Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
An exceptionally rare bracelet from the Viking Age has been found in a wetland area near Löt on the island of Öland, Sweden, by a private person. The find has drawn significant attention because of its unusual composition. Most Viking-era…
The American Academy in Rome, a recognized institution devoted to interdisciplinary collaboration among artists and scholars, will open an exciting exhibition. Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape, to be held from May 14 through November 9, celebrates pioneering women…
An archaeological team from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) has made a groundbreaking discovery in Langmannersdorf an der Perschling, Lower Austria, where remains of at least five mammoths, stone tools, and evidence of ivory processing were found. The site…
A fascinating fossil find in Spain’s Atapuerca Mountains has revealed that the beginnings of human habitation in Western Europe predate what scientists previously believed. A fragment of a human face, discovered in 2022 at the Sima del Elefante archaeological site,…
A revolutionary study in genetics has upended the long-standing belief that modern humans originated from a single continuous lineage. Instead, research conducted by a team at the University of Cambridge has now produced robust evidence suggesting that Homo sapiens is…
Archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) have discovered five burials east of Lauingen, Germany, providing evidence regarding the Danube campaign of the Schmalkaldic War (1546-1547). This is the first archaeological evidence of Emperor Charles V’s military…
The London Museum has received a gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies, comprising more than 14,000 Roman artifacts discovered during the construction of Bloomberg’s European headquarters, along with a £20 million donation to support the museum’s relocation to Smithfield. This is the…
New genetic studies offer the very first clear evidence that European hunter-gatherers crossed the Mediterranean and came into contact with North African populations as early as 8,500 years ago. The discoveries challenge long-held beliefs about how agriculture and cultural influences…
A trailblazing study conducted by researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology mapped out the economic and political borders of the territory of El Argar, the Bronze Age site credited with…
Scholars have known for centuries that the ancient Greek and Roman statues, far from being the immaculate white marble figures put on view in museums today, were instead painted in rich colors and decorated with textiles and jewelry, and, as…
