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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Recent research provides new evidence that Neanderthals were more advanced than previously believed. The study shows they could identify tooth infections and had the sk…

Rescue excavations in the Muharram Bek neighborhood of central Alexandria, Egypt, have uncovered a remarkable sequence of architectural remains spanning the Ptolemaic, Roman, and Byzantine […] The pos…

According to Strabo and other sources, the Pythia who gave prophecies on behalf of Apollo was inspired by mysterious vapors. Is there evidence that intoxicating gases actually drifted through the Temp…

The apocryphal Acts of John describe the dance of Jesus and the apostles. How widespread was the ritual of dance in Christian worship? The post Jesus as Lord of the Dance appeared first on Biblical Ar…

GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS—According to a statement released by Antiquity, analysis of pigeon bones from the […] The post Bronze Age Pigeon Bones on Cyprus Studied appeared first on Archaeology Magazi…

SVALBARD, NORWAY—The remains of 20 whalers have been uncovered in a High Arctic cemetery damaged […] The post Whalers’ Remains Unearthed in Norway appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .…

VANCOUVER, CANADA—Analysis of isotope levels in teeth from more than 100 people who lived between […] The post Early Herders in East Africa Continued to Collect Wild Foods appeared first on Archaeolog…

Archaeologists excavating near Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient rock-cut tunnel that has so far resisted explanation. The tunnel runs about 165 feet […] The post A Mysterious Tunnel…

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In recent years, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) software has enabled researchers to decipher many ancient cuneiform texts. However, some artifacts are too fragi…

Dear Friends, Earlier this week I attended my twin sons’ graduation ceremony from East High School in Denver. Nearly 600 students matriculated. Unbelievably, the ceremony was just over two hours. The …

LISBON, PORTUGAL—According to a Phys.org report, a nineteenth-century dental bridge resembling three U-shaped teeth was […] The post 19th-Century Portuguese Dental Bridge Examined appeared first on Ar…

IGNACIO ZARAGOZA, MEXICO—According to the Greek Reporter, eight burials and 47 ceramic vessels were found […] The post 1,500-Year-Old Burials Uncovered in Mexico appeared first on Archaeology Magazine…

BARCELONA, SPAIN—Analysis of 115,000-year-old marine mollusk remains from southeastern Spain’s Los Aviones Cave suggests that […] The post Spain’s Neanderthals Preferred Seasonal Shellfish appeared fi…

The recipient of this year’s Site Preservation Grant is: The Kanjera Archaeological Site Preservation Project The Site Preservation Grant provides $15,000 to fund innovative conservation projects that…

The recipient of the Nancy Wilkie Emergency Funds for Heritage Preservation is: The Axum Archaeological Site The Nancy Wilkie Emergency Funds for Heritage Preservation provides rapid support to safegu…

To celebrate our 2026 Research Grant recipients, we connected with this year’s awardees to learn more about their projects and the unique paths that led them into the field of […] The post 2026 Booche…

To celebrate our 2026 Fellowship recipients, we connected with this year’s awardees to learn more about their projects and the unique paths that led them into the field of archaeology. […] The post 20…

Conny Waters - AncientPagec.com - The oldest human remains found in Northern Britain have been identified as those of a young female, three years after their discovery in a Cumbrian cave. Local archae…

What was the population of Jerusalem in Jesus’ time? Much as today, Jerusalem was a diverse city and pilgrimage center in the first century C.E. […] The post The Population of Jerusalem in Jesus’ Time…

The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered by many to be the most significant archaeological find of the 20th century. From 1947 to 1956, thousands of […] The post What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls? appeared fir…

Ramses the Great: how a pharaoh built his legacy Roman siege warfare: republican strategies in Hispania and Gaul Ancient ivory trade: rethinking its scope and impact Monuments of kingship: power, memo…

Why is Ramses II considered to be ‘the Great’? An exhibition focusing on his life and times sheds light on how Ramses earned this accolade. Matthew Symonds shares what he learnt.…

ROME, ITALY—Phys.org reports that Elena Fiorin of Sapienza University of Rome and her colleagues looked […] The post Mercury Detected in Medieval Lepers’ Dental Calculus appeared first on Archaeology …

NORTH QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA—The disarticulated remains of multiple generations of people and imported glass beads have […] The post Human Remains Found on the Plain of Jars in Laos appeared first on A…

Study of ivory use in the early medieval world is revealing fresh insights into how this material was viewed. The results have important implications for our understanding of the scale of the trade, a…

ROME, ITALY—According to a Science in Poland report, a new study of changes to the […] The post Did the Layout of the Roman Forum Impact Political Speech? appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .…

The Archaeological Institute of America is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Alexandra Pappas and Dr. Holly M. Sypniewski as the next joint Editors-in-Chief of the American Journal of […] T…

Sometimes, archaeology provides evidence that makes the past feel palpable. Jerusalem’s Siloam Tunnel Inscription is a great example. Carved into the tunnel’s wall is a […] The post Was the Siloam Ins…

An exhibition exploring ancient Egyptian funerary texts and traditions returns to the Getty Villa Museum.…

Across 8 Mexican state, location of Mitla archaeological site (6)9 Ancient stringed musical instrument (8)10 People conquered by the Assyrians in 1157 BC (8)11 Central European Neolithic culture (6)12…

Excavations of Christian graves in Israel’s northern Negev Desert have revealed signs of unexpected cultural connections 1,500 years ago. Within the graves, located at Tel […] The post African Figurin…

Rock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art is an illuminating and deeply engaging exploration of humanity’s earliest artistic expressions, brought vividly to life by Christoph Baumer and Therese Weber. F…

This volume examines the later phases of the Early Bronze Age and the Middle Bronze Age in the central Balkans, offering a comprehensive review of the archaeological evidence from the region. The…

A new synopsis of the history of Nubia is needed given the increase in new research in recent years; Freed’s focus on the art of the region is a refreshing take that…

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A new interdisciplinary study offers the first detailed biomolecular and archaeological insights into the lives of people in Central Europe during the Late Bronze Age…

WARSAW, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that traces of fermented alcoholic beverages have been detected on […] The post 4,500-Year-Old Alcoholic Beverages Identified in Poland appeared first on Archa…

Amiella Musser, an undergraduate student at Dickinson College, received a 2025 ASOR Stevan B. Dana Fieldwork Scholarship to excavate at Tel Azekah in Israel. The post Fieldwork Report: Amiella Musser …

Study of the monuments at Jelling has revealed much about an extraordinary royal complex in 10th-century Denmark. Olympia Bobou, Ilaria Bucci, Rowan S English, and Rubina Raja explore the evolution of…

President’s Report to ASOR Members May 18, 2026 Dear ASOR Friends, May was an exceptionally busy month for ASOR’s Board and Committees. I write this letter as part of an […] The post President’s Repor…

Evidence of Iron Age ritual activity has been discovered at the Bruchhauser Steine, a prominent rock formation in the hilly Sauerland region of western Germany. This natural landmark, which comprises …

Excavations at the ancient Egyptian port city of Pelusium have identified a unique 2,000-year-old temple believed to be dedicated to the local deity Pelusius. In 2019, archaeologists from Egypt’s Supr…

A remarkable Roman cup discovered in central Spain is revealing links between Hadrian’s Wall and the Hispanic soldiers who served there. The object was uncovered by chance in farmland in Berlanga de…

Analysis of an Iron Age mass grave in northern Serbia reveals surprising new information about the group of individuals buried here. Gomolava is a tell site in the Pannonian Plain that was…

Archaeological investigations at a short-lived 16th-century Spanish settlement in southern Chile have uncovered a coin associated with its foundation. In 1584, colonists led by veteran navigator Pedro…

Analysis of two votive offering vessels from Pompeii is enhancing our understanding of Roman domestic rituals.…

Iron from the stars Experts reveal that an axe-like object found in a sacrificial pit at the Bronze Age site of Sanxingdui (2800-600 BC) in south-west China was made of iron from…

Balaam son of Beor is one of the most enigmatic figures in the Hebrew Bible, and one of the earliest to be referenced outside the […] The post Who Is Balaam Son of Beor? Part One appeared first on Bib…

Firsts. I first went to Inis Cealtra – Holy Island in County Clare – with my first girlfriend, Leigh, in 1973. From County Antrim, a northerner, she had an esprit de vie…

The meeting of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba is described in the Bible. Bringing exquisite gifts, the Queen of Sheba came from an exotic land—but where exactly? The post Who Is the Queen of Sheb…

Roman sieges could come with serious consequences for besieged and besiegers alike. Mike Dobson examines the evidence for such warfare in Hispania and Gaul.…

Appeal from ASOR’s Board Chair May 15, 2026 Dear ASOR Friends, For 125 years, ASOR has been at the forefront of research on the cultures and history of the Near […] The post Appeal from ASOR’s Board C…

A new study is investigating the architecture of a Pacific society after European colonialisation.…

A 19th-century photograph sheds light on a forgotten part of Pompeii, as Janice Kinory describes.…

This kind of trumpet is rare in Germany. What is it? This ceramic trumpet, found in Bavaria, is more than 200 years old. Measuring 44cm long, the instrument comprises a coiled clay…

Recent excavations at the ancient city of Savatra, in the Karatay district of Konya, central Turkey, have uncovered an impressive altar in the site’s theatre complex, which is believed to date to…

CWA Photo of the Year Competition 2026 – winners announced…

A study of human remains from two cemeteries in Bulgaria, all buried with distinctively ‘Gothic’ jewellery, brooches, and belt buckles, suggests that the ancient Goths were ethnically diverse and not …

Ritual practices have been part of human life for almost as long as we can trace archaeological remains. The supernatural and inexplicable attract, excite, and worry people, with religion and its asso…

When I began studying archaeology nearly 70 years ago, my professor illustrated his lectures with the aid of glass slides projected through an antediluvian machine known as an epidiascope…

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During a survey of the Orlinoye Gnezdo (Eagle's Nest) settlement and burial site in Krasnoyarsk District, in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, scientists found an unusually lar…

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Anyone fascinated by history recognizes a parade of rulers: some brilliant, some forgettable, and some utterly disastrous. Throughout the ages, people have longed for…

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered new information suggesti…

Dear Friends, I’ve spent the last three days in Denver at a summit of the Conservation Lands Foundation’s Friends Grassroots Network. It is a biennial gathering of more than 150 dedicated people repre…

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Siberian Valley of the Kings, located on the Southern Siberian Steppe in the Russian Federation, holds significant archaeological value due to remarkable discover…

Somme, 1916: World War I’s baptism of fire Battle of Little Bighorn: the five key myths Spanish civil war: the siege of Toledo The Great Arab revolt: a sideshow to a sideshow The ultimate arms race: s…

Military History Matters has curated a list of best military history titles from 2025: the nominees for this year’s MHM book awards. Our selection includes some of the best researched, most insightful…

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Paderborn, Germany, in collaboration with the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association (LWL), have discovered a well-preserved notebook from the 13th or …

In the second part of our special, Stephen Roberts focuses on the little-known battle whose appalling casualty rate laid down a marker for the Somme.…

In the first part of our special, Stephen Roberts marks the 110th anniversary of the offensive that saw the bloodiest day in Britain’s military history, before looking in more detail at the Battle of …

Infographics: Amy Brunskill / Images: public domain, National Army Museum, Canadian War Museum…

Taylor Downing reviews the latest film and television releases.…

As thousands died on WWI’s Western Front, a young officer by the name of T E Lawrence was among those fighting a very different war in the Middle East. Here, Nicholas Saunders reveals how a British-ba…

To celebrate our 2026 Fellowship recipients, we connected with this year’s awardees to learn more about their projects and the unique paths that led them into the field of archaeology. […] The post 20…

To celebrate our 2026 Fellowship recipients, we connected with this year’s awardees to learn more about their projects and the unique paths that led them into the field of archaeology. […] The post 20…

We’re thrilled to introduce Caitlin Knortz, recipient of the prestigious 2026 Graduate Student Paper Award! The Graduate Student Paper Award (GSPA) was established to recognize graduate students for t…

We’re thrilled to introduce Emily Lime, recipient of the prestigious 2026 Graduate Student Paper Award! The Graduate Student Paper Award (GSPA) was established to recognize graduate students for their…

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A hiker has made a rare discovery during a morning walk in the Austrått district of Sandnes, Norway. The hiker describes himself as naturally curious, eager to explore …

No episode of Spain’s bloody and brutal Civil War is more swathed in myth than the siege of Toledo’s historic Alcázar. Ninety years on, Nigel Jones tells its story.…

Put your military history knowledge to the test with our competition.…

Students of military history find much to fascinate in the subject: strategy, tactics, weapons, uniforms, battles, and the lives of the great generals. Exactly how wars come about and the ethics of co…

Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.…

One of the most talked-about battles in US history took place 150 years ago this summer. Here, Fred Chiaventone identifies some common misunderstandings about Custer’s Last Stand.…

In the final part of our series on the coming of the Cold War, Taylor Downing examines the struggle for nuclear domination.…

The best-selling author, historian, and film-maker on untold stories, personal heroes, and dream movie castings.…

Barely a pistol shot from my house on the Isle of Skye is Flora MacDonald’s grave. I’ve had reason to study her, the ‘Preserver of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’ (Bonnie Prince Charlie)…

The sheer length of the Anglo-French conflict known as the ‘Hundred Years War’ – which actually lasted 116 years – has long invited debate about the label. Contemporaries, of course, did not…

MHM’s round-up of the latest military history releases.…

Reviewing the best military history exhibitions, with Christopher Warner.…

Chalke History Festival returns to the Wiltshire countryside this summer for a week of talks, performances, living history encampments, and more. A star-studded lineup of speakers will explore a vast …

Marine archaeologists have uncovered the wreck of the Dannebroge, a Danish warship sunk during the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801. The Dannebroge sat at the centre of a chain of…

New documentation has come to light which suggests that the British government concealed evidence that personnel involved in the UK’s nuclear-testing programme in the Pacific Ocean in the 1950s and 19…

The Imperial War Museum (IWM) has acquired the complete Second World War archive of Britain’s most famous wartime entertainer, Dame Vera Lynn. She was nicknamed ‘The Forces’ Sweetheart’ after winning …

A Cold War lookout post has been rediscovered in the grounds of Scarborough Castle. Built in 1963-1964, it is one of over 1,500 posts constructed across the UK to detect nuclear explosions.…

With Marc DeSantis…

The Graduate Student Paper Award winners from the 2026 Annual Meeting have been chosen. This year, there are two First Prize winners— Emily Lime (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) […] The pos…

Bill Doelle, President Emeritus & Senior Advisor (May 8, 2026)—“The land has missed you,” said Brandon Wert, a resident of Cascabel, Arizona, as he welcomed members of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s Cult…

Bill Doelle, President Emeritus & Senior Advisor (May 7, 2026)—Indigenous scholar Rebecca Tsosie has a brief and powerful statement that I often return to: “To be Indigenous is to belong to the land t…

Dear Friends, Many Archaeology Southwest staff members have just returned to the Old Pueblo from the City by the Bay (San Francsico!), where we attended the annual meeting of the Society for American …

Aaron Wright, Preservation Anthropologist UPDATE, May 7, 2026: Scroll to the end of the essay to see additional images of the damage, courtesy of Rick and Sandy Martynec (May 1, 2026)—I’ve heard peopl…

“This is beyond mere vandalism,” says rock imagery expert Tucson, Ariz. (April 30, 2026)—Archaeology Southwest has learned that the ground figure known as the Las Playas Intaglio was significantly and…

Good afternoon, Everyone, Many of us and some of you are in San Francisco right now for the annual Society for American Archaeology meeting. Say hi to Steve if you can catch him—he moves pretty fast—a…

April 30, 2026 (Updated May 5) MEDIA and COMMUNITY ADVISORY Scientists discussed the present and potential danger of PFAS at Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve EVENT: Why the Fuss About the Pond? Briefing…

Formerly New York MMA 1991.11.6.1–2. Source: MMA New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned another batch of Greek and Roman antiquities as a result of investigations by the Manhattan DA into …

A Roman marble portrait dating to the Antonine period will be returned to Italy [ press release ]. The female head was acquired by the Classics Museum at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand…

Source: Denver Art Museum A fifth century CE Roman portrait excavated in the agora at Izmir in the early 1930s has been returned to Türkiye . The Denver Art Museum acquired the portrait as a bequest f…

Strategically built on a natural stone outcrop rising from the Kopaic Plain in Boeotia, the Melathron of Gla has long attracted scholarly attention owing to its original plan featuring two perpendicul…

This article discusses evidence from Central Apulian necropoleis between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE to illustrate three forms of post-depositional interactions with the dead: tomb reopening fo…

Athenian pottery began to arrive in the Iberian Peninsula in significant quantity in the fifth century BCE, with a peak in the fourth century. Both black-gloss and figure-decorated pots were exported,…

The decastyle temple preserved on two Early Imperial reliefs from Rome can be identified as Agrippa’s Pantheon, and they indicate that the building’s pediment featured three scenes from Romulus’ life:…

Parts of ancient Antioch (modern Antakya, Türkiye) were excavated from 1932 to 1939 by a team led by Princeton University. Key findings were published in five volumes, but much more data remains in th…

The Thessaloniki Metro, the new subway system inaugurated in November 2024 after years of delays caused by financial crises, contractual disputes, and extensive archaeological discoveries, has become …

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CPAC March 2026 The meeting of CPAC in March will be discussing the proposed extension of the cultural property agreement with Greece. The webpage is illustrated with an image of a Cycladic figure cur…