Welcome to Questions of Doom. In this series, we answer your questions about Archaeology and our shared heritage. Today we help examine ways to encourage […]
King Croesus’s golden brooch to be returned to Turkey
Lydian Hoard treasure in shape of winged seahorse, sold to pay gambling debts and replaced with a fake, to be taken home
AF: Camels! The Original E-Reader?
Welcome to Archae-Facts, the place to find bite-sized chunks of Archaeological Trivia! Today we examine one Vizier’s attempt to take his library wherever he went! […]
Stone age nomads settled down in Merseyside, flints and timber suggest
Sefton site points to nomadic hunter-gatherer ways being given up after evidence found of 8,000-year-old permanent dwellings
Is pampered humanity getting steadily less intelligent?
Humans reached a peak of intelligence more than 2,000 years ago and it’s been downhill ever since, a scientist speculates
AF: Mary, the Golfing Queen!
Welcome to Archae-Facts, the place to find bite-sized chunks of Archaeological Trivia! Today we hear about how Mary Queen of Scots loved a round of […]
The Hobbit rights holder sues makers of Age of the Hobbits flick
Saul Zaentz submits legal complaint against The Asylum for attempting ‘to divert customers away from the Hobbit films’
Saxon find in Lyminge has historians partying like it’s 599
Remains of great hall, the first unearthed in 30 years, dug up on Kent village green
AF: Pharaoh’s Flypaper!
Welcome to Archae-Facts, the place to find bite-sized chunks of Archaeological Trivia! Today we hear about Pepi II and his solution to being bothered by […]
AS: A Hard Hobbit to Break!
Welcome to Archaeoscoop, the place to find heritage and archaeology related stories from around the world! Today, my top three headlines take us to New […]