2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (455+ words) This online exhibition from the University of Aberdeen explores the myths and imaginings of northern regions." Take a virtual tour of this famous medieval stronghold in County Cork, Ireland." If you are feeling inspired by the recent Winter Olympics, you…...

18+ hour, 50+ min ago  (261+ words) The site's story begins long before the Roman period: the earliest hints of a human presence came in the form of seven worked flints " certainly prehistoric, and probably produced during or after the late 4th millennium BC " though these were all…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (303+ words) An illustrative example can be drawn from data published by Nerlich et al. (2006) on excavations at Thebes-West and Abydos. Nerlich's group identified five cases of clear cancer evidence among 905 individuals, corresponding to a minimum crude cancer prevalence of 0.55%. This number…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (353+ words) Reisner knew only Dunham could make sense of it all and so implored him to return. It was a difficult excavation, working in a cramped, hot space filled with delicate rubble. The tomb had no chapel or superstructure to identify…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (237+ words) Thomas Sandwith was a British diplomat who served as consul in the Levant from 1855 to 1891. This is the second volume in a biography written by historian and former senior British civil servant Stephen Boys Smith, which covers Sandwith's retirement and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (186+ words) The Past is a brand new website that brings together the most exciting stories and the very best writing from the worlds of history, archaeology, ancient art and heritage. The site is powered by our unique stable of accessible specialist…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (186+ words) The Past is a brand new website that brings together the most exciting stories and the very best writing from the worlds of history, archaeology, ancient art and heritage. The site is powered by our unique stable of accessible specialist…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (235+ words) Recent excavations at Brusselstown Ring, a prehistoric hillfort in County Wicklow, Ireland, have confirmed that many of the anomalies found in previous surveys of the site are roundhouse structures. With more than 600 possible examples identified across the hilltop, the monument…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (250+ words) Ongoing excavations on the site of the planned Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk have uncovered an early medieval barrow cemetery with evidence of high-status activity, including a double burial accompanied by elite grave goods, as well as the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (248+ words) Pottery finds at Semiyarka date the site to between 1600 and 1200 BC. However, Dan believes that it was most likely only occupied for a century or so within this period, particularly as the earthworks and their associated structures all appear to…...