Tag: Archaeology
Mysterious marks on boomerangs reveal a ‘forgotten’ use of this iconic Aboriginal multi-tool
Image: Eva F. Martellotta, Author provided
Alongside kangaroos and Akubra hats, boomerangs are one of the most iconic symbols of the Australian continent. They are also...
Has Captain Cook’s ship Endeavour been found? Debate rages, but here’s what’s usually involved in identifying a shipwreck
Picture: WikiCommons/Illustration by Samuel Atkins
The Australian National Maritime Museum has announced a shipwreck found in Newport Harbour, off Rhode Island in the United States, has...
Sunday essay: invisible no more – putting the first women archaeologists of the Pacific back on the map
Mary Elizabeth Shutler in Vanuatu, in the1960s. Permitted to join the first archaeological expedition to New Caledonia in 1952 as a ‘voluntary assistant’,...
Homo who? A new mystery human species has been discovered in Israel
Picture: Yossi Zaidner
An international group of archaeologists have discovered a missing piece in the story of human evolution.
Excavations at the Israeli site of Nesher...
Cave of Horror: fresh fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls echo dramatic human stories
Israel Antiquities Authority conservator Tanya Bitler shows newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments at the Dead Sea Scrolls conservation lab in Jerusalem. AP Photo/Sebastian...