Extreme drought from the 430s – 450s encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest
The Royal Ballet’s acclaimed Like Water for Chocolate in cinemas this New Year, on Thursday 19 January 2023
True crime in 19th century Norway; Gjest Baardsen was one of Norway’s most notorious criminals in the 19th century and inspired a number of songs
Early-career archaeologists are pessimistic about future careers; the study has been published in the European Journal of Archaeology
First digital archive of Brian Friel’s iconic plays launches at Queen’s University Belfast; access can be found on the JSTOR website
Here are some unknown symbols of Christmas; from the Christmas tree stand to colours and birds on the tree
The treasures of the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto at an exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires
Sr-Nd isotope baseline in Silk Road regions enables archaeological provenance; the study was published in Journal of Archaeological Science
Ancient tools provide earliest evidence of rice harvesting; the researchers identified two methods of harvesting rice
Although the Christmas music genre covers a wide spectrum, there are certain sounds that tend to be used, as explained by Askil Holm
Owl-shaped plaques may have been on Copper Age children’s wish list, in the Iberian Peninsula: the study is published in Scientific Reports
The gold from Troy, Poliochni and Ur all had the same origin, according to a new research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science
Who built the LSU campus mounds provides insight into these prehistoric treasures; recent papers have offered alternate interpretations of their age
The CENIEH researcher Emiliano Bruner publishes a review paper about the brain of ‘Homo habilis’ on the Journal of Human Evolution
Lost medieval chapel of St Erasmus sheds light on royal burials at Westminster Abbey, finds new study featuring 15th-century reconstruction
Findings from 3,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal a complex trade network; the study is published in the most recent issue of Science Advances.
Ancient DNA from medieval Germany tells the origin story of Ashkenazi Jews: the ancient DNA has been extracted from teeth
On The Fringe is a film about family, love and solidarity. A countdown for three intertwined characters trying to keep it together
Visual behavior during the manufacture of stone tools is analyzed for the first time; the study has been published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
A gold coin long dismissed as a forgery appears to be authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor named Sponsian