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Every year, Jewish families the world over celebrate the festival of Hanukkah. And how dramatic it is: Just as the nights are starting earlier and […] The post Hanukkah, 1 and 2 Maccabees, and the Apo…

A lost Syriac manuscript, the Revelation of the Magi, translated into English by Bible scholar Brent Landau, may help answer that key question from the Christmas story: “Who were the magi?” The post B…

Conny Waters - Ancientpages.com - Hidden within the thick forests of the Balam Kú Biosphere Reserve are the ruins of El Yesal, one of the biggest cities in the Central Mayan Lowlands. This site has no…

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have extracted and analyzed the first-ever ancient proteins from the fossils of Homo naledi, revealing a potential all-female burial site. The study, publish…

Administration’s decrees disrespect and dishonor the intentions, meanings, and realities of these and other national monuments Tucson, Ariz. (July 13, 2026)—This afternoon, President Trump signed two …

POZNAŃ, POLAND—According to a Science in Poland report, analysis of charcoal and pollen in ancient […] The post Land Use Practices of Neolithic Monument Builders Evaluated appeared first on Archaeolog…

LIMA, PERU—Andina News Agency reports that Ilder Cruz Mostacero of Peru’s National University Santiago Antunez […] The post Pre-Inca Settlement Investigated in Western Peru appeared first on Archaeolo…

STAVANGER, NORWAY—A metal detectorist discovered a 900-year-old silver coin linked to Magnus Barefoot, or Magnus […] The post Rare Medieval Coin Identified in Norway appeared first on Archaeology Maga…

BURGOS, SPAIN—According to a statement released by the Spanish National Research Centre for Human Evolution […] The post Jaw Wound in 90,000-Year-Old Fossil Points to Violence Among Modern Humans appe…

Read the Table of Contents for the 2026 issue of Journal of Cuneiform Studies (Vol. 78), published by University of Chicago Press on behalf of ASOR. The post Table of Contents for JCS 78 (2026) first …

The Archaeological Institute of America is proud to recognize the Save Ancient Studies Alliance (SASA) with the 2027 Outstanding Public Service Award. Ahead of the AIA Awards Ceremony during the […] T…

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of a well-preserved Byzantine-era settlement at the site of Ein Sabeel in the Dakhla Oasis. […] The post Lost Christian Town Em…

Although the urbanization of Canaan in the Early Bronze Age (c. 3300–2000 BCE) has long been established in scholarship, recent excavations in Saudi Arabia have […] The post Fortifying Arabia appeared…

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A well-preserved Roman relief depicting a protective guardian spirit was found at Vindolanda in northern England, where it had been hidden beneath a barrack floor for…

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Experts have uncovered information concealed for two centuries in a navigational chart created for 18th-century seafarers navigating the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The b…

A recently translated Old Babylonian flood tablet describes how to build a circular ark. The post The Animals Went in Two by Two, According to Babylonian Ark Tablet appeared first on Biblical Archaeol…

Archaeological architect Leen Ritmeyer presents drawings of the Temple Mount in the Herodian period. The post The Temple Mount in the Herodian Period (37 BC–70 A.D.) appeared first on Biblical Archaeo…

COLCHESTER, ENGLAND—Phys.org reports that a 100 million-year-old marine reptile fossil was found in a pit, […] The post Ichthyosaur Fossil Found in Roman Britain Pit appeared first on Archaeology Maga…

LIMA, PERU—Andina News Agency reports that excavations conducted by a team led by archaeologist Ruth […] The post 3,800-Year-Old Collection of Figurines Discovered in Peru appeared first on Archaeolog…

KYOTO, JAPAN—Modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared a common culture over a period of […] The post Modern Humans and Neanderthals May Have Shared Culture appeared first on Archaeology Magazine…

Source: MMA The Manhattan DA has announced that 45 objects derived from New York's Metropolitan Museum have been returned to Italy. They include a marble fishplate and two marble dishes said to have b…

Colossae is an ancient city in the Lycus Valley of western Turkey, near the modern town of Honaz and the ancient cities of Laodicea and […] The post Colossae: A Biblical City of the Classical World ap…

Jan Bartek - Ancientpages.com - Archaeologists excavating at Søften, Denmark, have discovered an extensive production site that may have supplied Viking Age Aarhus with textiles and craft goods. Backg…

Off the southwestern coast of Turkey, archaeologists made a stunning discovery: a 2,000-year-old shipwreck with its cargo still packed neatly where it had been stored […] The post Two-Thousand-Year-Ol…

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A recent ancient DNA study suggests that Scythian elites may have passed down political power through family lines spanning several burial sites. By bringing together…

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—Live Science reports that conservationists identified the gravestone of a formerly enslaved man who […] The post Early 18th-Century Tombstone of Free Black Man Identified in Bost…

DAMASCUS, SYRIA—According to a Türkiye Today report, Emmanuel Macron, president of France, handed over 23 […] The post France Returns Artifacts to Syria appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .…

KENT, OHIO—According to a Science News report, Metin Eren of Kent State University and his […] The post Did Clovis People Hunt Large Animals? appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .…

More than 200 Biblical texts written in Hebrew were discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. How do these ancient Biblical texts compare with the Masoretic Text and the Greek Septuagint in scholars’ sea…

The Bible describes a “balm” of Gilead that is counted among “the choice fruits of the land” (Genesis 43:11). Renowned for its medicinal and aromatic […] The post Searching for the Balm of Gilead appe…

1066 and all that: the battle for England American thunderbolt: the rise of US airpower Seizing the state: a curious history of the military coup The Kaiser’s secret weapons ‘Destroy the foreigners’: …

As the Bayeux Tapestry returns to England for a major new exhibition, Edmund West assesses the latest thinking about 1066 and all that.…

In the second part of our special feature, Graham Goodlad examines the changes in design and technology that underpinned the 20th-century transformation of US airpower.…

Onwards and upwards a timeline tracing the developing fortunes and many incarnations of America's air force in the 2oth century.…

In the first part of our special feature, Graham Goodlad charts the development of America’s air-arm from its earliest beginnings, while in our second article he focuses on the hardware deployed by Am…

John R. Welch, Vice President for Preservation and Collaboration (July 8, 2026)—The quest to protect the San Pedro Valley from apparent regulatory compliance blunders by the US Bureau of Land Manageme…

From ‘Big Bertha’ to exploding motor boats, Germany’s military engineers were the source of much innovation during the First World War, as David Porter explains.…

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The ancient Peruvian city of Peñico was once a thriving trade hub and home to one of the oldest civilizations in the Americas. Located 12 kilometers from the Sacred Cit…

Over 900 classical items - and perhaps as many as 1,200 if the Lydian haul material is included - have been deaccessioned from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Over 15 entries from the handbook …

They were once a common method of changing governments around the world. But, as Nigel Jones explains, coups have fallen from fashion in the 21st century.…

Early Career Scholars Poster Abstract Writing Session Preparing a Poster Abstract Join ASOR’s Early Career Scholars on July 20, 2026 at 11:00am ET via Zoom for a virtual writing session […] The post E…

President’s Report to ASOR Members July 7, 2026 Dear ASOR Friends, As we move into the summer months with time for our excavations, research and relaxation, I wanted to bring […] The post President’s …

Your thoughts on issues raised by the magazine.…

When Anita Lasker came to Britain in March 1946, 80 years ago, having survived Auschwitz and having been liberated at death’s door from Belsen, she found that no one wanted to hear about her terrible …

Taylor Downing reviews the latest film and television releases.…

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An Egyptian archaeological mission at the Marina El Alamein site in Egypt has uncovered 18 sealed ancient tombs, along with sarcophagi, surface burials, and artifacts…

At the turn of the 20th century, a violent uprising swept northern China, and an international expedition was sent to rescue those trapped in Peking’s diplomatic quarter. Stephen Roberts tells the sto…

Source: MMA LM has drawn attention to the three terracottas apparently from the Panionion in Türkiye that the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired as a gift from Robert Hecht in 1992. Prior to this the…

The academic, historian, and author on war stories, shifting interests, and some memorable moments.…

Source: MCCM. Loan from the Republic of Italy The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University has issued a "story" about their acquisition of looted Laconian pottery fragments from Italy (" Thieves, …

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

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Board games were central to Roman society and enjoyed by all social classes, from enslaved individuals to the Emperor. Many, such as Duodecim Scripta and Ala, resembl…

Don Hollway’s account of the life of the Norse warlord Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway in the years c.995-1000) covers a period of momentous social and religious change in the lands bordering…

Hideki Tojo was Japan’s most important policymaker of WWII. As detailed in Gary Bass’s 2023 study Judgment at Tokyo, he was the highest official to face the death penalty at the ensuing…

War correspondent, film producer, and writer: many MHM readers will already know Damien Lewis’s work. In his latest book about British Special Forces, he presents five more hair-raising accounts of WW…

On the face of it, Operation Barbarossa – Nazi Germany’s 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union – is straightforward to understand. Germany was at first strikingly successful, then faltered, and ultimately…

Between 1639 and 1653, the whole of the British Isles was engulfed by civil war. Despite popular opinion, however, it was not pitched battles that dominated the fighting, but sieges. Not for…

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

Reviewing the best military history exhibitions, with Peter Popham.…

The newly constructed Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial to the Missing was inaugurated by HRH The Princess Royal, President of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), on 9 June 2026. This memorial r…

A collection of large cannons from the American Revolutionary War has returned to Savannah, Georgia, after several years of conservation work, as part of a project led by the US Army Corps…

Six coins have been recovered from beneath the foremast of Nelson’s famous flagship during an ongoing conservation project. Over several nights in April, a 750-tonne crane was used to remove the Victo…

A team of divers believe they have identified the wreck of the USCGC Tampa off the English coast. The vessel was one of six United States Coast Guard cutters sent to Europe…

Following a successful inaugural event last year, the Hereford Military History Festival is back, from 25 to 27 September 2026. Held across three days in multiple historic venues around Hereford, Brit…

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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have made a remarkable find in southwestern Spain, where a 2,500-year-old bronze chariot adorned with mythological figures offers new insights into the…

Dear Friends, I have some very sad news. Early last Sunday morning, I learned that Rex Adams of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research (LTRR) at the University of Arizona passed away. I’d been planning …

Scotland’s first warriors: tracing 4,000 years of conflict Life and death by the river Great Ouse Surveying Roman and medieval York Community and congregations: exploring Cornish churches “Prototype” …

Interpersonal violence has been a fact of human existence for much of our long history – but how far is this reflected in the archaeological record? With a major new exhibition now open at the Nationa…

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has been used to great effect to map underlying archaeology on open-area sites, but how well does it perform in urban environments? John Creighton, Thomas Matthews Boehm…

After last month’s column on Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, and Canterbury Cathedral, I will continue my ecclesiastical theme this month by exploring three of the great religious buildings in…

This month’s selection of summer digging opportunities includes projects from Staffordshire, Stirling, Edinburgh, and Nottinghamshire.…

This month sees a return of the Council for British Archaeology’s annual Festival of Archaeology, with a wealth of in-person and online events taking place across the UK in July and August. The theme …

The Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) has been excavating sites along the banks of the River Great Ouse since 1994, keeping one step ahead of sand- and gravel-quarrying that is steadily transforming…

Preserving trig points There are various ways of protecting trig points (‘Sherds’, CA 436). This example (below) sits within the Iron Age hillfort known as Castle Hill, close to the Roman fort…

A huge replica of a Neolithic hall, based on archaeological evidence excavated at Durrington Walls, has opened at Stonehenge. Carly Hilts reports.…

There are lots of great ways to get involved with history and archaeology over the next few months, including exhibitions, lectures, and conferences exploring a wide range of subjects. If you would pr…

Many of Cornwall’s churches preserve centuries-old murals of saints and religious scenes. Laura Miucci shares some of the stories behind these colourful creations, and explores how organised Community…

Does ‘balti’, the Birmingham-created curry named after the steel bowl in which the dish is cooked and served, count as part of the UK’s intangible heritage?…

The latest on acquisitions, exhibitions, and key decisions.…

A team from Wessex Archaeology – working with FlyThru, a commercial drone company – have recently conducted a survey of a medieval well, once a vital source of water for Sheffield Castle’s…

Excavations at Bulford have revealed the remains of a 5,000-year-old structure suggesting that the solstice was celebrated on Salisbury Plain centuries earlier than thought. CA reports.…

This book explores an important, new aspect of archaeological interpret-ation that deals with the description and transmission of mythical romanitas. One of the most prominent and novel features of Dr…

Stephen Cosh, together with his colleague Dr David Neal, are the authors of a truly monumental and authoritative five-volume survey of all the Roman mosaics of Britain, the only province of the…

This new book from Pen & Sword is a most welcome one: many people are familiar with the Saxon Shore forts of east and south-east England, but there has not been a…

Highdown Hill is an extraordinary place. It stands detached from the great chalk spine of the South Downs, dominating the coastal plain across to the English Channel. The Bronze Age saw the…

The Roman auxillary fort of Vindolanda has produced by far the largest assemblage of Roman footwear to be recovered anywhere. The remains of 5,000 shoes have been found, many in a remarkably…

I visited Norwich as a teenager several times in the 1970s while my brother was at the School of Art there. Even then, the city was ‘known’ for having a church for…

This early medieval coin hoard was discovered near Maldon in Essex, in January 2025, by a metal-detecting group. Found dispersed across a field, its contents comprise 14 silver pennies, all the Long…

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Grade II-listed house and garden at Marsh Lane, Harlow, by the architect Sir Frederick Gibberd and his wife. He is remembered…

Iron Age burial practices in Britain are among the most enigmatic, as few ‘formal’ cemeteries are known from this period (with some exceptions, such as among the Durotriges in Dorset; see CA…

Dear Friends, It’s good to be back in the Old Pueblo, even though we are suffering through extreme heat warnings. The Archaeology Southwest staff has been doing what it does best—cranking away on an u…

Aaron Wright, PhD, RPA, Preservation Anthropologist John R. Welch, PhD, RPA, Vice President for Preservation and Collaboration Authors’ note: Our views as stated here do not purport to represent the v…

(June 24, 2026)—On June 16, 2026, the Tohono O’odham Nation—a sovereign, federally recognized Tribal government with over 37,000 members and whose reservation lands extend along a 62-mile stretch of t…

If you are lucky, while you are still in graduate school, you may have the opportunity to teach a course or two (or more) as primary instructor.…

Dear Friends, I write to you from hot and very windy Santa Fe, the City Different, on my way back to Denver and then Tucson after a wonderful 10 days in Reserve, New Mexico. I’ve been in Reserve worki…

Benjamin Pelletier, Preservation Archaeologist Audio version of “Surveying the El Malpais Kipuka.” Written and read by Benjamin Pelletier. (June 17, 2026)—Archaeology Southwest’s New Mexico Office has…

The exploitation of marine resources, the role of fish and shellfish in the human diet, and, more generally, the interaction of prehistoric Aegean communities with the sea have recently attracted scho…

While Roman military oratory is popularly depicted as impromptu battlefield speeches, most official communications occurred within the formalized spaces of the camps, predominantly at the principia (h…

Palmyra has been pivotal in archaeological and historical research due to the wealth of material and the long history of fascination with the site. Its material culture can be found on every continent…

This article presents an archaeological survey of the island of Polyaigos, undertaken in 2022 by the Small Cycladic Islands Project (SCIP). Since 2019, SCIP has surveyed 87 uninhabited islands in the …

This review addresses the reopened (in 2023) Bardo National Museum in Tunis, a government-funded archaeological museum in Tunisia’s capital city. As of June 2025, several galleries had been reorganize…

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The post Iron and the Iron Age: The Introduction of Iron in Europe and Western Asia appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .…

The post The World of Homer: Archaeology, Social Memory, and the Emergence of Greek Epic Poetry appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .…

Hi everyone, Steve is in his happy place in Reserve NM this week with Karen Schollmeyer, other staff members, and lots of visitors. He will definitely have more to share soon! Here’s an excerpt from h…

“Butrint (Buthrotum) – The Great Basilica,” © 2014 by Pudelek, used under CC BY-SA Your experience matters! Join our letter writing campaign to save a place you love. The Cultural […] The post Preserv…

Last summer, the AIA started getting a few questions about archaeology from youth robotics team around the world. What started as a trickle quickly developed into a deluge as robotics […] The post Tea…

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Stephen Dyson and extend our sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. Stephen, Professor Emeritus of […] The post …

Congraulations to the 3 recipients of the AIA’s Elizabeth Bartman Museum Internship Scholarship, meant to support undergraduates, graduate students, or those who have recently completed a master’s deg…

Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the AIA’s Field School Scholarships! These awards support undergraduate juniors, seniors, and first-year graduate students as they attend their first archa…

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…

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…