Tag: archaeology

• Moustache, torc, … Mickey Mouse ears? – How a sandstone stele and some grave goods, viewed together, provide insight into Iron Age “princely” get-up and social roles.

  21. Aug 2025

  archaeology, burial, Celtic, iconography, Iron Age, ritual

• The Denisovans got a face! – Turns out, it’s Dragon Man’s

  20. Jun 2025

  aDNA, archaeology, archaic humans, denisova hominins, denisovans, dragon man, homo longi, paleolithic

• From jungle to cinema: On the 100th anniversary of Percy H. Fawcett’s disappearance (and the creation of a modern myth)

  29. May 2025

  adventure, archaeology, colonialism, esotericism, Expedition, Explorer, Fawcett, Lost Cities, popular culture, South America, Theosophy

• Ceci n’est pas une Arche, or: That’s not the boat you’re looking for

  22. May 2025

  archaeology, Ark, Bible, Noah’s Ark, Turkey

• Smells Like God Spirit: Ancient sculptures were not only brightly coloured, but also perfumed

  15. May 2025

  antiquity, archaeology, fragrance, Greece, perfume, roman, Rome, sculptures

• The surprisingly rare archaeological evidence for ancient Roman crucifixion

  18. Apr 2025

  archaeology, burials, Christ, crucified, crucifixion, Easter, religion, roman

• Well, no. There’s no vast underground structure found beneath the Pyramids of Giza

  26. Mar 2025

  archaeology, Egypt, News, pseudoarchaeology

• Firestarter: Early Neolithic experiments in copper metallurgy

  24. Mar 2025

  archaeology, metallurgy, Neolithic, Turkey

• Grave concerns: The bold line between grave robbing and archaeology

  26. Feb 2025

  archaeology, ethics, excavation, grave robbers

• From Akakor to Akator: Tatunca Nara and the real story behind “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”

  20. Feb 2025

  Ancient Aliens, archaeology, Indiana Jones, movies