Pompeii dig finds skeletal remains dating back to Vesuvius earthquake
Two men believed to have been killed when building collapsed during early stages of AD79 volcanic eruption The remains of two people believed to have...
Category : Archaeology
Recovery of ancient DNA identifies 20,000-year-old pendant’s owner
Elk tooth pendant unearthed in Siberia is first prehistoric artefact to be linked to a specific person using genetic sleuthing Scientists have used a new...
Pope Francis orders Parthenon marbles held by Vatican be returned to Greece
Three 2,500-year-old pieces will be ‘donated’ to Greece’s Archbishop Ieronymos II amid wider conversation about future of Parthenon marbles held by Britain Pope Francis has...
Hand of Irulegi: ancient Spanish artefact rewrites history of Basque language
The Vascones, an Iron Age tribe from whose language modern Basque is thought to descend, were previously viewed as largely illiterate More than 2,000 years...
