Findings show that the Vikings’ self-image was influenced by Ancient Rome; the research was carried out by Julie Lund
A 10,000-Year-Old Infant Burial Provides Insights Into the Use of Baby Carriers and Family Heirlooms in Prehistory
New analysis of obsidian blades reveals dynamic Neolithic social networks; the study has been published on PNAS
What Can Furbearers Past and Present Teach Us About Future Conservation Efforts? Consequences of mass harvesting, ecosystem change
Researchers have shown that the Neanderthals at the Gabasa site in Spain appear to have been carnivores; the study is published on PNAS
Zwischgold, a Nanomaterial from the Middle Ages, obtained by means of a highly sophisticated production technique
A religious complex from the Late Roman Period (between the fourth and sixth centuries) with unprecedented discoveries linked to the presence of the Blemmyes
Archaeology: Modern pesticide accelerates corrosion of ancient Roman bowl; the study has been published on Scientific Reports
Farmers’ youth were to “Norwegianise” Oslo through folk dance and theatre, a doctoral thesis from the University of Oslo
Upcycling from the past: the Viking Age beadmakers in the trading town of Ribe were more advanced than previously believed
Afragola was buried by an eruption of Vesuvius: the village offers a rare glimpse at how people lived in Italy in the Early Bronze Age
Rocky landscapes and population dispersal: social resistance of Bronze Age communities in response to emerging state societies in the Iberian Peninsula
Archaeologists uncover ancient mosaics on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, in the area in which the caliph’s palace of Khirbat al-Minya was built
The SS Mesaba, the ship which sent an iceberg warning to the RMS Titanic, before the ocean-liner sank, has been identified lying in the Irish Sea
New research reveals that among ancient Mayas, cacao was not a food exclusive to the elite, but was important — and common — to all
Ancient Maya cities were dangerously contaminated with mercury; a new article on the subject has been published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Archaeogenetic study reveals large-scale continental migration into the East of England during the early Medieval Period
Climate-driven changes to food availability were a factor behind dramatic historical events that led the oasis city of Palmyra in Syria to its ultimate demise
Findings from Biblical times in Israel’s Timna Valley: 3,000 years ago, human activity destroyed vegetation and irreparably damaged the local environment
Archaeologist Sturt Manning (Cornell University) narrows on date of Thera eruption; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
