The 3,400-year-old settlement with a palace and several large buildings could be the ancient city of Zakhiku, believed to have been an important center of the Mittani Empire (1550-1350 BCE). Aerial view of the excavations at the site of Kemune in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Image credit: Universities of …

Malmesbury Abbey in Wiltshire, England, was attacked by arsonists on Friday evening. The 12th century center of learning would have been entirely lost, Read more Section:  News History & Archaeology Ancient Places Europe Read Later  Source: Ancient Origins

GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN—According to a statement released by the University of Gothenburg, wool may have been produced on an industrial scale in northern Italy during the Bronze Age. University of Gothenburg archaeologist Serena Sabatini said that large numbers of textile tools and the teeth of sheep and goats have been recovered …

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient carved stone with the image of a phallus and graffiti at the site of Vindolanda, an ancient Roman military fort and settlement on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, England. The ancient carved stone with the image of a phallus and graffiti found at the site of …

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Edinburgh, researchers from the University of Edinburgh, Historic Environment Scotland, and the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre have identified more than 100 Iron Age settlements and small farmsteads in southwest Scotland, in the area between Hadrian’s Wall and the Antonine …

An Oxford University archaeologist exploring the Welsh countryside has discovered an ancient Roman road in Wales. He believes it might be the lost route upon which the bluestones were transported Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source: Ancient Origins

Per leggere questo articolo occorrono 3 minuti Immersa nella pittoresca campagna del Northumberland, Vindolanda, con il suo insediamento fortificato è uno vero e proprio pozzo di tesori archeologici provenienti dalla vita quotidiana durante l’occupazione romana della Gran Bretagna e anche oltre. Quello che rende così eccezionale un tassello del patrimonio mondiale …

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND—Ekathimerini reports that Peter Liddel of the University of Manchester and his colleagues have translated an ancient Greek inscription on a marble slab that has been housed in a storeroom at the National Museum of Scotland since the 1880s. “On seeing it we realized that this was not a …

CHIAPAS, MEXICO—According to a statement released by Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, a 1,300-year-old sculpture depicting the head of the Maya Maize God has been discovered at Palenque. Archaeologist Arnoldo González Cruz and conservator Haydeé Orea Magaña were removing fill from a corridor in El Palacio, or The …

What were the important forces and factors that led to notable evolutionary leaps in Chinese culture more than 4,000 years ago? New research identifies one major cultural development that helped initiate  Read more Section:  Artifacts Ancient Technology News History & Archaeology Read Later  Source: Ancient Origins