Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Archaeological excavations at the site of the City Campus for the University of Gloucestershire revealed a remarkable time in Gloucester’s history, uncovering Roman, medieval, and post-medieval remains and artifacts. The dig, managed by Cotswold Archaeology, was conducted at the location…
Archaeologists in Barcelona have discovered a well-preserved medieval ship during excavation operations near Ciutadella Park, shedding light on the city’s maritime history. The “Ciutadella I” was discovered about 18 feet (5 meters) below ground level in the area of the…
The fall of the Western Roman Empire has baffled historians for centuries, and explanations have ranged from corruption and political collapse to military defeat and economic collapse. Now, new evidence suggests a surprise factor: a brief but intense climate crisis…
An exciting archaeological discovery at Damjili Cave, among the limestone hills of western Azerbaijan, is rewriting prehistory in the South Caucasus region. Uncovered from a layer dated between 6400 and 6100 BCE, at the threshold of the beginning of the…
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed a well-preserved 5,000-year-old burial of a high-status woman at the Áspero archaeological site—an ancient fishing settlement associated with the Caral civilization, the oldest civilization in the Americas. The discovery, made by Dr. Ruth Shady Solís…
The cat’s domestication, traditionally associated with ancient Egypt, may have deeper roots in religious ritual than previously considered, two new studies and recent genetic research indicate. Together, these findings contradict earlier assumptions that cats became human companions through gradual introduction…
In the dry plains of ancient Nubia—modern-day Sudan—women were not just pillars of their households but true bearers of the community’s weight, according to a groundbreaking interdisciplinary study published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. The study, led by Jared…
Archaeologists have revealed strong evidence that bloody events once occurred in Roman Britain, far from Rome’s great amphitheaters. A recently examined skeleton from York, England, thought to be from the third century CE, displays unmistakable signs of a fatal encounter…
Archaeologists on Crete have revealed telling evidence that Bronze Age populations did not just give up on their ancient burial grounds—rather, they entombed them in complex rituals that reflected profound societal changes. In a paper recently published in the journal…
A new study of a Roman treasure unearthed in Thetford, East Anglia, challenges centuries of hypotheses about the decline of paganism in Britain. In research published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology, Professor Ellen Swift of the University of Kent…
