A new genetic study suggests that Polynesians made an epic voyage to South America 800 years ago. By Carl Zimmer Children play in the ocean behind Ahu Tongariki… Read more “Some Polynesians Carry DNA of Ancient Native Americans, New Study Finds”

The extraordinary mass burial site on Ridgeway Hill excavated in June 2009 during the earthwork operation for the Weymouth relief road continues to reveal its secrets, isotope… Read more “Weymouth Vikings”

By CALLUM HOARE ARCHAEOLOGISTS were able to uncover more than 14,000 settlement sites in northeastern Syria thanks to help from satellite technology from NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.… Read more “Archaeology breakthrough: How NASA satellite exposed 8,000-year-old ‘lost civilisations’”

Archaeologists from the University of Bradford have announced the discovery of a large prehistoric site at Durrington Walls near Stonehenge in England. The archaeologists found a series… Read more “Archaeologists Find Large Neolithic Structure at Durrington Walls”

By Jelena Ćirić Photo by Bjarni F. Einarsson A Viking Age excavation in East Iceland is revealing a more nuanced history of the settlement of Iceland, involving… Read more “Viking Age Excavation Could Rewrite the Story of Iceland’s Settlement”

BY BENEDETTA GEDDO   Fabbriche di Careggine has seen the light only four times ever since it was submerged by Lake Vagli in 1994 © Romano Cagnoni… Read more “Submerged medieval village in Italy may be about to resurface”

by University of Otago Professor Glenn Summerhayes at the “Joes’ Garden” site in the Ivane Valley in the New Guinea highlands. Credit: University of Otago New research which… Read more “New Papua New Guinea research solves archaeological mysteries”

By David Nikel A member of the Arckeologerna team at the grave site in Sweden. ARCKEOLOGERNA, NATIONAL HISTORICAL MUSEUMS Swedish authorities have announced the first Viking boat grave discoveries… Read more “Viking Grave Discovery In Sweden Leaves Archaeologists Stunned”

A long-anticipated recalibration of radiocarbon dating could shift the age of some prehistoric samples hundreds of years. By Nicola Jones Researchers use data from tree rings, sediment… Read more “Carbon dating, the archaeological workhorse, is getting a major reboot”

The archaeologists made the discovery while excavating a cemetery in northern Mongolia. By Sarah Cascone Archaeologists found these skeletons of two people buried in an ancient tomb… Read more “Archaeologists Have Discovered the Skeletons of ‘Badass’ Warrior Women in Mongolia, Dating Back to the Period of Mulan”