Elite jewellery hoard found in Lower Saxony
Work on new wind turbines near Wolfenbüttel has brought to light a wide range of archaeological finds, including a group of Bronze Age jewellery and much older traces of settlement activity.
Roman industrial hub discovered beneath Sizewell C construction site
Archaeologists at the Sizewell C development on the Suffolk coast of England have uncovered a concentrated area of Roman industrial activity, shedding light on how the landscape was used nearly 2,000 years ago.
Neolithic tombs reveal kinship across generations
Stone tombs built by early farming groups in northern Scotland were used to bury closely related individuals, with new evidence pointing to family ties passed down through the male line.
Ostrich bones at Moroccan cave point to prehistoric butchery
Archaeologists working at Ifri n’Ammar in northeastern Morocco have identified rare ostrich bones that suggest humans processed the large bird during the Late Stone Age.
Bronze Age mining at Great Orme included sophisticated bone tools
Archaeologists examining the Bronze Age copper mines at Great Orme report that bone tools formed part of routine mining work. A study of 150 artefacts indicates that these items were selected and shaped for specific purposes.
Early Roman camp found beneath Bolongaro Palace
Workers renovating the Bolongaro Palace in Höchst, Germany have uncovered traces of an early Roman military camp beneath the palace garden, a find that sheds new light on the city’s earliest history.
10,000 years of human occupation on the Onsala Peninsula
Construction of a new section of road 940 on the Onsala Peninsula in Sweden is giving archaeologists a rare chance to look deep into the area’s past — all the way back to the first people who settled there after the Ice Age.
Ancient DNA sheds light on human sacrifice in early Korean society
A new genetic study has revealed striking details about the practice of human sacrifice in early Korean society, suggesting that those buried alongside elites were not outsiders, but often part of the same extended communities.
Ritual space, settlement and social memory at Rogsta in Södermanland
A large-scale archaeological investigation is currently underway at Rogsta, located northeast of Nyköping, where archaeologists are examining a site characterised by long-term, stratified human activity.
Study suggests turtles were turned into tools by Neanderthals
Neanderthals hunted European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in Central Europe, though probably not primarily for food. Instead, evidence from the Palaeolithic site of Neumark-Nord suggests that the animals’ shells were carefully cleaned and reused, possibly as small containers or scoop-like implements.