Giant Easter Island ‘Hats’ Were Decorated With Rock Art

The famous Easter Island statues once wore big stone ‘hats’ called pukoa. Now, archaeologists have used 3D modelling to reveal that they were once covered with rock art. Pretty much anyone will recognise the…

Winter Solstice At Newgrange Will Be Broadcast Live Online For All To See

A shaft of light will enter the 5,000 year old tomb at sunrise and illuminate it spectacularly. Don’t miss your chance to see it… Just make sure you pray for clear skies! Newgrange (Sí…

Archaeologists Are Intrigued By These 5,000 Year Old Small Carved Stones

Why did Stone Age people carve images of the sun, fields, and spider webs onto small, flat stones? Danish archaeologists have found over 300 small carved stones, covered with motifs made by Neolithic people…

Burnt Twigs From 15,000 Years Ago Show How Hunter-Gatherers Started To Settle

Archaeologists excavating in Jordan have got some incredibly accurate new dates that challenge old ideas about where and when hunter-gatherers started to settle. Around 15,000 years ago, the Natufian culture appeared in the Levant,…

Bronze Age People Used Iron That Fell Out Of The Sky

Yes, Bronze Age people did make objects out of iron, but they didn’t make the iron themselves: instead, they got it from rocks they saw falling from the sky. Despite the name, Bronze Age…

10 Photos Taken While Flying Over Iron Age Hillforts Covered in Snow

12 Epic Christmas Gift Ideas For Very Merry Archaeology Lovers

Starting to wonder what to get the archaeology-lover in your life? Worried about how you’re going to satisfy their underground tastes this Christmas? Well wonder no more because DigVentures has opened a shop and…

These 12,000 Year Old Fish Hooks Are The Oldest Ever Found In A Burial

Archaeologists in Indonesia have found the earliest-known example of people burying fishing implements with the dead. The discovery represents the earliest-known example of fishhooks being placed in a burial as grave goods, according to…

FOUND: 13th Century Wall With Seven Turrets In Small Spanish Town

Archaeologists often joke that when they find three stones in a row, they’ve found a wall, but there can be no doubt about this one: it’s massive, has seven towers and its construction spans…

10 of the Best Bronze Age Hoards Ever Discovered In Britain

They'll make your eyes sparkle

Help Us Crowdfund An Archaeology Festival In Honour Of Mick Aston

DigVentures patron Sir Tony Robinson announces DigNation – a new festival in honour of his friend, Time Team co-host and hugely popular archaeologist Mick Aston. Mick Aston, who died in June 2013, was a…

FOUND: Rare Pictish Carving Of Man With Spear And Shaved Head

Workers spotted the rare Pictish carving during a massive roadworks project. If there’s anything likely to bring roadworks to an abrupt halt, it’s the appearance of a semi-naked man holding a weapon in each…