News Round Up

ISRAEL: The walled site of Tel Shikmona has long puzzled archaeologists. Despite its rocky coastline and lack of arable land, a community seemingly thrived there between the 11th and 6th centuries B.C. Recent reevaluation of ceramic material…

EGYPT: The wild African watermelon has white flesh and is largely inedible due to its bitterness. However, wall paintings from ancient Egyptian tombs depict what appear to be watermelons, which has led experts to speculate that the fruit may have…

The University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, in partnership with the Yarrows Heritage Trust, are preparing for a fourth season of excavation at the Burn of Swartigill in Thrumster, Caithness, Scotland. Previous seasons of…

USHACHI, BELARUS—According to a report in Belarus News, archaeologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus have unearthed an aristocratic residence in the north of the country that dates to the twelfth century. The estate seems to have…

COCHRANE, CANADA—According to a Cochrane Today report, archaeologists working ahead of construction on Alberta's Highway 1A have been unearthing remains of Cochrane Ranch, the first large-scale cattle ranch in Alberta, which was founded in 1881. At…

SALMON, IDAHO—The Post Register reports that a 100-year-old cabin built by hermit Earl King Parrott in Idaho’s Salmon-Challis National Forest has been restored. Situated along the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in the Frank Church–River of No…

BISHOP AUCKLAND, ENGLAND—According to a report in The Northern Echo, excavations at Auckland Castle in northeast England have unearthed details about the leisure activities of medieval England’s prince bishops of Durham, high-ranking clergymen who…

BISHOP AUCKLAND, ENGLAND—According to a report in The Northern Echo, excavations at Auckland Castle in northeast England have unearthed details about the leisure activities of medieval England’s prince bishops of Durham, high-ranking clergymen who…

Reliably unreliable weather, a 99 and an hour or two on the penny falls. Here are some of our favourite museums to visit on your next British seaside holiday. Southwold Museum Southwold Mentioned in the Domesday book as a fishing port, Southwold’s…

LEVITHA, GREECE—According to a Proto Thema report, five ancient Greek shipwrecks containing amphoras have been discovered at the bottom of the eastern Aegean Sea, near the small island of Levitha. These are the first ships documented by a team from …

LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA—According to an Edhat report, archaeology students from the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered a large abalone shell during excavations at La Purisma Mission State Historic Park. The shell appears to have been…

HAY-ON-WYE, WALES—BBC News reports the discovery of a large thirteenth-century catapult stone during renovation work in the east wing of Hay Castle on the border of England and Wales. The 1-foot-wide stone weighs nearly 63 pounds and would have been…

KINGSTON, JAMAICA—The Gleaner reports that miners working at a quarry in Jamaica's Hellshire Hills discovered a rockshelter that served as a burial site to the Taino, the island's original inhabitants. Archaeologists led by Selvenious Walters of the…

BARCZEWO, POLAND—According to a report in The First News, nearly 1,000 silver coins were discovered in and around a glazed ceramic mug under the floor of the Church of St. Andrew the Apostle in Poland’s northern province of Warmia. A team led by…

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—According to a BBC News report, an avocational Egyptologist and baking enthusiast has successfully baked a loaf of bread using yeast from ancient Egyptian ceramics. Seamus Blackley and his collaborators, archaeologist Serena…

WESTNESS, SCOTLAND—The Scotsman reports that archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a Viking ‘drinking hall’ at the nineteenth-century Skaill Farmstead on the island of Rousay. Dating to the tenth through twelfth centuries, the stone-…

WESTNESS, SCOTLAND—The Scotsman reports that archaeologists have unearthed what they believe to be a Viking ‘drinking hall’ at the nineteenth-century Skaill Farmstead on the island of Rousay. Dating to the tenth through twelfth centuries, the stone-…

Archaeological NoteThe main objective of this archaeological note is to present to the scientific community the most comprehensive data available on a spectacular new find from the territory of the Roman province of Thrace—a brass balsamarium shaped…

Archaeological NoteThis archaeological note presents the findings from a scientific analysis of the bronze of an over-life-sized cuirassed statue of Germanicus from Amelia (ancient Ameria). The examination was recently carried out in the Museo…

ArticleRecent epigraphic studies have contextualized inscriptions within their archaeological settings, bringing these stones into the field of material culture studies. The time is now ripe to consider the full life-span of inscriptions and the…