Source of image: Michael C. Carlos Museum Creative Commons The repatriation of Norbert Schimmel's helmets and mitrai from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has implications for other museum collec…
Read MoreMAINZ, GERMANY—According to a statement released by the Leibniz Center for A RCHAEOLOGY (LEIZA), Aleksandr Diachenko […] The post Mathematical Model Tracks Changes in Neolithic Societies Through Potte…
Read MoreNICOSIA, CYPRUS—Mourners living in Cyprus some 3,400 years ago may have burned bouquets of whole […] The post Ancient Cypriots May Have Burned Funeral Bouquets appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .…
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BARCELONA, SPAIN—La Brújula Verde reports that 13 impressions left in travertine in northeastern Spain's Abric […] The post Impressions of Wooden Neanderthal Tools Found in Spain appeared first on Arc…
Read MoreJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A hidden architectural marvel tucked inside a redundant Hampshire church has become the focus of an international historical investigation. Heritage experts are appeali…
Read MoreConny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international research team has identified the origins of the ornaments on 18,000-year-old female figurines carved from mammoth ivory, showing how ivory growth pat…
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In the early second century CE, the southern Levant was home to a diverse population of Judeans, Nabataeans, Greeks, Samaritans, and others, whose languages, customs, […] The post What Is the Bar-Kokh…
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In this post, Henri Gourinard, master tour guide and lecturer at the Polis Institute in Jerusalem, describes the competing views on the location of Emmaus, […] The post The Emmaus Trail appeared first…
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The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius destroyed the opulent vacation destinations of Roman elites in August 79 C.E.—almost exactly nine years after Roman troops destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem. Did this seem…
Read MoreJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Scientists have confirmed that many burials near First Dynasty tombs in Abydos, Egypt, indicate the sacrifice of royal household members after kings died. Flinders Petr…
Read MoreHi Everyone, Steve is attending the 23rd Biennial Mogollon Conference right now. He says “Hi from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces!” Today we want to call your attention to a dire situation f…
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TRIESTE, ITALY—La Brújula Verde reports that a camp used by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers has been found […] The post Evidence for Agricultural Transition Identified in Cave Overlooking the Adriatic Sea…
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OSLO, NORWAY—Additional ring ditches have been discovered at the Hunn burial ground in eastern Norway […] The post More Stone Circles Uncovered at Ancient Burial Ground in Norway appeared first on Arc…
Read MoreSANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA—According to a statement released by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), […] The post Gut Microbiome Analysis Links Populations in Africa and South America ap…
Read More2026 NOMINEES FOR ASOR BOARD ELECTIONS Trustee Nominations Committee has selected six highly qualified members to stand for election for four open positions on the Board of Trustees. The Board […] The…
Read MoreASOR is accepting applications for the 2026 Student Paper Award. The deadline is November 4, 2026. The post 2026 Student Paper Award first appeared on American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) . Th…
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Taylor Swift released a new song called “Babylon” on her album The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore. This puts what is arguably the most […] The post Taylor Swift’s Babylon appeared first on Biblical Ar…
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The oceans and seas are the last great frontier for Near Eastern archaeology. Year after year, the Mediterranean Sea yields rich new data from prehistory […] The post Advancing Marine Archaeology appe…
Read MoreJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered a stone coffin tomb in Halden, Norway, dating back about 4,000 years to the Neolithic Age, when farming first began in the region. The fi…
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DORCHESTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA—WCBD reports that a bone comb has been unearthed at Colonial Dorchester […] The post Bone Comb Unearthed at South Carolina Colonial Town appeared first on Archaeology…
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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—Analysis of more than 190 bones from people who were buried in Scandinavia between […] The post Scandinavian Domestic Burials Studied appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .…
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ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT—According to a report in La Brújula Verde, a bronze signet ring engraved with […] The post Ring with Lighthouse of Alexandria Image Recovered appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .…
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Few symbols have a tradition as long and as rich as the dove. Read about what it represents and how its use has been shared, adapted and reinterpreted across cultures and millennia to suit changing be…
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In the Book of Genesis, we are told about Cain’s birth, his violent act of fratricide and his subsequent exile. We learn that he married and had descendants, but the Bible is strangely mute about his …
Read MoreConny Waters - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists exploring submerged ruins in Alexandria’s Eastern Harbor have discovered a rare bronze seal ring engraved with an image of the fabled Lighth…
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CALGARY, CANADA—According to a Phys.org report, coca leaves have been found in the fur of […] The post Coca Leaves Found in Llama Wool at Peru’s Tambo Viejo appeared first on Archaeology Magazine .…
Read MoreJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For hundreds of years, Romans used amulets to protect themselves and their environment. According to PhD candidate Patricia Kret, this practice carried on even after Ch…
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Love, War, and Diplomacy The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed By Eric H. Cline (Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press, […] The post Love, War, and Diplomacy and the Br…
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The Book of Esther Word for Word Bible Comic series (Bristol, United Kingdom: Word for Word Bible Comics, 2024), i–ix + 84 pp. Acts of […] The post The Bible in Living Color appeared first on Biblical…
Read MoreEarly Career Scholars Fall Brown Bag: Beyond the Tenure Track Panel Discussion: Beyond the Tenure Track What does an archaeology career look like outside a traditional academic appointment? Join ASOR’…
Read MoreWith the support of the Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship, Nicole Constantine spent three weeks in Greece conducting museum research for her dissertation on the daily lives of […] The post Sailin…
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Sandwiched between the genealogies of Adam’s descendants and the tale of Noah’s flood are a few enigmatic verses that leave many of us scratching our […] The post The Nephilim and the Sons of God appe…
Read MoreJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - For several years, archaeologists have explored underwater sites in Lake Arendsee in the Altmark region of northern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. They have found Neolithic fi…
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A volute-krater attributed to the Syriskos painter by J.R. Guy (see BAPD 44988) is said by Michael Padgett to have been found with a psykter-column-krater attributed to the Troilos painter recently re…
Read MoreConny Waters - AncientPages.com - A community-led archaeological project has uncovered the remains of an early medieval monastery in Argyll, western Scotland. Researchers have identified the site as t…
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Dear Friends, Earlier this week I startled awake at 2:30 a.m., with my mind racing about the concept of cause-and-effect. The physics. The metaphysics. The theology, ontology, and philosophy of it. I …
Read MoreConny Waters - AncientPages.com - Historians have long used remains, burial practices, and other archaeological evidence to define the boundaries of ancient populations. But new discoveries can often …
Read MoreConny Waters - AncientPages.com - Has a previously unknown Roman town near St. Pantaleon-Erla in Lower Austria been discovered? Which Roman city could it be? Was it perhaps the settlement of Claudiviu…
Read MoreConny Waters - AncientPages.com - Young adults, not families, drove migration in Bronze Age communities. Researchers analyzed skeletal samples from Greek archaeological sites to assess mobility during…
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Helmet and two mitrai from Afrati, Crete Source: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art Part of what Günter Kopcke called "freebooter's loot" from Afrati on Crete has been returned to Greece from New Yo…
Read MoreFortified Temple and 13 Towers of the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex © 2023 by Corrispo, used under CC BY-SA Your experience matters! Join our letter writing campaign to save a place […] The po…
Read MoreLooking for funding to support your archaeological research? These upcoming webinars offer opportunities to learn more about the funding landscape, explore AIA fellowship opportunities, and get practi…
Read MoreConny Waters - AncientPages.com - Scientists are investigating mysterious giant stone circles visible only from the air. This complex structure is located over 3,000 meters above sea level near the Ti…
Read MoreJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A small 2,000-year-old artifact has proven more important than once thought. This decorated Iron Age terret, now on display in the European Prehistory Gallery at the As…
Read MoreHappy Friday, Everyone! First up, Department of Corrections: Last edition, my headline on warning signs outside the Smithsonian contained a simple but egregious typo: I intended $84K, as quoted from t…
Read MoreAIA offers a range of funding opportunities to support archaeological research, fieldwork, study, and publication. Details on the fellowships/grants, eligibility requirements, and information on how t…
Read MoreJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A centuries-old Highlands story of forbidden love, war, and a legendary curse is now being investigated as a true-crime case. Forensic experts hope to uncover the real …
Read MoreJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - About a hundred years ago, archaeologists unearthing pottery sherds in Tampa Bay found something unexpected. Some of the fragments they recovered had designs nearly ide…
Read MoreJan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Hidalgo, Mexico, is home to numerous ancient cave paintings and rock art. Located in the pre-Hispanic region of Mesoamerica, the area has seen migrations of various ind…
Read MoreGood afternoon, Friends, Today we are so pleased to share the new, next season of Archaeology Café, which is running just shy of two decades long! Thank you to the leadership who trusted this crazy ga…
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Congratulations to the Worcester Society for winning the 2027 Golden Trowel Award! Between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, the Worcester Society achieved a growth of 36%. The Worcester […] The post 20…
Read MoreAlthough Classical Greek religious traditions were well established in Cyprus, Greek-style temples appear to have been relatively rare. Newly documented and analyzed architectural fragments from the L…
Read MoreItalian Terra Sigillata (ITS) was one of the most widely traded fine wares in the Roman world, seeing distribution across the Mediterranean and beyond. Northern Italian Terra Sigillata (NITS) has rare…
Read MoreThis study aims to identify imperial portraits through contextual and iconographic markers rather than from physiognomy and hairstyle. Modern scholarship categorizes portraits into types based on faci…
Read MoreThe second-century CE relief tondi now on the fourth-century CE Arch of Constantine are anomalous both in subject matter and in format. Among these eight reliefs, the scenes of the lion hunt and of th…
Read MoreThis article presents the results of six years of archaeological excavations at Castellaraccio di Monteverdi, a minor fortified settlement in the middle valley of the Ombrone River in southern Tuscany…
Read MoreNew discoveries from Mycenaean Pylos in southwest Greece were the focus of an exhibition inaugurated in early 2025 at the Archaeological Museum of Messenia (Kalamata). This exhibition traveled to the …
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John R. Welch, Vice President, Preservation & Collaboration (Sept 14, 2026)—What ever happened to patriotism? You know, the pride and sense of belonging borne of collective sacrifice and accomplishmen…
Read MoreThe post Intent on the Paleolithic: Papers in Honour of Prof. Dr. Wil Roebroeks appeared first on American Journal of Archaeology .…
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New fellowships will provide extended research travel support for graduate students and emerging scholars. AUBURNDALE, MA — The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is pleased to announce a $500,…
Read MoreHi all, A short edition today, because we just came to you on Monday, and I’m trying to get back to a regular Thursday or Friday posting. Thanks for your patience as we spin all the plates! Our longti…
Read MoreDear Friends, On Friday, August 28, the Center for Western Priorities (CWP) hosted a live recording event (listen at that link) here in Tucson for The Landscape Podcast, which presents news, interview…
Read MoreThe AIA joined a national coalition of more than 700 organizations representing 7 million Americans to call on Congress to reject efforts to weaken or dismantle Section 106, a set […] The post AIA Joi…
Read MoreBanner image © Jonathan T. Bailey Press release posted by Conservation Lands Foundation Filing seeks to return the landmark monument case to the active docket and challenge President Trump’s July 13, …
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The #DigThis Photo Challenge put participants’ creativity and photography skills to the test! From June 1 through August 31, archaeology enthusiasts captured images inspired by a variety of fun photo …
Read MoreReinstatement of award follows court ruling that termination was unlawful Tucson, Ariz. (August 31, 2026)—Archaeology Southwest is gratified to announce that the National Endowment for the Humanities …
Read MoreIt is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of former AIA President Dr. James R. Wiseman. A Renaissance scholar whose interests spanned archaeological science, remote […] The post In…
Read MoreThe following is a summary of public archaeology resources compiled by 2026 SHA PEIC members.…
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Since its inception, Section 106 has given state and local governments, Tribal Nations, and the public a voice in protecting historic and cultural sites affected by federal projects. The proposed […] …
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Source: MMA A psykter column-krater attributed to the Troilos painter was deaccessioned by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in June 2026 (1986.11.12; BAPD 15922). The history of the piece was rec…
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Cup attributed to near Psiax. Source: MMA. In February 2026 two fragmentary Attic cups that had been given to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art by Dietrich von Bothmer were deaccessioned pending t…
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