Viking Age building, Silloth, England SILLOTH, ENGLAND––According to a statement released by Grampus Heritage & Training, archaeologists working at a site called High Tarns Farm in Cumbria unearthed the largest Viking Age building ever found in Britain. The team was originally drawn to the location by the appearance of crop …

Section of Roman wall from the basilica building, London, England LONDON, ENGLAND––The remnants of one of early Roman London’s most important buildings was discovered beneath an office building at 85 Gracechurch Street in the city center, according to a statement released by the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA). Archaeologists uncovered …

Drawing of stone blades found at Jebel Faya AL MADAM, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES––According to a La Brújula Verde report, an international team of researchers led by Knut Bretzke of Friedrich Schiller University Jena uncovered 80,000-year-old stone blades at the rock shelter site of Jebel Faya in the Emirate of Sharjah. …

Fragments of alabaster vessel LUXOR, EGYPT––The Art Newspaper reports that Egyptian authorities announced the discovery of the long-lost final resting place of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose II (reigned ca. 1492–1479 b.c.). His was the last missing tomb of the kings of the renowned 18th Dynasty, which ruled Egypt between 1550 …

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL––According to a CNN report, the Brazilian Navy confirmed the location of the shipwreck of Vital de Oliveira 28 miles off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The ship was transporting supplies and soldiers along the coast when it was torpedoed by German U-boat U-861 on the …

Researchers studying one of the coffins at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo CAIRO, EGYPT––Ancient Egyptian mummies smell “woody,” “spicy,” and “sweet,” according to a statement released by University College London (UCL). For the first time, an international team of researchers has systematically studied the smells of mummified bodies using sensory …

Sampled pot sherd PATOS LAGOON, BRAZIL––According to a statement released by the University of York, an international team of researchers revealed that alcoholic beverages were an integral part of community banquets near the Patos Lagoon in southern Brazil between 2,300 and 1,200 years ago. Analysis of pottery sherds found amid …

Painting on the back wall of the tomb, Tarquinia, Italy FLORENCE, ITALY—According to a Live Science report, a 2,500-year-old Etruscan tomb decorated with wall paintings has been uncovered in central Italy’s Tarquinia necropolis. No human remains, grave goods, or inscriptions were recovered from the looted tomb, which was also damaged …

HEDENSTED, DENMARK—Researchers have identified fragments of a Roman helmet dated to the fourth century A.D. among more than 100 weapons that were unearthed in Denmark last year at the site of an Iron Age settlement known as Løsning Søndermark, according to a Sci News report. The cheek and neck pieces …

Bronze filter KARABÜK, TURKEY—Hürriyet Daily News reports that excavators working at the site of the ancient city of Hadrianopolis, which is located in Turkey’s Black Sea region, uncovered a bronze object thought to have been used to filter beverages in the fifth century A.D. The artifact measures about three and …