Archaeology
Stone slab found in France thought to be Europe’s oldest 3D map
Archaeologists believe 4,000-year-old engravings on Saint-Bélec Slab resemble topological features
Kim Willsher in Paris
07, Apr, 2021 @6:03 PM
Gaming technology recreates 16th-century music in Scottish chapel
Researchers capture how choral music would have sounded in birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent
05, Apr, 2021 @8:37 AM
Dig reveals 6,000-year-old salt hub in north-east England
Archaeologist says neolithic discovery may be among oldest salt-processing sites in western Europe
Esther Addley
31, Mar, 2021 @6:00 AM
Stalin statue site reveals chilling remains of Prague labour camp
Archaeologists have discovered foundations of the previously unknown structure in the city’s Letná park
Robert Tait
28, Mar, 2021 @8:45 AM
Welsh rabbits serve up prehistoric finds on tiny Skokholm Island
Stone age tool used 9,000 years ago dug up by burrowing bunnies on island off Pembrokeshire
Steven Morris
25, Mar, 2021 @5:05 PM
‘Such a funny little thing’: ‘snail-man’ relic may depict ancient joke
Silver-gilt object, announced by British Museum, was discovered in a field near Pontefract last year
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
22, Mar, 2021 @4:55 PM
Dead Sea scroll fragments and 'world's oldest basket' found in desert cave
Six-millennia-old skeleton of child also unearthed during dig in Judean Desert by Israeli archeologists
Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem
16, Mar, 2021 @5:09 PM
Neanderthals helped create early human art, researcher says
Archaeologist says ability to think and create objects may not have been restricted to homo sapiens
Dalya Alberge
15, Mar, 2021 @4:38 PM
What happened on HMS Terror? Divers plan return to Franklin wrecks
Scientists hope that ice will give up more clues to the fate of the 1845 Arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage
Robin McKie and Vanessa Thorpe
14, Mar, 2021 @7:00 AM
Bronze age burial site in Spain suggests women were among rulers
Researchers in Murcia find exquisite objects at women’s graves later used as sites for elite warrior burials
Ashifa Kassam in Madrid
11, Mar, 2021 @5:00 AM
Victor Ambrus obituary
Prolific illustrator of archaeological scenes for Time Team on Channel 4 and of books, particularly for children
Mike Pitts and Julia Eccleshare
10, Mar, 2021 @12:00 PM
Medieval women 'put faith in birth girdles' to protect them during childbirth
New findings cement idea that ritual and religion was invoked using talismans to soothe nerves
Natalie Grover
10, Mar, 2021 @12:01 AM
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