The Great London [02/08/17] 

  • Exhibitions: Egyptian mummies virtually unwrapped in Australia

    The hidden secrets of Egyptian mummies up to 3,000 years old have been virtually unwrapped and reconstructed for the first time using cutting-edge scanning technology in a joint British-Australian exhibition.A young visitor looks at a 3D image of a CT scan of an Egyptian mummy, during a preview for a joint British-Australian exhib…

  • UK: Ancient Britons' teeth reveal people were 'highly mobile' 4,000 years ago

    Archaeologists have created a new database from the teeth of prehistoric humans found at ancient burial sites in Britain and Ireland that tell us a lot about their climate, their diet and even how far they may have travelled. In a paper, led by Dr Maura Pellegrini from the University of Oxford, researchers say that individuals in …

  • Japan: Unique Mosasaur fossil discovered in Japan

    An international research partnership is revealing the first mosasaur fossil of its kind to be discovered in Japan. Not only does the 72-million-year-old marine reptile fossil fill a biogeographical gap between the Middle East and the eastern Pacific, but also it holds new revelations because of its superior preservation. This uni…

  1. The Lapita: Oceanic Ancestors exhibition at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris
  2. Bulgaria to unveil 10,000 unique archaeology treasures
  3. Public to see limestone box that may have been casket for Jesus’ brother
  4. 'Rhodes: A Greek Island and Gateway to the East' at the Louvre
  5. Ancient tablets reveal mathematical achievements of ancient Babylonian culture