A set of gold rosary beads carried by Mary, Queen of Scots to her execution in 1587 were among the items stolen…
Individual 24 was found to have at least 790 wounds made at around the time of death…
The travertine stone bears an inscription detailing Claudius’ titles and honours…
It is believed that the pyramid’s creation was connected to the TBJ eruption as volcanoes and mountains were sacred to the Maya. The structure may have served some kind of religious function, perhaps it was even intended to guard against future eruptions.…
A multidisciplinary project that uses a wide range of techniques to study ancient Egyptian mummies is shedding new light on the secrets hidden beneath their wrappings, as Marzena Oz.arek-Szilke, Marcin Jaworski, Wojciech Ejsmond, and Stanisl´aw Szilke explain.…
Two deposits of spectacular bronze artefacts dating back to the 9th century BC represent the latest discoveries made during a series of archaeological excavations and surveys conducted in the Allier department of central France since 2019.…
Inscriptions were also found on the walls of several buildings, with passages from biblical and early Christian texts written in Greek.…
The armour is the property of National Trust's Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire and is part of the largest collection of its kind in the UK.…
One of the most exciting discoveries was that of a massive square pit burial holding the skeletal remains of a horse and a wolf-sized dog…
The coffin, thought to date back c. 4,000 years, was crafted from a hollowed-out oak tree trunk…
Eight glass vessels which were destroyed in the Beirut port explosion in Lebanon, 4 August 2020, are currently being restored by the British Museum, with the support of The European Fine Art Foundation.…
Many of the objects found had been repurposed by the Chickasaws into tools and ornaments…
A vast number of flint artefacts – including scrapers, arrowheads, and axe fragments – were recovered from all five settlements.…
The fossil human cranium, thought to belong to a male about 50 years old, was found in 1933…
Between 1563 and 1736, around 4000 people were accused of witchcraft in Scotland – the highest persecution rate across Europe.…
The uniform, consisting of jacket and trousers, was found in a house in Rolleston-on-Dove, East Staffordshire, during a home clear-out.…
Archaeologists excavating the ruined St Mary’s Old Church in Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire, ahead of the construction of HS2 have discovered the remains of what is thought to be an Anglo-Saxon predecessor…
The letter is dated 6 October of that year, just weeks before the battle that marked a turnaround in Allied fortunes in the war.…
‘Males had greater access to marine fish at Herculaneum and more broadly in Roman Italy.’…
Initially commissioned in 2020, the new NMUSN campus will be in the vicinity of the historic Washington Navy Yard, allowing easy access to the public.…