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For nearly 300 years, visitors to Scotland’s Balquhidder churchyard have admired Rob Roy MacGregor’s gravestone, but 3D scans now suggest its first carvings were made about 1,000 years before he died
Grave of Rob Roy, his wife and son. (credit: Wikimedia Commons) “Far and near, through vale…
Archaeologists found 8,000 frog bones in one Roman-era ditch in England and spent a decade trying to explain them; a new study suggests birds of prey feasted on young frogs around 1,700 years ago
The 8,000 bones reveal how ancient predators, wildlife populations and human activity shaped Roman-era landscapes. An…
In a 2,800-year-old Siberian tomb, researchers found about 1,000 cannabis seeds and chemical traces in human hair, suggesting ritual intoxication among people buried alongside sacrificed horses and other remains
Representative image of cannabis seeds from Canva Researchers studying a 2,800-year-old princely tomb in southern Siberia…
Archaeologists recovered 10,500-year-old worked wood from 20 metres beneath Germany’s Lake Arendsee, including a 1.6-metre post and 1.3-metre boards that may belong to Mesolithic structures
Archaeologists recovered 10,500-year-old worked wood from beneath Lake Arendsee in northern Germany. (Photo: State Office for…
Dublin thought a 13th-century Norman castle had been demolished about 150 years ago; a researcher has now shown its walls, courtyard and medieval features were hiding inside a university building all along
A medieval castle believed to have disappeared around 150 years ago has turned out to be…
Around AD 310, a Roman emperor had a private bath built with three pools, heated floors and a sauna; archaeologists have now uncovered its unusual design
The bath was incorporated directly into the emperor’s palace, with its heating system, bathing areas and…
Archaeologists were excavating a Roman cemetery in Poland when they found a much older man buried with two decapitated human heads, 42 animal teeth and a battle axe
Ancient Polish burial reveals man with 2 skulls, 42-tooth necklace and battle axe (Image Credit: X/…
A wooden relic that survived the sack of Jerusalem’s First Temple was unearthed by archaeologists, now they are finding shocking answers
Image credit: Reut VilfImage source: Tel Aviv University In the current world, it is highly unlikely…
4,000-year-old painted stone in Indonesia reveals symbolic art carried by ancient Austronesian maritime voyagers | World News
A small painted stone found on Indonesia’s Wetar Island is offering archaeologists a glimpse into the…