Excavations by the Vienna City Archaeology department have uncovered traces of the 13th Legion Gemina during excavations in preparation for development at the Kindermanngasse Elementary School in Vienna. The 13th…
Category: Archaeology
Avar warrior found buried with lamellar armour
Archaeologists from the Déri Museum have announced the discovery of an Avar warrior buried with a complete set of lamellar armour. The discovery was made near the village of Ebes,…
“Arcade” of ancient mancala game boards found in Kenya
Veronica Waweru, an archaeologist from Yale University, has discovered an “arcade” of rock cut mancala game boards in Kenya’s highlands. Mancala, meaning “to move”, is a turn-based strategy game where…
PAS reports on wealth of archaeological treasures found in UK
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) has released its annual report on the wealth of archaeological treasures found in the UK. The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a project managed by the…
Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old bog body
Archaeologists from the Police Service of Northern Ireland have uncovered a 2,000 to 2,500-year-old bog body in Northern Ireland. Authorities were alerted to human remains on the surface of peatland…
Underwater archaeologists recover HMS Erebus crew belongings
A team of underwater archaeologists from Parks Canada have recovered personal objects belonging to the crew of the HMS Erebus. The HMS Erebus was constructed in 1826 by the Royal…
Jade mask discovered in pyramid tomb of Maya King
Archaeologists have discovered an intact jade mask in the tomb of a Maya King at Chochkitam, a little-known Maya polity in northeastern Peten, Guatemala. Contemporary inscriptions indicate that Chochkitam was…
Ancient tsunami wiped out prehistoric communities in Northern England
A study by the University of York has revealed that a tsunami wiped out prehistoric communities living in Northumberland, England, causing wide-scale depopulation across the region. According to the study,…
Iron Age town discoveries displayed 50 years after first dig
Fifty years after the commencement of an archaeological excavation led by the University of Reading, a forthcoming exhibition will present the remarkable discoveries unearthed from digs at the ancient Roman…
Traces of meteoric iron in the Villena Treasure
A study published in the journal Prehistory Works, indicates that two objects sampled from the Villena Treasure were smithed using meteoric iron. The paper, titled: “Meteorite iron in the Villena…
