Mosaic Inscription Connects Justinian to Ancient City in Kosovo

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA—It has been difficult for archaeologists to accurately estimate the ancient Maya population […] The post New Research Suggests Maya Population May Have Topped 16 Million appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Belize, Guatemala, lidar, Maya, Maya Lowlands, Mexico, population, Yucatán Peninsula

SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA, SPAIN—Hundreds of human bone fragments found at El Mirador Cave in Sierra […] The post Evidence of Neolithic Cannibalism Found in Spanish Cave appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, cannibalism, El Mirador Cave, Neolithic, Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain

Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861-1865), who commanded the Third Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. Often referred to as 'A. P. Hill' to distinguish him from fellow Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill (D. H. Hill), he was one of Robert E. Lee's most valued officers, playing a vital role in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg...

The Chteau d'Amboise, located in the Loire Valley, in central France, was built over several centuries and was the centre of royal power during the Renaissance (from the 15th to the early 17th century). Witness to the heyday of the French monarchy, but also to great tragedies, the chteau welcomed such famous figures as Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Chevalier d'Artagnan (c. 1611-1673), and Charles...

‘The Blood in Winter’ by Jonathan Healey review JamesHoare Mon, 08/11/2025 - 08:55

A group of amateur archaeologists hit not one literal jackpot but three of them in the woods near Kalisz, Poland. Over the course of just five weeks, they discovered three ceramic vessels one after the other, each from different periods with different contents. The third one held a single treasure: a bright yellow gold torc … Read the full post →"Three treasure pots, one with heavy gold necklace, found in Poland" Ancient, Medieval

An unprecedented grouping of rare bipyramidal ingots has been discovered in the Sava River in Tolisa, northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina near the border with Croatia. This shape of ingot dates them to between the La Tène culture and the beginning of the Roman era, the 2nd or 1st century B.C., and is exceptionally rare in … Read the full post →"Largest group of bipyramidal ingots found in Bosnia"

A rare brooch dating to the late Migration Period (475-550 A.D.) has been discovered in Kemi, Lapland, northern Finland. The gilded bronze fibula is engraved with stylized zoomorphic figures. It is a unique find for Finland. The brooch is 2.6 inches long with extensive surviving gilding in the front. The back may have originally been … Read the full post →"Iron Age gilded brooch found in Finland"

PARIS, FRANCE—When Napoleon marched his Grand Army of 600,000 troops into Russia in 1812, he […] The post New DNA Analysis Reveals Maladies That Ravaged Napoleon's Troops appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, disease, DNA analysis, Grand Army, Lithuania, Napoleon, paratyphoid fever, relapsing fever, Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi C, Vilnius

POMPEII, ITALY—When Mount Vesuvius erupted in a.d. 79, it famously buried Roman towns around the […] The post Some of Pompeii's Residents Returned Home After Vesuvius Eruption appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, eruption, Italy, Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii

The Russian Provisional Government of 1917, really a series of unelected coalitions, briefly held power from March to November, that is between the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) and the Bolshevik Revolution led by Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924). Lacking legitimacy from the outset and without the backing of the army, the government faced a series of severe crises, not least of which...

New excavations at Pompeii have uncovered archaeological evidence that the city was reoccupied after its destruction in the 79 A.D. eruption of Vesuvius. Former residents of the city who had no resources to move away and likely wanderers from other locations made homes for themselves in the ruins of the upper floors of buildings that … Read the full post →"Pompeii reoccupied for 4 centuries after its destruction"

RIVER BEND, WYOMING—In the 1970s, archaeologists conducting a salvage operation prior to construction discovered a […] The post Adornment Assemblage Linked to Wyoming Native American Site appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, adornment, awl, European contact, Native American, River Bend, Shoshone, Wyoming

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA—The Conversation reports the results of a new study that has solved the mystery […] The post First Nations Ancestors Created Finger Grooves in Australian Cave appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Australia, cave, finger grooves, First Nations, Gunaikurnai, mulla-mullung, New Guinea II

BRUNSWICK TOWN, NORTH CAROLINA—According to a statement released by East Carolina University, a team from […] The post Wreck of Spanish Privateer Identified in North Carolina appeared first on Archaeology Magazine. News, Brunswick Town, colonial America, Fort Anderson, King George's War, La Fortuna, North Carolina, shipwreck

Thomas J. Jackson (1824-1863), better known as Stonewall Jackson, was one of the most famous Confederate generals of the American Civil War (1861-1865). A veteran of the Mexican-American War and a former VMI instructor, he joined the Confederate army in 1861 and rose to prominence in his Shenandoah Valley Campaign (March to June 1862). He became the right-hand man of General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870...

How Important was the French Revolution? JamesHoare Thu, 08/07/2025 - 08:38

A socketed sickle of British manufacture has been discovered at the Suret site in Val-de-Reui in France’s lower Seine valley. The sickle dates to the Atlantic Late Bronze Age (1200–600 BC) and is a very rare find in France, one of only ten known. The sickle is made of copper alloy and is complete, although … Read the full post →"Late Bronze Age British sickle found in France"