Category: Archaeology

Bronze Age burial chamber discovered on Dartmoor, England Excitement has been felt among archaeologists over the discovery of a Bronze Age burial chamber on Dartmoor, which may provide fresh light on Devon’s prehistoric past. This “enchanting” discovery could rival the…

Mummified remains of an Incan ‘Princess’ who died 500 years ago finally returned to Bolivia A 500-year-old mummy of an Incan girl has been returned to Bolivia, some 129 years after it was donated to the Michigan State University Museum,…

New Thoughts on the “Lead Lady” of the Netherlands The remains of a rich Roman woman in a grave found during works in the centre of Nijmegen in 2001 could turn out to belong to a menial worker, closer inspection…

A 2,700-year-old leather saddle found in a woman’s tomb in China is the oldest on record Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborate leather horse saddle — possibly the oldest ever found — from a grave in northwestern China, according to a…

Archaeologists uncover ‘astonishing’ remains of horses buried 2,000 years ago Archaeologists in France have uncovered nine “astonishing” graves containing the skeletons of 28 horses that were buried about 2,000 years ago, though their precise cause of death remains a mystery.…

Huge Christian Grave Slabs Recovered From 13th-Century Shipwreck Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University have recovered two medieval grave slabs from the remains of the 13th-century Mortar Wreck, the oldest known shipwreck in British waters. Located in the Swash Channel on…

Mathematical Breakthrough Unlocks New Clues to the Universe’s Deepest Mysteries A grand challenge in modern theoretical physics is to find a ‘unified theory’ that can describe all the laws of nature within a single framework — connecting Einstein’s general theory…