A half-size replica of Dover’s Bronze Age boat started to sink as it was lowered into the water at Dover Marina (Kent, England), and had to be hoisted out again…

The oldest agricultural settlement ever found on a Mediterranean island has been discovered in Cyprus by a team of French archaeologists. Previously it was believed that the first Neolithic farming…

Mas d’Azil is an immense cave, and one of the major prehistoric sites in France. The first research was carried out in 1860, with Felix Garrigou presenting the general stratigraphy…

Some 74,000 years ago, a volcano called Toba on the Indonesian island of Sumatra unleashed one of the greatest eruptions ever known, spreading ash across southern Asia. The catastrophe had…

The village of Monticello – near Finale Ligure, in the west of Italy, is located along the western slopes of Gottaro. The dolmen is located in Valeggia, 199 metres above…

Roughly 3,500 years ago, folding chairs remarkably similar to ones found in Egypt suddenly became must-have items in parts of northern Europe. The simple design consists of two movable wooden…

Traces of blood and fragments of muscle, tendon, skin and hair found on 2,000-year-old stone knives have given researchers the first conclusive evidence that the obsidian blades were used for…

As reported in the 27 April issue of the journal Science, an analysis of 5,000-year-old DNA taken from the Stone Age remains of four humans excavated in Sweden is helping…

Ancient Scandinavians dragged 59 boulders to a seaside cliff near what is now the Swedish fishing village of Kaseberga. They carefully arranged the massive stones – each weighing up to…

A team of archaeologists will be surveying and excavating the remains of a hill fort before it is lost to the waves forever. The work at Embury Beacon in Hartland…

One of the first humans to inhabit the Americas has been stolen – and archaeologists want it back. The skeleton, which is probably at least 10,000 years old, has disappeared…

Early Bronze Age remains from a burial site in Dartmoor National Park (south Devon, England) will be X-rayed at Salisbury District Hospital. The items were found in a burial cist,…

Eighteen rock art sites dating back over 4,000 years have been discovered by archaeologists in northern China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The prehistoric art was discovered in the Yinshan Mountains…

The chambered tomb at Banks, in South Ronaldsay (Orkney, Scotland), continues to throw up yet more surprises, including the discovery of what appears to be a sixth chamber within the…

Archeologists have uncovered evidence of pre-farming people living in the Burren more than 6,000 years ago – one of the oldest habitations ever unearthed in Ireland. Radiocarbon dating of a…

Archeologists have uncovered evidence of pre-farming people living in the Burren more than 6,000 years ago – one of the oldest habitations ever unearthed in Ireland. Radiocarbon dating of a…

Archaeologists have discovered evidence for a previously unknown ancient language – buried in the ruins of a 2800 year old palace in Turkey. The discovery is important because it may…

The smooth curves and fine details in the paintings of bears, rhinoceroses and horses in the Chauvet cave in southern France are so advanced that some scholars thought they dated…

In a major development for the archaeological excavations across Qatar, an unmarked grave has been discovered at Wadi Debayan, one of the earliest Neolithic-Chalcolithic sites in the Gulf. The exploration…

Scientists have used DNA analysis to gain important new insights into how human beings repopulated Europe as the Ice Age relaxed its grip. Dr Maria Pala, from the University of…