Archaeology

The Fitzwilliam's major new exhibition, the culmination of a three-year research project, explores the evolution of island identity on Cyprus, Crete...

Research examining traces of parasites in the remains of medieval Cambridge residents suggests that local friars were almost twice as likely as...

A study of ancient faeces uncovered at a settlement thought to have housed builders of Stonehenge suggests that parasites got consumed via badly-...

The biggest investigation ever undertaken into Eboracum, the Roman city buried beneath York, is set to begin this summer. Ground penetrating radar...

A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000 years ago likely caused severe climate disruption in many areas of the globe, but early human...

Researchers analysing skeletal remains in Cambridge find a dramatic increase in ‘hallux valgus’ around the time that pointed shoes became de rigueur...

Life in medieval Cambridge was toughest for the ordinary workers, according to a study of the “skeletal trauma” found on remains from three different...

For the first time, a team of archaeologists has succeeded in mapping a complete Roman city, Falerii Novi in Italy, using advanced ground penetrating...