Digital digs: Technology preserving Europe’s cultural heritage
Technological advancements such as 3D scans based on drone images are helping archaeologists document Europe’s heritage before sites and artefacts are lost to future generations.By …
Technological advancements such as 3D scans based on drone images are helping archaeologists document Europe’s heritage before sites and artefacts are lost to future generations.By …
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed rare carvings on an ancient Mayan ball court depicting a powerful snake-themed dynasty.Excavators have uncovered three stucco reliefs that depict scenes of…
EU-funded researchers are testing DNA from archaeological cat remains to help unravel the tale of cat domestication.By Ali JonesIt probably will not surprise cat owners,…
RESEARCHERS have uncovered a medieval graveyard of "vampire children" buried with protections to stop them rising from the dead.The site was dug up in Koszalin,…
SCIENTIFIC reconstruction has revealed how an Ice Age teenager with dwarfism who lived 11,000 years ago would have looked.And new research reveals how youngsters who…
ARCHAEOLOGISTS believe they have discovered the "lost" survivors of Pompeii who made it through the horror 18-hour volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. It's often been…
ANCIENT Egyptians attempted brain surgery to remove cancer, experts have said. They discovered cut marks — believed to be from metal tools — on the…
THE chilling mystery of Tutankhamun's cursed tomb has puzzled archaeologists for centuries after a string of suspicious deaths when it was opened up. But experts…
AN unassuming cave with "doors and windows" once house England's "Hermit King". The monarch during Medieval Britain was exiled and forced to take refuge in…
In short: Archaeologists have unearthed a fresco depicting a Greek myth in Pompeii's ruins.The fresco was found as part of restoration efforts of the House…