9+ hour, 54+ min ago   (521+ words) When archaeologists uncovered the grave of a heavily armed man at North Bersted in West Sussex, they found the equipment expected of an elite Iron Age warrior: a sword, spear and shield. But one object complicated the picture — an unusual…...

12+ hour, 55+ min ago   (247+ words) Yahoo Above: Source du Désert clip and Disques Solaires earrings, vancleefarpels.com. Status is conferred, in one way or another, via rarity—of object, of material. Lapis, the blue stone found most famously in the hills of Afghanistan, was prized…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago   (874+ words) Archaeologists investigating a 3,600-year-old burial mound in western Azerbaijan have discovered a collection comprising a rare stone mace head, a bronze dagger, and arrowheads, indicating the burial of an individual of significant military and social status during the Middle Bronze…...

16+ hour, 39+ min ago   (504+ words) A 70,000–100,000-year-old site in China’s Lower Yangtze region yielded 3,596 stone artifacts. Their size and manufacture point to a change in toolmaking, but not to a known species or a settled explanation. Stone tools in China’s Lower Yangtze region point to…...

19+ hour, 39+ min ago   (968+ words) But, what you might find there is almost certainly one of the biggest mysteries to focus on the Balkan Mountains since Cribbins’ song reached number nine in the British charts. The excavation work, codenamed “Operation Sun Ray”, began in December…...

20+ hour, 5+ min ago   (522+ words) A 3,600-year-old burial in western Azerbaijan has yielded weapons and other objects linked to a high-ranking Bronze Age warrior. Archaeologists found the artifacts in Kurgan No. 4 in the Sariyokhush area of the Keshikchidagh State Historical and Cultural Reserve, in Agstafa…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (602+ words) The mysterious ‘Screaming Woman’ was discovered in 1935, but modern CT scans have given researchers new insight The mystery behind why a mummified Egyptian woman has been silently ‘screaming’ for 3,000 years could finally have been solved. The mummified remains of the…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1007+ words) What if a city that appears in the records of ancient Egypt has been sitting in plain sight, hidden beneath later roads, barracks and stonework? The find does not provide a complete map of a lost city. It does something…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (623+ words) Archaeologists working near Samarkand in Uzbekistan have uncovered the remains of an eighth-century palace complex within the fortified citadel of the medieval settlement of Mingtepa. The discovery, which includes pieces of sculpture found inside a large hall, could offer new…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (243+ words) TEHRAN – Iran has registered more than 43,000 relics and properties, including more than 14,000 historical buildings, the minister of cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts said on Tuesday. Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri said Iran's tangible heritage, including historic buildings, structures and archaeological sites, together…...