BrainCan - archaeology

vikings unearthed in iceland

One of the joys of writing my book The Far Traveler was joining an archaeological crew in northern...

someone randomly found pirate coins that could...

whether the infamous rum-soaked Jack Sparrow of Pirates of the Caribbean dropped some of his pocket...

puquios in nasca, peru

The puquios are an old and extensive system of subterranean aqueducts,surface channels, reservoirs...

the things they carried (in 1,500 b.c.)

These days,archaeologists don’t proceed around discovering tombs filled with ancient treasure. But...

art in the round a sucess

The two-day international workshop "Art in the Round: New Approaches to Ancient Coin Iconography was...

science is not just a quest for new facts; it also...

--- Kermit Pattison,in Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind...

cuello mayan ruins in orange walk, belize

Excavated by archaeologist Norman Hammond and his team from 1975 to the late 1980s,Cuello has become...

rabbit skull relief in palenque, mexico

Shaped from stucco in the eighth century by the hand of a long-gone Mayan artisan,the deep-set eyes...

robin hoods hill in oxton, england

wealthy in Bronze Age and Roman relics and offering enviable views across the otherwise gently...

mask of the bat god in mexico city, mexico

This odd and sinister jade mask was discovered by archeologists excavating a tomb in the ruins of...

baths of moctezuma in mexico city, mexico

In the 15th century,under the reign of the second Aztec Emperor of Tenochtitlan, Moctezuma I, or a...

archaeologists discover bizarre jars of the dead ...

Just like today,people who lived hundreds of years ago had rituals and traditions associated with...

crocodile stone in champasak, laos

In the Phou Khao Mountains of southern Laos lie the ancient ruins of Wat Phu,a Hindu temple of Khmer...

the ruins of ryan ranch in riverside county,...

A trip to Joshua Tree National Park is worth it just for a glimpse of the Seussian yucca...

the ruins of ryan ranch in twentynine palms,...

A trip to Joshua Tree National Park is worth it just for a glimpse of the Seussian yucca...

thing of all swedes mound in uppsala, sweden

People tend to picture ancient Scandinavia as a lawless plot full of violent Vikings and barbarians....

nebra sky disc in halle (saale), germany

In 1999,two amateur treasure hunters made a scarce discovery at a forest close to Nebra, a small...

st. johns house in bridgend, wales

Set into the slope of an ancient highway to St. David's, St. John's House is one of the...

the life of an anglo saxon princess

The unearthing of Eadgyth,the Anglo-Saxon princess, was an emotional moment for historian Michael...

puu kilea (olowalu petroglyphs) in lahaina, hawaii

Pu'u Kilea,also known as Olowalu Petroglyphs, is one of the easily accessible petroglyph sites...

cadiz phoenician anthropoid sarcophagi in cadiz,...

In 1887,a male sarcophagus was discovered in an archaeological site called the Necropolis of Punta...

lioness of gobedra in ethiopia

A couple of kilometers west of the ancient city of Axum stands the loney hill of Gobo...

sandby borg ringfort in morbylånga n, sweden

Sandby borg is an Iron-Age ringfort on the southeast coast of the Swedish island of Öland....

maison carree reconstructed inscription in nimes,...

Maison Carrée is one of the best preserved Roman temples and one of the most wondrous sites in the...

roman ruins of salaborsa library in bologna, italy

When the Romans designed the city of Bologna in the 2nd and 3rd century BC,they really built it to...

the secret life of an archaeologist: soil in your...

Archaeology is tough work. You need patience to manage with red tape,dedication to painstakingly...

tito bustillo cave in ribadesella, spain

In 1968,a group of eight young men from a local mountaineering group headed to an underground...

850,000 year old human footprints found in norfolk

Happisburgh prints believed to bear been left by small group of adults and children are the oldest...

santuario del senor de las penas in reyes etla,...

This small Catholic church is located amid farmland near the communities of Reyes Etla and Villa de...

kakku pagodas in myanmar (burma)

Kakku Pagoda offers a unique alternative to the plentiful temples spread throughout Southeast Asia....

in resurrecting captain cook s ship, we can re...

Rather than display James Cook’s ship in a traditional museum,why not entrust it to a First...

yoram tsafrir obituary

Israeli authority on the Byzantine Christian archaeology of the Holy LandThe specific achievement of...

neolithic discovery: why orkney is the centre of...

Long before the Egyptians began the pyramids,Neolithic man built a huge temple complex at the top of...

open access publications (numismatic, etc.) from...

I possess just heard from a colleague at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens that the...

culturalsecurity: closing in on the...

culturalsecurity:Closing in on the Archaeological UnderworldSwitzerland has been cleaning up its...

mexica sculpture museum dr. eusebio davalos...

Tucked behind the Church of Santa Cecilia is a 19th-century country house that now serves as a...

the twelve angled stone in cusco, peru

World-renowned for their master masonry skills,examples of the Incas' architectural prowess can...

asinerie du dolmen in la meignanne, france

This farm is every donkey lover’s dream. It offers a wonderful chance to greet the adorable...

browns island in auckland, new zealand

In the middle of busy,urban Auckland harbor, there's a little spot of green. It's a...

digital triumphal arch can t replace the real...

Mocking-up Palmyra in London’s Trafalgar Square (Report,20 April) reminds me of that celebrated...

a myth busting study of glastonbury abbey that...

We are responding to Simon Jenkins’s opinion piece,(Every faith spawns its fables and myths. The...

old cahawba archeological park in orrville,...

Cahawba (also known as Cahaba) was the state capital of Alabama from 1820 to 1825. It was also the...

the celts: not quite the barbarians history would...

A close examination of Celtic craftsmanship reveals a scientifically sophisticated people with...

i can see odysseus lashed to the mast of this...

The eerily beautiful wreck discovered in the Black Sea takes us correct back to Homer’s GreeceIn...

hal dalwood obituary

My older brother,Hal Dalwood, who has died of cancer aged 58, and was an archaeologist with a...

perfectly preserved bronze age wheel unearthed in...

Archaeologists carefully excavating wheel made of oak planks almost 3000 years ago at site being...

new underwater discoveries in greece reveal...

Underwater excavations at Lechaion,the ancient harbour of Corinth, provide insight into engineering...

armchair archaeologists can explore richard iiis...

An interactive model of King Richard III’s grave,gives an archaeologist’s-eye view of the...

britains pompeii? well, we can dream | david...

You may snort at the fact that a bronze-age village has been compared to the most celebrated Roman...

westminster abbey lavatory block gives way to...

Remains of at least 50 people,all believed to date from 11th and early 12th century, discovered...

queen nefertiti dazzles the modern imagination -...

Author Michelle Moran brought the notorious Egyptian queen to life in her well-liked book Nefertiti...

the mammoth that trampled on the history of...

Next month,scientists will meet in the Dordogne to effect the 150th anniversary of the discovery of...

carved idol from the urals shatters expert views...

Studies date Shigir Idol to 11500 years ago – and cast unusual light on hunter-gatherers at the...

centuries old incan mummys dna reveals untold...

Sequenced genome of boy who was sacrificed by the Inca 500 years ago points to extent of genetic...

letter: how sir jack goody initiated an...

The social anthropologist Sir Jack Goody gained a BLitt in 1952 at Oxford,under Edward...

scientists hope to unravel mystery of the titanic...

Third search for truth approximately sunken vessel near Antikythera island in Greece reveals objects...

roman eagle found by archaeologists in city of...

The 1800-year-old sculpture of the imperial symbol is regarded as one of the best pieces of...

eight bronze age boats surface at fens creek in...

3000-year-old fleet discovered in a Cambridgeshire quarry on the outskirts of PeterboroughA fleet of...

shipwreck in exceptional condition discovered by...

Wreck discovered in Antibes,on the site of the Roman city of Antipolis, thought to fill sunk in the...

evidence for unknown viking king airdeconut found...

201-piece silver hoard from AD900 discovered by a metal detectorist in Silverdale,LancashireEvidence...

nyero rock paintings in kumi, uganda

The Neyro Rock Paintings,the oldest rock art in Uganda, consists of six panels of prehistoric art,...

naukratis: ancient egypt s version of hong kong...

Excavation reveals scale and importance of Greek city on Nile delta that dominated tradeA major...

watlington hoard of viking silver casts light on...

Coins and other items buried in the late 870s and found by hobby metal detectorist in farmer’s...

greek archipelago yields abundance of wrecks

Archaeologists find remains of 22 ancient merchant ships whose cargos reveal centuries-archaic trade...

marlborough mound mystery solved - after 4,400...

Hill in Wiltshire school grounds nicknamed Silbury's diminutive sister revealed as considerable...

was marden henge the builders yard for stonehenge?

Stone tools,flakes and the remains of a final feast at the site in Wiltshire hint that the enormous...

herculaneum scrolls buried by vesuvius yield...

Latest tests on charred ancient papyri reveal the invention of metallic ink to be several centuries...

pompeii homes mosaics and frescoes among latest...

Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi hails restoration of homes,bathhouse and laundry as he unveils...

hollande offers un droit dasile for art

The video of that section of the speech is here:VIDEO - Hollande instaure un droit d'asile pour...

2,500 year old erotic graffiti found in unlikely...

Racy inscriptions and phalluses carved into Astypalaia's rocky peninsula shed light on very...

scientists discover ancient mayan city hidden...

Aerial laser mapping detects thousands of hidden structures in Peten region,suggesting its...

1,300 year old anglo saxon cross presented to...

Garnet and gold cross discovered in 2011 on the body of a teenage girl buried lying in her own bedA...

what mysteries could be unlocked by new...

Excavation has revealed fragments of bronze sculpture and raises the possibility of several buried...

marine archaeologists discover rare artefacts at...

British-led team off coast of Oman find the Esmeralda,the earliest wreck ever found from the...

psychogeographers landmark london stone goes on...

Roman milestone,druidic altar, Excalibur’s resting place? Mysterious stone surrounded by stories...

suleiman the magnificents tomb believed to have...

Historian says ‘in all certainty’ remains found near Szigetvar in southern Hungary point to...

shipwrecks at risk from fishing bulldozers

A marine archaeologist warns urgent action is needed to stop heavy contemporary fishing nets...

isis at hatra

A month or so back the Iraqi Minister of Culture was making wild claims ISIS had destroyed various...

archaeologists find remains of previously unknown...

Discovery of 3600-year-worn body of King Senebkay confirms existence of forgotten dynastyThe...

five lost cities of the world

The most intriguing abandoned settlements,from ancient ruins to contemporary ghost townsLast week...

archaeologists discover where titus breached...

Excavation at a new art campus reveals the site of Roman siege to the city’s third wall, which led...

rotten luck: archaeologists hail unique mesolithic...

9000-year-mature fish bones discovered in southern Sweden provides earliest evidence of fermentation...

stone age massacre offers earliest evidence of...

Researchers say remains of 27 murdered tribespeople in Kenya prove attacks were normal part of...

lost amazon villages uncovered by archaeologists

81 settlements believe been found in an area once thought to believe been near-uninhabited,and...

evidence of worlds earliest winemaking uncovered...

Humans made grape wine hundreds of years earlier than previously believed,according to analysis of...

wreckage of captain james cooks ship endeavour...

The Rhode Island Marine Archaeology Project appears to have located the British explorer’s vessel...

warrior king uncovered at east yorkshire iron age...

The well-preserved remains were unearthed at a 2500-year-aged site in Pocklington,described as being...

hugely important iron age remains found at...

More than 100 skeletons,along with personal possessions, were uncovered at the site in Pocklington,...

archaeologists to launch crowdfunded search for...

Hopes excavation unearths remains predating priory ruins on island well-known for St Cuthbert and...

remains of anglo saxon island discovered in...

Hundreds of artefacts found at diminutive Carlton,including coins from 8th century, dress pins and...

mammoth meat was never served at 1950s new york...

Woolly tale approximately Explorers Club soiree falls over as leftover gobbet turns out to be sea...

skeletons found near durham cathedral were oliver...

Archaeologists shed new light on 365-year-ancient mystery by identifiying remains of one of...

medieval hospital cemetery for poor found under...

Remains of more than 1000 people,many thought to be struggling scholars from 13th-15th centuries,...

anglo saxon settlement and roman army camp found...

Archaeologists uncover abandoned villages,prehistoric tools and seven tonnes of pottery in...

hundreds of items from georgian coffeehouse...

Archaeologists excavating cellar find it full of bottles,crockery, jars and pipes from 18th-century...

massive 600kg haul of ancient roman coins...

Construction workers working on water pipes in Seville stumble upon ‘unique’ collection of...

bronze age wheel unearthed in cambridgeshire -...

Archeologists are excavating a 3000 year-old oak wheel at a site described as the Fenland Pompeii....

preservation society: how bronze age britons...

current study of ancient death rituals reveals evidence how bodies were smoked over fire,kept in...

neolithic skeleton is uk s oldest case of rickets,...

Remains of woman buried in the Hebrides 5000 years ago note signs of disease caused by malnutrition...

stonehenge researchers discover site is much...

Researchers find series of hidden chapels,burial mounds and ritual shrines, transforming view of...

finger may point to solution in amelia earhart...

Bone to undergo DNA tests after being found alongside 1930s artefacts on Pacific atoll of...

britains oldest house found in north yorkshire

Discovery of 10500-year-mature dwelling,with post-ice age creature comforts, challenges views of...

second stonehenge discovered near original

'Bluestonehenge' found by archaeologists less than two miles from world-well-known...

archaeologists identify oldest muslim graves ever...

Skeletons in three graves in southern France,found facing towards Mecca, are believed to date from...

sixth century wooden foot thought be europes...

Archaeologists in Austria say their findings about discovery in grave of man with one foot are...

bronze age site in cambridgeshire revealed by...

Archaeologists in Cambridgeshire reveal a bronze age site that is so well preserved it’s being...

swine team: pigs help uncover ice age tools on...

Archaeologists find stone tools left on Islay by hunter-gatherers about 12000 years ago,long before...

archaeologists discover 4,000 year old tomb from...

Spanish team find large pharaonic tomb that was probably built for a member of the royal family or a...

rain uncovers bull idol at ancient olympia

‘Chance discovery’ near the temple of Zeus was probably used as votive offering,Greek ministry...

discovery of windsor neolithic monument excites...

Scientists expect to uncover entire circuit of causewayed enclosure at Berkshire quarryA Neolithic...

stonehenge tunnel could destroy unique library of...

Plans for A303 could spell loss of Blick Mead site,where humans may have lived since the Ice AgeThe...

indiana joan: perth woman, 95, accused of looting...

Australia investigating allegations that Joan Howard would steal from archaeological sites during...

sunken treasures from ancient egypt heading to...

Blockbuster exhibition to feature objects from two lost cities at mouth of the Nile uncovered by...

andrew townsend obituary

My friend and colleague Andrew Townsend,who has died of cancer aged 54, was a construction...

skeletons of medieval pilgrims found in lichfield

Fifty well-preserved skeletons of travellers hoping for miracle cures discovered on former hospital...

aztec skull trophy rack discovered at mexico city...

Such racks,or tzompantli, were used to display severed heads of sacrifice victims on wooden poles,...

words emerge from ancient scrolls charred during...

Powerful x-ray technique reveals letters and words on two fire-damaged scrolls from Herculaneum and...

haiti shipwreck is not columbus s santa maria,...

UN researchers find proof that wreck initially believed to gain been explorer’s flagship is...

ancient skeleton uncovered at the antikythera...

Marine archaeologists have found the partial remains of a 2000-year-weak skeleton while conducting...

archaeologists find human bones under cincinnati...

Workers found bones during March asbestos removal process[br]Experts say they probably belonged to...

sixth century b.c. domus on the quirinal

This fable is actually a week or so old,but I had to attain some investigating … the source for...

highest stone circle in southern england found on...

Archaeologists believe first stone circle to be found on Devon moorland for 100 years lends weight...

stonehenge may have been burial site for stone age...

Dating cremated bone fragments of men,women and children found at site puts origin of first circle...

sistine chapel of early middle ages reopens in...

Sixth century Basilica di Santa Maria Antiqua,which houses scarce collection of early Christian art,...

a bronze age pompeii: archaeologists hail...

Silty fen preserved burning houses and domestic objects inside them to reveal unprecedented view of...

ancient find may be earliest extract of epic homer...

Clay slab believed to date from 3rd century AD discovered near ancient city of OlympiaArchaeologists...

ancient stone tools hint at the real paleo diet

Archaeologists have discovered a treasure trove of ancient stone tools at a dig near Azraq,Jordan,...

robotic dive suit helps explore ancient shipwreck...

An international team of divers find unusual artefacts while excavating an ancient shipwreck off the...

sunken british submarine found off the coast of...

On April 10,1940, British submarine HMS Tarpon and its crew of 50 were sent to Norway to intercept...

rare bronze age burial site lay undisturbed for...

Barrow dating from 2500BC was found by member of the public using metal detectorA significant early...

glastonbury myths made up by 12th century monks

Archaeological study dismisses abbey’s links to King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathea,saying many...

3d modeling reveals the beauty of pompeii before...

By combining archaeology with 3D computer modeling,European researchers fill digitally reconstructed...

skeletal analysis suggests lucy died after falling...

The world’s most illustrious human ancestor,an extinct hominid named Lucy, died after falling from...

viking chieftains burial ship excavated in...

Timber fragments and rivets of vessel,and deceased's sword and shield, unearthed undisturbed on...

silver bullion from sunken wwii ship makes it to...

Coins commemorating 1941 sinking of SS Gairsoppa are section of 100-tonne haul recovered from North...

parts of that lost maya city might actually be a...

In a story that keeps on getting weirder, a scientist familiar with the Mexican region where a...

treasure trove of ancient roman coins found in...

A 600kg haul of ancient Roman coins were unearthed in the town of Tomares near Seville on Wednesday....

palmyra - what the world has lost

The Syrian desert city known as the Venice of the Sands has suffered another act of vandalism by...

petroglyph national monument in albuquerque, new...

Extending along 17 miles of volcanic basalt escarpment in central New Mexico are some 24,000...

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