In Brief
Unearthed Inscription May Unlock Mysteries of the Etruscan Language
The few examples of Etruscan language that survive tell more about the dead than the everyday lives of the living, being mostly eulogies in tombs of the elite.
Archaeology
Art
Digging Through Victorian Trash for Bone Toothbrushes and Broken Dolls
"Rubbish doesn't lie," explained Tom Licence, a senior lecturer in history at England's University of East Anglia who is behind What the Victorians Threw Away.
News
A 5,000-Year-Old Linen Dress Is the World's Oldest Woven Garment
An over-5,000-year-old linen dress was recently confirmed as the world's oldest woven garment.
News
Intact Bronze Age Wheel Turns Up in Britain
Archaeologists with the University of Cambridge have uncovered the largest and most complete example of a Bronze Age wheel, the earliest of its kind in Britain.
Art
Garments from the Graves of Late Antiquity
Over 50 examples of textile garments and furnishings are on view in Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
Art
Unraveling the Lost Inca Language of Knots
The ancient Inca had no known written language, but they may have used an intricate language of knots.
Art
In Acts of Resistance, Artists and Scholars Digitally Reconstruct the Past
In the past year alone, members of ISIS have marred cultural treasures in Iraq and Syria, taking sledgehammers and drills to statues at the Mosul Museum and delivering numerous blows to the ancient site of Palmyra, including its 1,800-year-old Arch of Triumph.
In Brief
Prehistoric Caves May Contain Oldest Paintings of Volcanic Eruptions
Since its discovery in 1994, the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave in southern France has been a rich site for researchers to study prehistoric art, featuring early paintings of both animals and humans on its walls.
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Oregon Occupiers May Have Violated Federal Law by Damaging a Native American Archeological Site
Armed white men have been occupying the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon for three weeks now. But the federal land they've laid claim to is not only a wildlife preserve; it's also the home of more than 300 prehistoric sites and some 4,000 archaeological art
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122-Foot Dinosaur Makes Its Colossal Debut at the American Museum of Natural History
A cast of one of the largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth some 100 million years ago is being unveiled this week at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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Ancient Phallus Carving Gets Public Exposure After Two Decades as Garden Ornament
A carving of a phallus in a rock would probably seem like the handiwork of a bored youth today, but such imagery was especially common in ancient Greece and Rome as a symbol of good luck rather than a sexual reference.
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Ancient Egyptian Shrines, Once Thought Destroyed, Reveal Six New Statues
A team of archaeologists in Egypt has discovered six rock cut statues inside two adjoining shrines, previously believed to be completely destroyed by an earthquake that shook the region centuries ago.