Archaeology
Archaeologists restore profile of Britain’s oldest chalk figure
National Trust and Oxford Archaeology have completed work to restore the head and neck profile of the Uffington White Horse.
Archaeological survey of land to aid nature restoration reveals two Roman villas
A survey of Attingham Park in Shropshire also revealed evidence about the city of Wroxeter, Iron Age farmsteads and a Second World War airfield.
4,000-year-old Crete hilltop site mystifies archaeologists
Experts speculate it could have been used for a ritual or religious function.
Fury at Mexican government after ancient mummy loses arm in renovation bungle
The corpses date back to the 19th century and were unintentionally mummified due to burials occurring in specific local conditions.
Archaeologists excavating new sites in Pompeii uncover sumptuous banquet hall
The banquet hall was used for refined entertaining and features black walls, a technique that prevented the smoke from oil lamps from being seen.
Human remains found at sewer site are around 4,500 years old
Archaeologists made a series of finds ahead of the laying of a new sewer for an under-construction prison in East Yorkshire.
Bronze Age settlement is ‘amazing time capsule of a site’, says archaeologist
Remains of dwellings were discovered at Must Farm quarry in Whittlesey, in the East Anglian Fens.
Researchers create new archive of ancient human brains
The brain’s survival among otherwise skeletonised remains has historically been regarded as extremely rare.
Coin hoard belonging to Highland clan chief discovered
The coins were believed to have belonged to clan chief Alasdair Ruadh ‘Maclain’ MacDonald, who was a victim of Glencoe Massacre.
Scientists confirm early man followed river route out of Africa 84,000 years ago
Ancient hand tools found in Jordan’s rift valley suggest a migration route following now dried-up rivers.