Philadelphia, PA Summer 2014— Sometimes the best archaeological discoveries aren’t made in the field. Scientists at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia have re-discovered an important […]
AF: Kites
Welcome to Archae-Facts, the place to find bite-sized chunks of Archaeological Trivia! Today, we fly a kite or two…
Was Tutankhamun Murdured? (Tutankhamun Week)
Welcome to Tutankhamun week! Today, we take a look at our top 10 most interesting artefacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Tutankhamun: Top 10
Welcome to Tutankhamun week! Today, we take a look at our top 10 most interesting artefacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Tutankhamun’s Media Legacy (Tutankhamun Week)
Welcome to Tutankhamun week! Today, I examine the media coverage of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922. I discuss the legacy of this media […]
Ancient human genome from southern Africa throws light on our origins
The skeleton of a man who lived 2,330 years ago in the southernmost tip of Africa tells us about ourselves as humans, and throws some […]
Finding Tutankhamun (Tutankhamun week)
Welcome to Tutankhamun week! In the first of this week’s videos, Aaron introduces us to the discovery, made by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon, of […]
Innovative Stone Age tools were not African invention, say researchers
A new discovery of thousands of Stone Age tools has provided a major insight into human innovation 325,000 years ago and how early technological developments […]
Tutankhamun Week: Introduction
Welcome to Tutankhamun week!
A-C: Viking Armies = 50% Women?
Welcome to Archaeo-Chat. In this series we record unscripted conversations about archaeology, what it is like to be an archaeologist and related topics. Today, I […]