Until now, evidence of drug use in prehistoric Europe has mostly been derived from archaeobotanical remains, artistic depictions, and chemical analysis of artefacts…
The annual high-level cleaning took place at the end of April and was conducted by specialists from ArcoServices. The team also carried out various safety checks on the suspension cables which keep the aircraft in 'flight'.…
The discovery of cattle horns and skull fragments during the excavation has been interpreted as an apparent offering, and as confirmation that the structures were built for a ritual, cultic, or religious purpose.…
68 of the 110 tombs date back to the Predynastic civilisation in Lower Egypt, which lasted from c. 6000-3300 BC.…
The Museum of London Docklands has announced the extension of several exhibitions and displays, including their exhibition on London’s largest Bronze Age hoard, ‘Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery’, which will run until 22 August 2021.…
Wonderwerk Cave was first excavated in the 1940s. Its archaeological stratigraphy comprises evidence of human activity spanning from the Early Stone Age in South Africa to the present day.…
The settlement is centuries older than the Stone Age site of Skara Brae.…
Esfahan is little known in the West, but it has some of the world’s great architecture – not only mosques, but also its palaces, its gardens, and last but not least, its fine bridges.…
‘Working on such a high-status site as the Ness of Brodgar, with its beautiful buildings and stunning range of artefacts, it can be all too easy to forget about the people behind this incredible complex.'…
‘Nero: the man behind the myth’ promises to challenge ‘traditional preconceptions’ about the figure.…
The ring may have commemorated James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby and Lord of Man, who was executed by the Parliamentarians in 1651.…
The North End Shipyard is a surviving reminder of Hull's 800 years of maritime history.…
Medieval property Alfriston Clergy House was the first to be purchased by the National Trust, and it cost just £10.…
The entire church was in danger of collapse.…
The dominance of skeletal fragments from domestic fowl, and the absence of pig specimens and species of fish other than herring, which is kosher, provides evidence that the inhabitants followed a Jewish diet.…
This is the first Roman villa of this style to be discovered in Britain, and possibly in the entire former Roman Empire.…
So far, the team have uncovered pottery remains, fish bones, stone yards, and wall structures.…
'The Saint-Bélec Slab highlights the cartographic knowledge of past societies that we tend to underestimate in the era of the GPS.'…
‘If untreated, the fireplace could crumble quickly.’…
Evidence of Late Mesolithic and Bronze activity has been discovered on a Welsh island.…
The British Museum reports that the snail-man mount could have been the medieval equivalent of a modern-day ‘meme’.…