#archaeology

An Interesting Engineering report says a team of computational linguists and archaeologists built a system that can read a 3,500-year-old Hittite script with 90% accuracy.

A company building transmission infrastructure for New South Wales’ renewable energy buildout says it accidentally destroyed an Indigenous rock shelter that had already been identified in project planning approval.

Residue from wolfsbane found on Ming dynasty surgical tools could represent one of the oldest known material traces of topical anesthetic use in surgery.

Researchers analyzing residue from 600-year-old Chinese surgical instruments identified chemical traces consistent with a toxic plant anesthetic, potentially the earliest direct chemical evidence of topical numbing in a医

A new study finds that centuries-old whaler burials at Likneset in Svalbard are degrading as permafrost thaws, exposing how climate change is eroding archaeological sites in the Arctic.

Archaeologists in Paderborn have recovered a remarkably preserved wood-and-wax notebook, leather case, and traces of luxury silk cloth from sealed medieval latrines, revealing an unusual snapshot of merchant life in the

A new Nature Communications study used rare non-cremated burials, cremated remains, ancient DNA, isotopes, and skeletal evidence to reconstruct everyday life in Late Bronze Age Central Europe.

Archaeologists in Paderborn uncovered an exceptionally well-preserved wax notebook from a 700- to 800-year-old latrine, offering a rare glimpse into everyday literacy, record-keeping, and material life in the late Middle

Archaeologists excavating a massive stone vessel at Laos’ Plain of Jars say they have found the first recorded undisturbed human remains inside one of the enigmatic jars, strengthening the case for a complex ancient mort

Archaeologists and Barkindji custodians say a roughly 950-year-old dingo burial provides the clearest archaeological evidence yet of humans repeatedly “feeding” a grave over centuries.

Researchers studying a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar from Siberia say the tooth shows deliberate drilling to treat decay, potentially extending the earliest evidence of dentistry by about 45,000 years.

A newly reported cache of six solid gold arm rings in Denmark is being described as a rare and potentially significant archaeological find with implications beyond its sheer value.

Researchers say a lower jaw discovered in Aberdeen preserves the earliest known dental bridge of its kind in Scotland, made with a 20-karat gold wire that likely held a replacement tooth.

Archaeologists say a rare gold sword scabbard fitting discovered in southwest Norway was likely buried as a sacrificial offering during a period of famine, plague, and upheaval 1,500 years ago.

Researchers have identified four more Franklin expedition sailors using genetic matches with living descendants, adding new detail to one of Arctic exploration’s best-known disasters.

Two rare coins minted in England around 1009 to seek divine protection from Viking raids have been discovered in Denmark, where experts say they were turned into Viking jewelry or amulets.

Archaeologists studying remains from a church site in Aberdeen say a late medieval jawbone carried a carefully made gold dental ligature, pointing to advanced dental intervention centuries before modern credentialed care

Researchers have recreated elite medieval Christian Nubian clothing from cathedral murals, turning archaeological imagery into live historical interpretation.

The so-called Athena bowl, part of the Hildesheim treasure found in central Germany, offers a striking example of elite Roman tableware and the movement of wealth to the empire’s frontier.

Archaeologists in Norway are examining a hoard of 2,970 silver coins from across northern Europe, a discovery that may illuminate trade, wealth, and monetary change around the middle of the 11th century.