www.mpg.de/26827603/nea... The researchers analysed the genomes of Neandertals from ten archaeological sites, focusing particularly on the Meuse Basin in Belgium, an area with a high concentration of late Neandertal sites.

www.mpg.de/26841305/anc... The findings explore the possibility of recovering ancient DNA directly from cave art, going beyond bones, sediments or, more recently, bone artefacts.

phys.org/news/2026-06... At the edge of the steppe that extends into the Gobi Desert sits the Tamir cemetery. Among the interred were members of the Xiongnu, the first great nomadic empire of the Central Asian steppes and bitter rivals of China's Han dynasty.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The remains were found at Towton Hall, near Tadcaster, and are believed to be left over from the Battle of Towton, during the War of the Roses.

www.euronews.com/culture/2026... The archaeologists believe the assault gun was buried by the Allies shortly after the end of the war, together with other military equipment. The excavations also brought to light remnants of ammunition and small grenade fragments.

theconversation.com/the-oldest-e... This burial story at Arene Candide is not the only one of note. At this same site, some 15,000 years after “il Principe” was buried there, a big inhumation — a grave containing multiple corpses — shows a continuation of the practice.

www.wessexarch.co.uk/Prototype-st... Located 5km from Stonehenge in Bulford, Wiltshire, the site is contemporary with the earliest phase of Stonehenge when the first earthworks were built.

www.dutchnews.nl/2026/06/the-... The roots of the fight lay in a dispute over taxes and power: the people of Drenthe wanted more freedom, while Bishop Otto II of Lippe wanted to cement his power.

archaeology.org/news/2026/05... The researchers identified grooves, notches, sliding marks, and scrapes on the teeth that may have been caused by repeated hitting.

www.dutchnews.nl/2026/06/arch... The baths themselves were richly finished, with marble-clad interior walls and floors of black and white limestone tiles.

www.newswise.com/articles/anc... Post-Roman sites exhibited a rise in northern European genetic ancestry, reflecting large-scale population movements into the region.

www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-... Glass chandeliers were manufactured in several places in Europe and began gaining popularity towards the end of the 17th century.

scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news... Isotope analysis showed that young hairless dogs consumed food similar to that eaten by children, suggesting they received special treatment from humans.

www.sciencenews.org/article/froz... The fecal pellets are some of the many ancient remains found during gold mining operations, Murchie says. As miners melt the permafrost, they expose gold as well as precious bones and mummified remains of ancient creatures.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The brooch features enamel which has been carefully laid out in a zig-zag pattern alternating between red and yellow blocks. It dates from about 100 to 160 AD.

arkeonews.net/4000-year-ol... The burial contained two non-adult individuals, aged approximately three and five. The older child’s skull shows unmistakable signs of trepanation, a deliberate opening in the cranial bone likely made with stone or bone tools.

www.aljazeera.com/features/202... The discovery centres around matrilocality, the fact that women remained in their homes while males were more likely to move away when they reached adulthood.

scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news... Researchers said the vessels were associated with ritual practices characteristic of the Bell Beaker culture.

scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news... Researchers say they have uncovered rare genetic markers linking the Piasts to royal dynasties and opened what could become the first large-scale genetic family tree of Europe’s medieval rulers.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06... Archaeologists have reached the cellars of Paris's medieval residents. Below them lie Merovingian and Carolingian grain pits, from the 6th to the 10th centuries; below those, a dense Roman quarter from the 4th and 5th centuries.

www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-... The archaeologists could immediately see that this was Chinese porcelain from the 18th century, as well as fragments of luxurious chandeliers and beautiful stemware.

www.livescience.com/archaeology/... Seven centuries after Queen Elisenda of Montcada, founded the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria Pedralbes in Barcelona, a team of experts opened her tomb to learn more about her life and about the living conditions of the 14th-century female monastic community.

arkeonews.net/elite-hungar... The Conquest-period grave at Csongrád-Bokros may help researchers examine how incoming Hungarian groups interacted with existing local communities and how elite networks formed in the southern plain.

www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic... The discovery has helped upend the long-held idea that ancient Amazon-dwellers were only small groups of nomadic hunter-gatherers: instead reinforcing the theory that they were likely organised into sophisticated civilisations capable of creating complex urban networks.

english.nv.ua/life/mass-ww... The burial dates back to the final months of World War II, when the front line passed through this region during a massive Soviet offensive deep into German territory.

www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/05/m... With the discovery of the in situ bases and the associated statue fragments, datable to the Archaic period, the Archaic phase of the sanctuary can be verified for the first time through archaeological evidence.

www.voiceofemirates.com/en/lifestyle... The concept of an offering in ancient civilizations was not always tied to the modern meaning of “Qurbani” or ritual slaughter. Rather, it carried broader connotations involving the equilibrium between humans and the divine world.

thedebrief.org/600-year-old... Known for its extreme toxicity, Chinese medical practitioners somehow managed to discover that when detoxified using processes including boiling the plant in vinegar or using mung beans, aconitine could be used to produce a powder that possesses anesthetic properties.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Its design is based on archaeological evidence from the nearby prehistoric settlement at Durrington Walls, with the hall opening to visitors in the summer before converting into a learning space in September.

www.oulu.fi/en/news/were... Significant fossils were found in the Afar Rift in Ethiopia, including remains of Homo sapiens individuals, among them bones that had been burned at high temperatures.

www.aalto.fi/en/news/the-... Researchers at Aalto University transformed surplus wood from the Hahtiperä shipwreck into textile fibre, spun it into yarn, and knitted it into a dress.

www.mpg.de/26506120/rai... The research focuses on human and animal remains dating from approximately 20,000 to 3,000 years ago and uses zinc isotope analysis of tooth enamel to reconstruct an organism’s position in the food web – known as a trophic position – and dietary composition.

phys.org/news/2026-05... The earliest direct evidence for domesticated pigeons had previously come from a site in Hellenistic Greece, dating from c. 323–265 BCE. These new findings push the origins of pigeon domestication back almost 1,000 years.

nit.com.au/19-05-2026/2... Archaeologists working with traditional Barkindji custodians have studied the skeleton of a male dingo, or garli, found in a riverside midden - a man-made mound of shells and cultural material. Radiocarbon dating shows the dingo was buried between 963 and 916 years ago.

projectscot.com/2026/05/craf... Hundreds of larch trees were felled by hand to meet the specific requirements of the reconstruction.

arkeonews.net/a-sealed-wel... The most striking object from Nuraghe Barru is the bronze sword found near the staircase. It measures 94 centimeters long, but the study suggests it was not a functional weapon.

uni-koeln.de/en/universit... As long as 220,000 years ago – far earlier than previously thought – people quarried rocks for their tools in places they specifically sought out.

phys.org/news/2026-05... Researchers describe a Neanderthal tooth which received physical alterations to treat infection.

deephistory.substack.com/p/the-ghost-... By extracting enamel proteins from six Homo erectus specimens across China, we have finally bridged the gap between the fossils we find in the dirt and the sequences we find in our cells.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The site of the original Hampden Park, considered to be the world's first international football stadium, has earned protected status from Historic Environment Scotland.

archaeology.org/issues/may-j... Saving an ancestral Haida village after a devastating storm.

www.socantscot.org/society-fund... Funding from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland supported professional historical costumier, Lilja Husmo, in the reconstruction of a unique 3,000-year-old hat to understand and demonstrate the technique of its manufacture.

news.uoregon.edu/oldest-hide-... Some of the items are over 12,000 years old, including the oldest known piece of sewn hide.

theconversation.com/we-found-hun... In the desert region between the Nile and the Red Sea, archaeologists kept finding large, circular mass graves filled with the bones of people and animals, often carefully arranged around a key person at the centre.

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r... Rather than pay a tax, distillers and smugglers went to great lengths, moving their illicit stills and bothies into upland areas to avoid detection.

jkcomarc.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/u... Between July 2021 and October 2022, the Skipwith Heritage Group set out to answer a question that had lingered in the village for generations: What really stood inside the tree-lined moat south of the church?

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m... The earliest layers in the cave contained just charcoal and the latest were very thin, but the two middle layers, dating from 5,500 to 3,000 years ago, held several hearths containing burned fragments of what might be malachite.

www.sciencenorway.no/archaeology-... The gold ornament may have belonged to a ceremonial sword owned only by the most powerful people in Norway 1,500 years ago.

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... Minted in the third century B.C.E. in the city of Troy, located in what is now western Turkey, the bronze coin is the first ancient Greek artifact ever unearthed in the German capital.

scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news... Archaeologists have identified as many as 10 ancient amber workshops across five settlements in Masovia (East Central Poland). They uncovered thousands of amber fragments, along with decorative beads and pendants, pointing to production on a significant scale.