How To… Celebrate Like An Archaeologist

Archaeologists know a thing or two about celebrating; after all, no dig is complete without an ‘End Of Site Party’. If you think a beer feels good after a hard day’s work, then just…

Archaeologists Unearth the First Thing They Ever Dug Up

As archaeologists, we spend our time looking at things that happened a very long time ago. But not much feels like it was as long ago as when we first became archaeologists! Four years…

Powerful Women Found Buried at Stonehenge

Stonehenge was not a ‘man thing’; half those buried there were women. Today, Stonehenge means many things to many people; tourist destination, great feat of engineering, source of traffic jams, sacred space, or even…

Did the Vikings Really Navigate Using Crystal Sunstones?

Scientists are testing the theory that Vikings navigated using polarized light. We all know that ancient seafarers navigated using the position of the sun by day, and the position of the stars by night….

Why Archaeologists Should Always Remember to Wash Their Hands

How King Tut Got His Beard Back

How Anglo-Saxon Glassmakers Brought Colour To The Dark Ages

This Could Be the Earliest Evidence of Human Warfare Yet

The grisly discovery of 27 people who were killed 10,000 years ago provide the earliest known evidence of human warfare yet. How and when did human warfare emerge? That’s a question philosophers have been…

How To… Deal With the Post-Dig Blues

Your boots are clean, you feel well-rested, your trowel is sitting happily on the mantelpiece, but something is not quite right… it’s probably the post-dig blues. This morning, you got mildly excited when you…

Archaeology: Patience Not Required

Europe’s Oldest City Was Three Times Bigger Than We Thought

The ancient city of Knossos famously collapsed around 3,000 years ago when the palace at its heart was abandoned, but what happened next? New evidence suggests the city not only recovered, but was around…

What’s Coming Up at DigVentures in 2016

We’re dead excited here at DigVentures HQ, because if you enjoyed last week’s look back at 2015, we’ve got something even more exciting lined up for you today… a sneaky-peak preview at what’s coming…

Coolest Archaeological Discoveries of 2015

As the end of the year approaches, it’s time to look back of the biggest headlines and ask ourselves: what are the coolest things found by archaeologists this year? As it turns out, 2015…

Why Archaeology is the Best Cultural Experience You Can Have

This week, we headed to Google HQ where we learned something surprising. But this is a story that deserves to be told from the very beginning… In the beginning, there wasn’t very much stuff…

Archaeology Conference Buzzword Bingo!

We’re well into December and for most people, that only means one thing: Christmas. But we’re not most people, we’re archaeologists, and for archaeologists the one thing December means is… CONFERENCE. Yes, very soon,…

Why Are These 32 Symbols Found In Ice Age Caves Across Europe?

Archaeologist Genevieve von Petzinger has made an incredible discovery. There’s something about caves that draws you in; as soon as you cross their threshold, you enter a surreal and shadowy alternative world. Back when…

The New Doctor Who Features a Sonic Trowel, But Why?

Sod Doctor Who’s new Sonic Screwdriver, we want River Song’s Sonic Trowel! The question is… what the hell does it actually do? This year, the Doctor Who Christmas special has a real treat in…

Archaeologists Are Exploring an Ancient Underground City

For the last two years, archaeologists have been exploring the remains of a subterranean city that’s so vast it could have housed well over 20,000 people. Two years ago, demolition workers in Nevşehir, Turkey,…