A new #AI tool applies forensic analysis to early #human fossils, revealing not only whether the individuals were eaten by animals, but also identifying the specific species responsible. #evolution

Centuries-old horse and #donkey bones unearthed in Jamestown, Virginia, reveal that colonists brought these animals to North #America. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

The Varangians in the Greek East (10th-12th c.), #lecture at the Norwegian Institute at Athens (hybrid).

What was Alexander the Great’s favorite music? We know little about the sounds and dances of ancient Macedon — but a new conference aims to change that, by exploring music, dance, and soundscapes in Alexander’s world through archaeology and text. #Music #AlexanderTheGreat #Archaeology #History

Advanced Training Course in #Egyptology in #Rome. Lessons will be held in Italian while students will attend a special visit to the exhibition Tesori dei Faraoni. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

New architectural and pottery helps #archaeologists to define the stratigraphy and lifespan of Chalcolithic Erimi-Pamboula in #Cyprus. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

Environmental Approaches to the Eastern Mediterranean Landscape, 1750-1920 , #cfp www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

New #research shows that after the extreme dryness of the Last Glacial Maximum, early humans settled in northern #Arabia’s interior, following the return of seasonal water. They left behind a remarkable legacy in the form of rock art dating12,800-11,400 years ago www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

Through seven thematic sessions, the conference presents new discoveries while also addressing long-standing issues related to the production, distribution, and use of amphoras. www.archaiologia.gr/wp-content/u...

What more can be said for someone who literally redefined humankind? #JaneGoodall. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/10...

Recent excavations in the hitherto unexplored part of #Pompeii's Villa of the Mysteries, have brought to light a waiting bench, situated on the street opposite the main entrance to the villa. The bench was used by clients waiting to meet the villa's master www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Excavations in iconic Scottish Highlands castle reveals beauty secrets if its last medieval inhabitants. A rare 13th century tool used for parting hair precisely which was called a "gravoir" was found in the castle and is now at the Natiopnal Museums of Scotland. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Posting a reminder as it is approaching. Beyond Methodological Nationalism - #conference, Society for the Study of the Past. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/agenta/...

Mollusc shells from #Saqqara provide with new insights into the customs, beliefs, and daily life of ancient #Egyptians. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Portuguese sites Monte Clérigo and Praia do Telheiro are the first two hominin tracksites found in the southwesternmost region of Europe. Finds from there demonstrate Neanderthal navigation tricks, dietary preferences and ecological interactions. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

A team from the University of Cádiz has unearthed one of the most monumental and best-preserved funerary structures in Teba (Málaga, Spain). #Dolmen I in La Lentejuela necropolis is a tomb dating back more than 5,000 years, and features a complex internal layout www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

The Palaeolithic site of La Roche-à-Pierrot, Saint-Césaire, France, features the oldest shell jewellery workshop identified to-date. It dates back 42,000 years at the time the first Homo sapiens interacted with Neanderthals. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Rare #Mesolithic mass burial discovered during gas pipeline construction near the village of Orłowo in #Poland. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

The original #drawing of the dog appearing in #Rembrant's Night Watch has been identified as the work on an early 17th-century work by #artist, poet and publisher Adriaen van de Venne (1590–1662). www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Specialists restore Costa Rica’s mysterious spheres. Τhey focus on spheres carved in conglomerate limestone since the material is rare in the region and complex to work with — suggesting a deliberate, uet unknown choice of material by the people who made them, www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

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Many #BronzeAge individuals buried in the mounds of Seddin, #Germany, were not locals, strontium based study finds.Objects from elsewhere in Europe were known from around Seddin, but now we know that, at least members of the elite, had also come from abroad. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Immersive εμπειρία με θέμα τη Φρίντα Κάλο στη Θεσσαλονίκη Οι σημαντικότερες στιγμές στη ζωή της εμβληματικής γυναίκας και δημιουργού αναβιώνουν με μοναδικό τρόπο στη νέα στέγη παραστατικών και ψηφιακών τεχνών της Θεσσαλονίκης. www.archaiologia.gr/blog/2025/09...

Ancient Egyptian bracelet stolen and sold to be melt. The authorities tracked and arrested four suspects, which included a Cairo Museum conservator. #archaeology, #heritage, www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Classics and #Race: New book on an exploratory intellectual history of the complex relationships between #Classics and racist/anti-racist thought-systems. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Carpaccio’s altarpiece masterpiece has returned to its original spot in Piran, Slovenia. The painting had been removed for safekeeping during WWII, sent to Italy as Piran was then considered Italian. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Last-minute rescue operation saves 30 years of archaeology in #Gaza as French Biblical and #Archaeological School (EBAF) antiquities storehouse is targeted by IDF. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Where did the metal of the #Sardinian"bronzetti" come from? Samples obtained from 48 #Nuragic figurine and three copper bun ingots showed it was local but also brought from as far as Spain. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Stone tools were just as likely to be buried with women and children as with men, analysis of finds from huge #StoneAge Latvian cemetery shows. #archaeology, #Europe www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

9,000-year-old quartz knapping workshop& fireplace found in #Senegal sheds light on the little-known hunter-gatherer presence in West Africa. #archaeology #paleolithic, #westafrica www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

A #conference aiming to explore the literary, artistic, and cultural reception of ancient #Greece through the prism of the relationships between texts and images in #Europe from the 14th to the 16th century. June 18-19, 2026 . www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

For the first time #archaeology provides physical evidence for the use of bears in #Roman arena spectacles. Remains found in #Serbia's Roman amphitheater of Viminacium in 2016 have now been identified with those of a bear. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Αn interdisciplinary team identified Yersinia pestis, the microbe that causes plague in a mass grave at Jerash, Jordan, and linked it with the first pandemic, the Justinian Plague (AD 541–750). www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Study Abroad Program at the University of Crete. Undergraduate students of Classics and related fields are welcome to apply either for one or for two semesters. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

The #Slavs, Europe’s invisible common ancestors. Lacking monumental architecture, writing, or elite pottery, the early Slavs left few traces in the record. Yet new #aDNA research maps their vast migrations and how they shaped the fabric of Europe. #archaeology www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

"There has been so much focus on 1066, the moment when #England was conquered. It’s about time we thought about its formation, and the person who brought it together in the first place". Let's meet Æthelstan, England's first, yet overlooked, King. #history, www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Seemingly Hispanicized, the elite of early #colonial-era Hunacti (Mexico), a Mayan city-turned mission town, kept their traditions despite persecution that led to its demise, #archaeology shows. #Hunacti only survided for 15 years as a mission town. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

#BlackHeritage Voices #conference to bring together leading academics, archivists, practitioners, heritage programmers and community leaders. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

The bronze bracelet dates back to the 8th–9th century BCE and was found by a group of metal detectors exploring forests in Kociewie. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

The Master Plan for the Regeneration of Ancient #Corinth has been awarded top honors in the Urban Planning category of the European Architectural Heritage Intervention (AHI) #Awards. #heritage www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/09...

Metal detectorist finds early pseudo-Imperial gold pendant in Essex! www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/07...

As archaeologists and heritage workers, we are not just keepers of history — we are its guardians. If you feel that duty in your heart, please stand up, speak out, and #sign!

New #palaeontological discoveries at Vatera, Lesbos. Finds include a wild boar fossil, which suggests that Vatera’s palaeoenvironment was much more forested than previously believed. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/07...

Not-that-Leaky Cauldrons! #archaeological investigation and replica creation reveals how an #IronAge #cauldron was made and maintained. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/08...

Event: Soulful Creatures: #Animal #Mummies in Ancient Egypt, September 27, 2025–January 11, 2026, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/08...

A gold pendant featuring a pseudo-Byzantine solidus coin was recently discovered by a metal detectorist in Thaxted, Essex. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/07...

Ioannina #Castle, steeped in timeless history, stands as an emblematic monument of the town that shares its name. Discover its secrets through a unique #guide, brought to you by Archaeology & Arts! Acces and download here www.archaeology.wiki/blog/archaeo...

New finds in ancient #Amathus allows #archaeologists to restore the complete plan of the first phase of a ceremonial gallery and annex in the city's #palace, which is the oldest Iron Age palace in Cyprus. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/07...

AnatoLinks: PhD / early career #conference dedicated to the study of Ancient #Anatolia through the lenses of Linguistics, Philology, History, and Archaeology. Oxford, 4–5 December 2025. #cfp, deadline 1 October 2025. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/07...

Book: Working in the Suburbs: The #Archaeological Remains from #Amarna Site M50.14–16. Anna Hodgkinson examines #glass, faience, stone, and metalworking remains found in 2014 and 2017, confirming its role as a workshop. She also reconstructs aspects of daily life in the city.