Gaul warriors unearthed at 2,300-year-old site

French archaeologists have unearthed the graves of several Gaul warriors dating back around 2300 years, at the site of a huge business park development near the city of Troyes in central France.

Sumatran cave yields ancient art and 66 human burials

Rock art and human burials found in a Sumatran cave will allow a better understanding of the prehistoric human occupation of Southeast Asia.

Mikve from Second Temple era unearthed in J'lem

In preparing to build a new highway near Jerusalem's Kiryat Menachem neighborhood, archaeologists have discovered an ancient treasure.

Part of Northampton’s Medieval castle unearthed

By Wayne Bontoft

The remains of a building from Northampton’s Medieval castle have been found on the site of the town’s railway station.

New research holds fascinating revelations about an ancient society's water conservation and purification

By Dawn Fuller

(Phys.org) —University of Cincinnati research at the ancient Maya site of Medicinal Trail in northwestern Belize is revealing how populations in more remote areas – the hinterland societies – built reservoirs to conserve water and turned to nature to purify their water supply. Jeffrey Brewer, a doctoral student in the University of Cincinnati's Department of Geography, will present his findings on April 11, at the Association of American Geographers' annual meeting in Los Angeles.

After being uncovered by Soviet archaeologists, ancient mysteries revealed in Turkmen desert sands

By: Igor Sasin

MARY (AFP).- Over four millennia ago, the fortress town of Gonur-Tepe might have been a rare advanced civilisation before it was buried for centuries under the dust of the Kara Kum desert in remote western Turkmenistan.

Ancient Kingdoms in Land of War

By Isma'it Kushkush

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Every winter they come and go, like birds migrating south. Most of them nest in downtown Khartoum’s old Acropole Hotel , but they’re not here to rest. They’re here to work in Sudan’s blistering deserts, and the past few years have yielded outstanding results.

Robes and Shovels: Medieval Monks Cultivated Wetlands

A medieval monastery in Belgium went to major effort to drain wetlands on its land, building structures on artificially raised soil, a new study finds.

RIC Archaeologist Lobban and Team Discover Lost Temple

In the austere landscape of the eastern Butana desert in Sudan where there is no running water, no electricity nor paved roads, and where the few passersby are the occasional camel, goat or sheep, archaeologist Richard Lobban has discovered a lost temple of the Meroitic Empire.