News Round Up

We reckon we’ve got enough virtual-360-degree-panorama-museum-tours in this round up to keep you going until Christmas… Let’s be honest, virtual 360-degree tours or panoramas can be a bit weird sometimes, but we are in very weird times and a 360…

We reckon we’ve got enough virtual-360-degree-panorama-museum-tours in this round up to keep you going until Christmas… Let’s be honest, virtual 360-degree tours or panoramas can be a bit weird sometimes, but we are in very weird times and a 360…

TÜBINGEN, GERMANY—According to a statement released by the University of Tübingen, Hannes Rathmann and Hugo Reyes-Centeno suggest that certain aspects of inherited tooth shape such as the groove pattern in crowns, the relative size of cusps, the…

TÜBINGEN, GERMANY—According to a statement released by the University of Tübingen, Hannes Rathmann and Hugo Reyes-Centeno suggest that certain aspects of inherited tooth shape such as the groove pattern in crowns, the relative size of cusps, the…

YORK, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of York, an international team of researchers led by Harry Robson of the University of York analyzed food residues on pottery fragments recovered from 61 archaeological sites in the…

Museum of London has announced plans to collect both objects and first-hand experiences to reflect Londoners’ lives during the Covid-19 crisis The Museum of London holds collections relating to several epidemics and outbreaks in London over the…

Christianity was first brought to Britain by the Romans and it underwent many drastic changes between the time of its initial introduction and the Norman Conquest. In this book, Elizabeth Rees – a Roman Catholic nun and expert on early Christianity…

RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL—Kent D. Fowler of the University of Manitoba and Aren Maeir of Bar-Ilan University and their colleagues suggest that some 4,700 years ago, men were largely responsible for making pottery at Tell es-Safi, a site in central Israel…

GÖTTINGEN, GERMANY—Science Magazine reports that researchers led by Raphael Hermann of the University of Göttingen created bronze swords and staged battles with them in order to determine if Bronze Age warriors actually fought with weapons made of…

In these days of undoing, I remember three journeys. The first was a lifetime ago. I was a young child. Three years old, I think. I remember the smell of cold fried chicken mixed with the smell of cardboard. The chicken was part of the meal that our…

The decennial Pilgrimage of Hadrian’s Wall is an act of veneration for the most-substantial Roman monument in Britain, and the outstanding frontier-work of the Roman Empire. Professionals and amateurs mingle, travel the Wall, and hear and discuss…

LISBON, PORTUGAL—According to a statement released by NOVA University Lisbon, an interdiciplinary team of researchers from NOVA University Lisbon, University of Porto, and University of Aveiro followed medieval recipes to recreate a blue watercolor…

GORAZDE, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA—The Sarajevo Times reports that traces of a monastery dated to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries have been uncovered in southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina at Sopotnica, which is known as the site of a 500-year-…

HAIFA, ISRAEL—According to a Haaretz report, researchers Danny Rosenberg, György Lengyel, Dani Nadel, and Rivka Chasan of the University of Haifa have found an engraving on a Natufian burial slab discovered in northern Israel’s Raqefet Cave. The…

HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA—According to a Xinhua report, archaeologists from the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and the Jiyuan Municipal Cultural Relics Team have uncovered a headless human skeleton in a pit at central…

In this period of Lockdown, The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute invite you to attend a digital research seminar on Friday 24th April 2020 at 4pm BST. Everyone is welcome to dial in…not just UHI students. Raymond……

This book is a welcome addition to the existing large corpus of material on the establishment and development of the plantation of Ulster by settlers from England and Scotland in the early years of the 17th century. The post Review – Society and…

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS—According to a Science Magazine report, molecular archaeologist Christina Warinner of Harvard University, Maxime Borry of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, and their colleagues have developed a tool…

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY—The Anadolu Agency reports that southeastern Turkey’s Zerzevan Castle may be named to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The fortress was built by the Romans on a hilltop on the eastern edge of their empire in the fourth century A.D…

MACAU, CHINA—Macau News reports that a cannon was uncovered during construction work in the Inner Harbor area of the city of Macau, which is located on coastal islands in the South China Sea. Ming Dynasty officials leased the area to Portuguese…