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Digging Into National Archaeology Week
Rainforest foragers intensified plant use long before agriculture
Domesticated dingo buried by Barkindji people 1,000 years ago
Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy
Reclaiming Experience: Approaches To Trauma
Unearthing local hi UniSQ Archaeology Field School returns for 2026
State Heritage Register listing of Ravensworth Homestead | statement
The fake disease that fooled the internet – and what it says about all of us
Plant-based diets identified for early Māori
Tasmanian Tiger Lives On In Arnhem Land Rock Art
‘Coral houses’ are dotted throughout the Pacific. Now scientists know exactly when they were built
Sport, Nursing, Archaeology Top 50 In QS Rankings
Otago subjects among the best in the world
UOW ranks 6th in the world for Philosophy in QS Subject Rankings 2026
Why some people still believe that aliens shaped ancient civilisations
Life And Death In Late Bronze Age Central Europe
Focus on history careers at Orange Regional Museum’s ‘History Futures’ workshop
Southern Ports and the University of Notre Dame Australia uncover Albany’s Maritime History
Retelling Jomon Story
3D scanning and shape analysis help archaeologists connect objects across space and time to recover their lost histories
Curtin scientists freeze out ice-age delivery theory for Stonehenge stones
Early hominins from Morocco reveal an African lineage near the root of Homo sapiens
We discovered an ancient ‘party boat’ in the waters of Alexandria – here’s what might have happened on board
How we unlocked the secrets of Denmark’s oldest plank boat – with the help of an ancient fingerprint
‘Households In Context’ Wins Wiseman Book Award
Rare stone tool cache tells story of trade and ingenuity
Ancient dirty dishes reveal decades of questionable findings
25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space
Six young leaders join boards of NSW’s oldest cultural institutions
Were Neanderthals capable of making art?
The long, deep dig: Collaboration excavates the ancient city of Sardis
The Glozel affair: A sensational archaeological hoax made science front-page news in 1920s France
Ancient Teeth Reveal Mammalian Responses To Climate Change In Southeast Asia
Dietary Flexibility Determined Survival Or Extinction
Creating Customized Tools For Scientists Around World
12,000-year-old rock art marked ancient water sources in Arabia’s desert
Plastic Age Could Go On Record
‘Sacred Ground’ exhibit receives Historic Ithaca preservation award
Discovery Of Precursor To Agriculture
New Discovery of Wild Cereal Foraging – a Precursor to Agriculture – Far from the Fertile Crescent
SNOWY 2.0 STUDY DEEPENS ARCHAEOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING
Pathogen Discovered In 4,000-year-old Sheep Tooth
Moose have lived in Colorado for centuries – unpacking the evidence from history, archaeology and oral traditions
Project Breaks Silence Around Death In Primary Schools
AI for the ancient world: how a new machine learning system can help make sense of Latin inscriptions
Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago – our unusual scientific collaboration explores how
Ancient cities provide key datasets for urban planning, policy and predictions in the Anthropocene
Moreton Bay Charges Back Into Middle Ages