06 Mar 2023 Tracking The Old Ways Of Ice Age Megafauna Hunters By ashley cowie Archaeology & Science 0 While mammoths were hunted by early human populations in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, the primary cause of their extinction was changing climate, and disease. During the last Ice Age, in north-west South America, Clovis culture hunters... Read More
27 Feb 2023 Fair Winds Trade From the Aegean to Egypt’s Amarna By Jonathon Perrin Archaeology & Science 0 What do Queen Nefertari’s silver earrings, King Tutankhamun’s olive leaf collar, and an exquisite blue glass mixing vessel from Egypt have in common? They were all either a direct product of trade with the Aegean region, or inspired by its... Read More
24 Feb 2023 Did Ancient Japanese Fishermen Reach South America 5,000-Years-Ago? By ashley cowie Archaeology & Science 0 The notion that pre-Columbian cultures from Europe, Africa, or Asia sailed across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to discover America, is a popular theory backed by numerous books and television documentaries. While most of these claims seem... Read More
20 Feb 2023 The Newport Medieval Trading Ship Revival By Rebecca Batley Archaeology & Science 0 One of the most remarkable maritime archaeological discoveries of the 21st century was the discovery of the ghostly timbers of a medieval ship, embedded in the mud, when renovations of an arts centre were carried out in the Welsh town of Newport,... Read More
17 Feb 2023 Repton, The British Valhalla To The Great Viking Heathen Army And Ivar The Boneless? By Rebecca Batley Archaeology & Science 0 Was Ivar the Boneless, son of Ragnar Lothbrock, buried at Repton in Derbyshire county, England? At first glance the small village of Repton, with its gentle village green does not seem at all remarkable, but over the past 50 years archaeology has... Read More