The Follo Line Project: Exploring medieval Oslo Since 2013, the largest infrastructure project in modern Norwegian history has granted a team of more than 40 archaeologists an extraordinary glimpse of medieval Oslo. One of the biggest questions they aimed to answer is what the medieval town really…
Altai rock art: Visions of the past in Mongolia Survey and excavation in a remote region of Mongolia are revealing a wealth of information about an extraordinary concentration of rock art.
Torlonia marbles: An archaeology of a 19th-century antiquities collection The sculptures making up the Torlonia marbles provide a potent glimpse of life in ancient Rome. But this 19th-century collection is also an artefact in its own right.
How to find your outpost on the Roman frontier How were smaller posts were distinguished? What steps did the authorities take to ensure that orders, post, goods, relief parties, or reinforcements were sent to the right place?
CT scans reveal a pharaoh’s violent death Detailed study of the injuries to Seqenenre’s head has indicated that they were caused by several different weapons, suggesting that he was killed by multiple attackers
‘Tower of skulls’ discovered in Tenochтιтlan Excavations in Mexico City have discovered a new section of the Aztec skull rack known as the Huei Tzompantli.
Indonesia’s oldest cave art discovered Archaeologists now believe that they have found a painting on the island of Sulawesi that pre-dates all other examples in the region, and may even be the earliest piece of…
Ancient African ivory recovered from 16th-century shipwreck A cargo of ancient African ivory recovered from a 16th-century shipwreck is shedding light on early trade networks and historical elephant populations.
800-year-old mistake uncovered by modern imaging A team of researchers have discovered evidence of a mistake made more than 700 years ago while investigating the painted Buddhist temples in the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, China.
Destroyed 19th-century Alaskan fort identified The team behind a large geophysical survey in Sitka, south-east Alaska, believe they have identified the location of a 19th-century Tlingit fort, destroyed during a battle against Russian colonising forces…
World News in Brief Domesticating dogs A study published in Scientific Reports (https://doi.org/10.1038/ s41598-020-78214-4) has proposed a new theory in the complex debate surrounding the way in which dogs came to be domesticated by…