of prehistoric stones in Yorkshire, revealing the 25-tonne structures were hauled 11 miles across land by Neolithic builders.

A hobbyist unearthed 4.5 kilos of Late Iron Age coins in Sysmä, marking the biggest find in Finland to date.

A Spanish-Egyptian archaeological team has found in Saqqara an outstanding late Fifth Dynasty tomb with two chapels and colourful reliefs of farming and offering processions.

A 17th-century woman buried with a sickle around her neck and a padlock on her toe may have come from outside the local community, while a mysterious copper object placed in her mouth suggests locals ...

Researchers managed to extract DNA from African fossils dating back to the last ice age.

The first 100 coins from the Mørstad Hoard have now been published in the Museum of Cultural History’s databases. They will soon also be put on display.

Rainforests in Central America that have remained largely untouched by modern human activities could bear the invisible imprint of ancient Maya civilisations. New research has found that forest struct...

During the excursion they stayed in an abandoned house which had not been lived in for a century

A trepanned skull belonging to an exceptionally tall young man was found in an early medieval mass grave near Cambridge, England.

Primary school pupils in Scotland have become archaeologists for their town, uncovering stories of the past and building a powerful sense of belonging through a groundbreaking UofG led archaeology pro...

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The thieves distracted security forces with a false alarm on the outskirts of Villena and stole the museum's 59 prehistoric pieces in under four minutes.

Archaeologists in Uzbekistan may have identified a rare 2,200-year-old Greek military camp that once housed Greco-Bactrian troops.

The archaeological fieldwork will help to record, analyse and preserve “one of Scotland’s most under-exploited, at-risk historical resources”, with future opportunities for the public to get involved....