Neil Faulkner: obituary
Remembering Neil; 22 January 1958 – 4 February 2022 It is with immense sadness that we write of the death of our friend, the co-founder...
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- 3 days ago
Never forget
David Miles writes in Archaeology Worldwide #7 Reflecting on the legacy of the Great War, and its lessons for today's world, David Miles...
- 6 days ago
Probing Tutankhamun’s dynasty
As featured in Archaeology Worldwide #7 Egyptology tends to be characterised by an endless fascination with the gold and glamour, and...
- Sep 23
Çatalhöyük: rituals & ancestors
As featured in Archaeology Worldwide #7 Çatalhöyük in Central Turkey, arguably the earliest town in the world, was occupied from around...
- Sep 20
Shit news
Ancient dung study from Abu Hureya, Syria, reveals new insights. The village mound of Abu Hureyra in Syria is one of the earliest and...
- Sep 14
Revolutionary Karahan Tepe
Research at 11,500-year-old monumental site in Turkey set to rewrite (pre)history. Turkey has been in the forefront of research into the...
- Sep 6
Islam and Zanzibar
Zanzibar on the East African coast was long assumed to have been an 18th century Omani stone town, a major focus of the Indian Ocean dhow...
- Sep 2
Invasion of the rabbits
How Australia’s wild rabbits can be traced to one shipment from England in 1859. In Australia today, European wild rabbits eat through...
- Aug 30
Rethinking Crete
Analysis of everyday tools challenges long-held ideas about what drove major changes in ancient Greek society. Minoan society in Crete...
- Aug 23
German ‘Time Capsule’
Rare 400-year-old ship found in River Trave, near Lübeck, Germany. The Hanseatic League dominated much maritime trade across the Baltic...
- Aug 1
Cahokia 'North Plaza' wetland
‘North Plaza’ of ancient North American city of Cahokia was likely inundated year-round. Cahokia, one of the cores of Mississippian...
- Jul 28
Mt. Okmok bites
How an Alaskan eruption rocked Ancient Egypt. Volcanic eruptions are playing an increasingly conspicuous role in the study of ancient...
- Jul 22
Sacred porter of Chan Chan?
Perfectly preserved wooden figure, potentially linked to ritual human sacrifice, found at Chan Chan, northern Peru. Chan Chan, on the...
- Jul 18
Killer whale in Norfolk
Whale bone from Anglo-Saxon settlement at Sedgeford, England, identified as that of rare predator. The Sedgeford Historical and...
- Jul 11
Archaeo aquifers
Cleaning up the ancient acequias of Sierra Nevada, Spain. Drought is very much in the news these days, which comes as no surprise to...
- Jul 4
S African ancestors got earlier
Australopithecus fossils from South Africa’s Sterkfontein Cave may be over one million years older than previously thought. Sterkfontein...
- Jun 28
Mystery of Waterloo's dead
Probing the fate of those who died at Waterloo in June 1815. Did those who died at the Battle of Waterloo become fertiliser? This macabre...
- Jun 27
Lasers and Caribbean potters
Pottery analysis provides new perspective on Caribbean prehistory. Until recently, the archaeology of the Caribbean was very much a byway...
- Jun 20
Homo erectus in China
Evidence from Gongwangling, Northern China, sheds light on early hominin population in China. Discoveries of archaic humans are...
- Jun 14
Chicken domestication roasting
New research reveals relatively recent origins of chicken domestication. Until recently, it was believed that chickens were domesticated...