This study is undertaken by the research teams led by Prof. Hu Yaowu from the Department of Cultural Heritage and Museology and Institute of Archaeological Science at the Fudan University, and led by Prof. Liu Daiyun in Shanxi Academy of Archaeology. They conducted stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of 36 human bone samples from 25 individuals of the Sixteen Kingdoms period (including long bones and ribs from the same individual) from tombs of Phases II and III of the Xi’an Xianyang Airport site (XXA (SKP)).

Research by Cambridge and Oxford universities examining parasites in the Roman soldiers garrisoned at the fort of Vindolanda shows that troops suffered with intestinal worms and diarrhoea – despite their toilets, baths and drinking water system. 

Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen have used AI and free digital tools to create a dynamic and educational video game about the Stone Age. According to the researchers, the new technology, which does not require strong technical skills, has the potential to revolutionize the digital communication of cultural heritage.

It seems that Christians and Zoroastrians in the fifth century lived peacefully side by side in what is today Iraq. A team of archaeologists from Goethe University Frankfurt was able to corroborate this during three years of research work.

A new, freely accessible dataset published in Nature Scientific Data documents 483 substantial settlements from the Middle and Late Bronze Age in western Anatolia, providing the first comprehensive, interoperable geospatial record of settlement in the region during the second millennium BCE. The dataset enables regional-scale analyses of settlement patterns, resources, and connectivity, fundamentally reframing western Anatolia as an autonomous and integral part of the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean. The density, distribution, and internal coherence of these settlements strongly support the existence of a distinct cultural region – commonly associated with the Luwians – challenging the long-standing view of western Anatolia as merely a peripheral zone between the Mycenaean and Hittite worlds.

Griffith University, in Queensland, Australia, is delighted to announce renowned archaeologist and 2019 Father of the Year Dr Bandit Heeler of Bluey fame has been offered a professorial chair.