Archaeology News

ENERGY firm, RWE, has enlisted the help of experts at Wessex Archaeology, to excavate what is thought to be a medieval settlement at Batsworthy, North Devon, possibly dating back to the 11th and 12th centuries.

A Medieval funeral of a man was found during an archaeological dig near Bulgaria's northwestern town Vratsa , reports the Bulgarian National Radio.

A major underwater rescue excavation is being mounted this summer by English Heritage to solve a 349-year-old mystery: how warship the London managed to blow itself up without firing a shot at the enemy, in broad daylight, within sight of the Southend seafront.

Whoever thinks being an academic isn't a dirty job hasn't been to Vine Street in Middletown, where a mix of students, anthropologists, and historians are digging deep into New England's history.

HUMAN bones thought to date back to Roman times have been dug up by contractors working in the Mount area of York.

John Waddell's ground-breaking new book Archaeology and Celtic Myth was launched in front of a great crowd in the Galway Museum on 16 July by Vincent Woods, current host of 'The Arts Show' on RT Radio One.

There will be family fun with crafts and activities for children of all ages including pot making and Iron Age face painting.

Archaeology Day at the Denny Abbey Farmland Museum. From left: Rosie Youngs, 8, Finn Lawrence, 6, volunteer Livi Ensell and Anna Lawrence, 7. The museum, in Ely Road, Waterbeach, kick-started its summer holiday activity programme with a special archaeology day on Thursday.

In November of 2013, a team from George Washington University was conducting an archaeological excavation in Israel when they unearthed a 3,700-year-old wine cellar.

Archaeologists are getting a unique look into our region's distant past. Crews with the State Archaeological Survey have uncovered remnants of a prehistoric society, right near the Southern Illinois airport.

A mere 2 percent of the site of the Santa Elena settlement, on what is today called Parris Island, has been excavated since the location of the first colonial capital was confirmed in 1979.

Pieces of what used to be a clay pot used by Native Americans in Southern Illinois.

Iraqi lawmakers elected a veteran Kurdish politician on Thursday to replace long-serving Jalal Talabani as the country's new president in the latest step toward forming a new government.

San Francisco's Asian Art Museum today announced the appointment of Dr. Tianlong Jiao as the museum's new curator of Chinese art .

For years, scientists have been searching for an ancient temple dedicated to a winged warrior.

A farmer tills earth beside a marker that indicates the "monument zone" of the ancient Pyu city of Sri Ksetra.

The Fenton History Center is once again offering hands-on learning about archaeology for children entering grades one through seven at two separate summer camps.

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ornamental Roman arcade under the floor of the property in Colchester High Street.

This weekend islanders will have two opportunities to learn more about Vashon's native people through the clues found by archaeologists during the past century.

A view of the concrete pads that will anchor the bridges spanning the underpass road into Willits.