An impressive new reconstruction has revealed what Burghead might have looked like in Moray Council, Scotlands largest Pictish fortress, as it might have looked more than a thousand years ago. Three-dimensional images of the fortress on the northeast coast of Scotland have been created, based on arc
On the island of Jersey, the British Crown dependency located in the English Channel west of Normandy, is La Hougue Bie , a Neolithic monument that is considered one of the oldest structures in use in Europe . First excavated in 1925, it is known to have been a ritual site in use by at least 3500 B
Between 1965 and 1966, during an archaeological survey in the surroundings of the capital of the ancient Chinese kingdom of Chu, fifty burials were discovered and excavated, accompanied by grave goods. Among the thousands of objects recovered was an unusual bronze sword, which, thanks to being kept
Richly decorated animals, found sacrificed in southern Peru, highlight Inca rituals. Lamas sacrificed 600 years ago found in an exceptional state of preservation at the archaeological site of Tambo Viejo, in Peru. A warm wind blew on their fleece still present despite six centuries of burial...