Scientists reconstruct face of 900-year-old woman from churchyard skull
Visitors to Holy Trinity Parish Church are invited to pick a name for the medieval woman from a ten-strong shortlist.
Archaeology
Thirty-year quest unearths Clan MacDonald castle that defied Scottish and English crowns
Researchers crack 6,000-year riddle of Armenia’s Dragon Stones at Mount Ararat
From desert patrol to tomb guard: Ancient Egyptian police used bone whistles in Akhenaten’s capital
Roman era 1,800-year-old stadium unearthed in Syedra ancient city in southern Turkey
Roughly forty inscriptions found around the city refer to wrestling, boxing and other contests, indicating the stadium’s use for sports, religious festivals and imperial celebrations.
Peruvian team finds 12-million-year-old near-perfect dolphin ancestor
The Ocucaje Desert, often labeled a great hotel for marine animals because of calm conditions that once prevailed there, has long served as a cemetery for ancient species.
When the Aegean was meadow, not sea - New mapping traces Homo sapiens’ Turkey detour
“During the Pleistocene Ice Age, sea levels were ~100m lower, turning today’s peninsulas and islands into a land bridge connecting Anatolia with southeastern Europe.”
Rare human statue unearthed at Göbeklitepe
Found between structures B and D with an intact head and torso but missing feet, the figure may illuminate neolithic rituals, excavation head Karul notes.
Sunken Ptolemaic harbor near Alexandria revives hunt for Cleopatra's lost tomb
“After 2,000 years, no one has ever been there. We are the first,” said archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, citing the harbor’s link to Taposiris Magna as a decisive clue.
Police find 12-meter underground shaft in Greece, arrest two in suspected antiquities plot
Police seized €18,380, $5,774, 6,500 lei, detectors and a device from a car. At the site they found lighting, ventilation, pumps and a hoist, and alerted antiquities officials due to its proximity.
Turkish dig shows how people used daily objects in mysterious 5,000-year-old ceremonies
Head archeologist says face-carved pottery from Konya Plain served ritual purposes rather than daily cooking or storage functions.
Bacchus or theater mask? Rare 1,900-year-old Roman find in the Netherlands
Alongside an oil lamp were four ceramic plates, two jugs, a cup, a glass bowl and a bronze bowl, and archaeologists debate its meaning.
Scientists found a 3.5-meter dolphin fossil in a desert that was once an ancient ocean
The fossil, discovered in July, measures three and a half meters and will undergo exhaustive analysis before public display.
A football-sized gold nugget stolen from one of France's most famous museums
On Sept 16 cleaning staff found the geology and mineralogy gallery breached. It is now closed. Investigators say the gang used angle grinders and a blowtorch to cut through armored glass.
