archaeology
A remarkable 600-year-old doorway, potentially leading to legendary English playwright William Shakespeare's dressing room, has been uncovered in the UK's oldest working theatre. The archway was discovered at St George’s Guildhall in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, during archaeological investigations sparked by curiosity about a "weird shape" in a wall. When two noticeboards were taken down, an 18th-century wall was exposed. As bricks from this wall were removed, an even older archway came into view. Related Why Shakespeare is totally overrated Shakespeare's Globe retells Antony and Cleopatra with Brit...
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A team of researchers have successfully decoded 4,000-year-old writings on ancient Babylonian cuneiform tablets that had remained untranslated for over a century. The latest research focused on four tablets from the British Museum’s collection, origin dating back to around 1200 BC from the ancient city of Sippar in what is now modern-day Iraq. Published in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies,* the newly deciphered texts reveal that the Babylonians viewed lunar eclipses not just as celestial events but as ominous signs of death and destruction. Pompeii archaeologists uncover tragic final moments o...
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Two victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were found in recent archaeological excavations of Pompeii. They were identified as a man and a woman. The latter was found on a bed, holding a small treasure of gold, bronze and silver coins, as well as some precious jewellery, including gold and pearl earrings. The two were found in a cubicle, which is thought to be a bedroom, according to the Pompeii Archaeological Park. The cubicle was connected to a grandly decorated salon and found behind a previously discovered shrine. "It is a great restoration site and it is a secured site that gi...
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An ancient sarcophagus dating back to the Roman era was discovered on a beach and used as a bar at a Black Sea resort near Varna. Following its discovery, archaeologists from the Regional History Museum in Varna examined the ancient artefact, identifying its rich ornamentation as part of the "garland sarcophagi" from Roman times. The sarcophagus is made from shelly limestone, characteristic of northwestern Bulgaria. It features intricate relief decorations on all four sides, including garlands, animal heads, rosettes, and a labrys. Despite its historical value, photos on social media revealed ...
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It turns out J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantastical world of hobbits might not be as fictitious as we once believed. Recent excavations on Flores, a remote Indonesian island, have unveiled a tiny upper arm bone fragment and analysis has confirmed it is evidence of an early human who stood at just three feet tall. Twenty years ago, archaeologists working at a cave in Liang Bua found fossils of an early human species which was three and a half feet (1.07 metres) tall — formally known as Homo floresiensis. They were nicknamed “hobbits.” But these new remains indicate a figure that was 2.4 inches (6 centime...
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Have you ever dreamt of spending a day in Ancient Rome? Well, now you can with a new tour which will take you on a journey through Caesar's Forum. Throughout the summer, Romans and tourists alike will be able to take a night-time stroll through the ruins of the first Imperial Forum, which is returning to its splendour of 2,000 years ago thanks to a virtual reconstruction. The project has been brought to life by the Capitoline Superintendency for Cultural Heritage — which manages the archaeological and historical sites owned by the city of Rome — and cultural event planner Zètema Progetto Cultu...
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A team of archaeologists in the Czech Republic have uncovered a remarkable hoard of weapons and jewellery, dating back to approximately 1600 BC. The discovery was made during an excavation survey in the town of Budyně nad Ohří, located 40km northwest of Prague, where researchers stumbled upon a treasure trove of bronze artefacts, including eight axes, eight arm rings, two pins and a spearhead. Researchers believe the artefacts were intentionally buried, though their exact purpose remains a mystery. Three theories have been proposed. “First, such hoards could be used as votive gifts or gifts to...
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UNESCO has added a fourth-century Christian monastery in Gaza to its list of endangered sites as a result of the Israel-Hamas war. The decision to add the ancient Saint Hilarion Monastery was announced during the 46th iteration of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in New Delhi, India. Though the monastery, also known as Tell Umm Amer, had been on the organisation’s tentative heritage list since 2012, its status was fast-tracked using emergency procedures amid the ongoing conflict. The Saint Hilarion Monastery – one of the oldest, largest, and most complex monasteries in the Middle East, home...
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Cyprus have unveiled a remarkable collection of ancient artefacts, some dating back thousands of years, that were returned after being looted decades ago by a notorious Turkish art dealer. Aydin Dikmen took the treasures from the country's breakaway north in the years after Cyprus’ split in 1974, when Turkey invaded following a coup mounted by supporters seeking union with Greece. The antiquities were kept in Germany after authorities there seized them in 1997, and protracted legal battles secured their repatriation in three batches, the last one this year. A ceremony at the Cyprus Museum (the...
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Financial news and archaeology – these two things don’t come together all that often. In a rare instance of such a pairing, visitors to London can descend beneath the city’s financial centre to discover the ancient Roman temple of Mithras, found below the current site of Bloomberg’s European headquarters. Shedding fresh light on antiquity, the London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE regularly brings site-specific contemporary art commissions to the temple, encouraging artists to engage with and respond to the site’s rich archaeological history. Last week, Polish multidisciplinary artist Goshka Macuga...
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