The packages were sent to a woman whose work had led to the heralded recovery of the Kyrenia, and to new insights into classical Greek seafaring. But their ancient contents were a problem.
Tag: Archaeology and Anthropology
Ancient Calendar, Recently Discovered, May Document a Long-Ago Disaster
The markings on a pillar in southern Turkey are more than decorations on the stone, a researcher at the University of Edinburgh says. They may memorialize a time when comet fragments struck Earth.
In a Porridge Box, an Ancient Treasure Mysteriously Arrives in Dublin
The National Museum of Ireland received two copper Bronze Age ax heads in the mail. Now it needs to figure out who found them.
Berlin Honors Earliest Settlers, Whose Bones Shared Their Secrets
Archaeologists unearthed some 4,000 ancient skeletons from the heart of the city. After years of study, they were reinterred in a rare and solemn tribute.
Berlin Honors Earliest Settlers, Whose Bones Shared Their Secrets
Archaeologists unearthed some 4,000 ancient skeletons from the heart of the city. After years of study, they were reinterred in a rare and solemn tribute.
Archaeologists Find Marble Statue in Ancient Sewer in Bulgaria
Researchers in Bulgaria think the artifact could offer a window into ancient tensions around the rise of Christianity.
Barry Kemp, Who Unearthed Insights About Ancient Egypt, Dies at 84
An archaeologist, he wrote widely on everyday life under the pharaohs and did much of his fieldwork at Amarna, considered the Egyptian version of Pompeii.
Was the Stone Age Really the Wood Age?
Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed.
In Ancient Pompeii, Fresco Dining Room With Trojan Decor Offers New Insights
A frescoed dining room is the latest find in an excavation campaign to shore up an area of the site, which was destroyed by a powerful volcanic eruption, and better preserve it.
Ancient Foxes Lived and Died With Humans
Extinct foxes and other animals were an important part of early South American communities, a new study has found.