Archaeologists face special challenges when trying to date the Palaeolithic site of Irikaitz, which is located in a geologically rare area in the Basque Country on the Iberian Peninsula. Last year, a pendant that may have been used to sharpen tools was found. It could be 25,000 years old. Butchering marks have been found on […]

A small, 2,000-year-old clay seal has been unearthed in Jerusalem’s Old City. Ronny Reich of Haifa University says the seal is related to second Temple rituals. In Norwich, Connecticut, archaeologists are looking for the grave of famed abolitionist David Ruggles, who was buried in his family’s plot in 1849. “According to the radar, there are clearly […]