1+ week, 4+ day ago   (500+ words) When people imagine archaeology, they often picture a spectacular object being lifted from the ground: a gold ornament, a carved stone or a decorated pot. For archaeologists, the object is only part of the evidence. The soil around it, the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (652+ words) Archaeologists working at Casas del Turuñuelo have uncovered an unusually decorated bronze chariot, along with imported objects that trace Tartessian connections across the ancient Mediterranean. In the ruins of a deliberately sealed building in southwestern Spain, archaeologists have uncovered a…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (418+ words) Imagine finding a Roman coin hundreds of miles from the place where it was made. Who carried it there? A soldier, a merchant, or someone whose journey has left no other trace? One coin leaves those questions open. Put thousands…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (340+ words) At the Etruscan city of Kainua in northern Italy, archaeologists have found a deep well containing intact bronze objects, a distinctive plate and human remains. The location and the objects suggest that the well had a ritual role, although researchers…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (475+ words) How does dendrochronology date ancient buildings? By reading the growth history recorded inside wood. In regions where trees respond to changing seasons, each year leaves a pattern of wide and narrow rings. When a wooden beam from an old structure…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (675+ words) Murujuga in Western Australia holds one of the world’s largest concentrations of rock art, with engravings made over roughly 50,000 years. New research suggests that historic sulfur pollution may have altered a wider area of the carved rock than earlier assessments…...