Archaeology and anthropology

The debate over ancient Iranian jewellery worn by Zendaya

Zendaya’s statement disc gold-and-diamond earrings whose origins date to the first millennium BC, according to Barron London, the gallery that acquired it.

Danish fish fossil cliffs set to gain UNESCO status

The Hanklit cliff overlooking Limfjord on the Danish island of Mors, Denmark.

Nearly 3,000-year-old human remains unearthed in El Salvador

Archaeologists excavate and remove a pre-Hispanic burial, including human remains and associated artifacts such as a turtle-shaped Usulutan ceramic vessel, at the Pasaje 4 archaeological site in Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador, on July 3.

Odysseus from Odyssey wasn’t real, but he had real worshippers in ancient Ithaca

Hollywood actor Matt Damon in The Odyssey.

Thailand names new snake-necked dinosaur from Kalasin province

The dinosaur has been named Uragasaurus kalasinensis, a new genus and species of sauropod from the Phu Kradung Formation in north-eastern Thailand.

The Conscious Traveller

Behind the scenes at Angkor Wat: How experts are saving Cambodia’s ancient temples

A view of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap. The park’s temples have been affected by natural decay, weather, climate change, natural disasters and tourism.

Archaeological study to be carried out at Adam Park, a WWII battlefield and prisoner-of-war camp

Facade of 7 Adam Park on April 28, 2026.

Scientists dig up South-east Asia’s largest dinosaur in Thailand

Artist reconstruction of the Cretaceous Period sauropod dinosaur Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, whose fossils were unearthed in Thailand, seen in this illustration released on May 14, 2026.

Hidden cave, hippo bones under Welsh castle may rewrite history

A major five-year archaeological project led by the University of Aberdeen will investigate the “enormous” cave.

Greece’s ancient sites get climate change check-up

(FILES) Pedestrians visit the archaeological site of Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Delphi, on November 17, 2022, amid a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. From 2022 to 2025, scientists at the National University of Athens and the National Hellenic Research Foundation examined past and present climate and geological conditions at the 19 sites, looking at prior damage to help determine future vulnerability to extreme events. The sites under scrutiny include Olympia, habitually threatened by forest fires, the ancient theatre of Delphi, where rockslides are a concern. (Photo by Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP)

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