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13,000 Year Old Cosmic Impact Actually Just a Stone Age House Fire

Researchers say that a cosmic impact thought to have contributed to the demise of the mammoths never actually happened. About 13,000 years ago, our planet got really cold and it stayed that way for…

Ancient Amulet Inscribed with 59-Letter Palindrome is Full of Mistakes

If someone makes you a lucky charm, only for the charm to be misspelled, you’ve got to wonder – would that charm still be lucky? Archaeologists excavating the ancient site of Nea Paphos in…

DigVentures Social Media & Community Internship now open!

It’s our favourite time of the year – when we get to meet new amazing people to join the DigVentures team for 2015! We’re looking for some awesome new folk who love archaeology –…

Christmas Cards from WW1

A certain supermarket’s Christmas advert (cough, Sainsbury’s, cough) which depicts the Christmas Truce of 1914 has had us all talking about representations of war, but there’s much more to Christmas on the front line…

Top 5 Archaeological Discoveries of 2014

2014 has been a year of incredible archaeological discoveries, hastened by the rapidly accelerating fields of underground mapping and no-dig techniques. But some of the most important and transformative discoveries could only have come…

Secrets of the Spanish Vikings

A chance discovery thrown up by a storm has sparked a quest to uncover the secrets of the Vikings who headed south from their Scandinavian home over 1,000 years ago. Vikings have a fearsome…

Archaeologists Investigating the Origins of Agriculture Could Help Shape the Future of Food

What will we eat in the future? Archaeologists investigating the agricultural decisions made by our ancestors more than 10,000 years ago could help shape the answer. Why did the first arable farmers choose to…

1,000 year old food bank discovered in North America

The Feeding Britain report is making an impact across the country today – but were there food banks in the past? There is surprisingly very little information easily available about food banks in ancient…

Beer, Beef and Viking Politics

Beer and beef was vital to Viking politics, but when they arrived in Iceland, it just wasn’t practical. Despite trying, they just couldn’t keep it up. Here’s what happened next. Vikings are known for…

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World’s First Art Was Not Made By Humans

A zigzag engraving made on a shell half a million years ago may transform scientific understanding of what has long been considered one of the defining traits of modern humans: artistic creativity. These days,…

Archaeologists Discover Biggest Ancient Stone Block Ever Carved By People

See that really massive stone block? No, not that one. Look to the right. There, that’s the one. German archaeologists working at the Baalbek site in Lebanon have uncovered the biggest stone block ever…

When in Rome, Don’t Do as the Romans Do

In the latest installment of tourists behaving badly, a Russian has been fined €20,000 (that’s £25,000, or a million Russian roubles) after carving a giant “K” into a section of brickwork at Rome’s best…

Is This the Most Expensive Doorstop Ever?

A Bronze Age ceremonial dagger used by a farmer as a doorstop for the last 12 years has been bought by a museum for £39,000. The 27 inch blade is thought to be around…

New Research Challenges Theories on Origins of Ancient Rock Art

We’re all familiar with the beautiful paintings at Lascaux and Alta Mira and for decades, Europe has been seen as home to the earliest examples of figurative art. In October, the discovery that the…

Polish “Vampires” Were Probably Cholera Victims

How do you stop vampirism from taking hold in your community? Well, you could try burying those suspected of carrying the disease with a sickle across their neck so they cut off their own…

10 Christmas Gift Ideas for 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? Then wonder no more because, whether they’re an aspiring amateur or…

The Medieval Magpie Massacre

This summer, 1,648 bits of animal bone were recovered during excavations at Leiston Abbey. Among them were cows, pigs, sheep and goats, chicken and a whole variety of small mammals – all pretty standard…

Soldiers at Stonehenge

What on earth does a prehistoric monument have to do with WW1? Well, after digging through some archives, it turns out… quite a lot. Here’s the story of how one of Britain’s most iconic…

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