Nathan Carter
**Young Workers Hit Hardest in Basel’s Last Plague Outbreak** Archaeologists in Switzerland have uncovered a sobering story of inequality during one of Basel’s final major plague epidemics. By studying 15 carefully excavated graves from a 17th-century hospital cemetery, researchers have revealed that young laborers faced the highest death rates during the outbreak around 1667–1668. The … Read more
**Ancient Ship Burial in Norway Rewrites Early Viking Origins** Archaeologists in Norway have uncovered one of the earliest known ship burials in Scandinavia, dramatically pushing back the origins of this iconic Viking tradition by nearly a century. The monumental find at Herlaugshaugen on the island of Leka dates to around CE 700, revealing that elaborate … Read more
**1,000 Ancient Features Discovered Along Czech Railway** Archaeologists in the Czech Republic have made an extraordinary discovery during preparations for a new high-speed railway line. In just a 1.2-kilometer stretch of the route between Nezamyslice and Kojetín, teams uncovered more than 1,000 archaeological features spanning thousands of years of human history in the Haná River … Read more
**Ancient Roman Chamber Pots Reveal Parasites in Bulgaria** Archaeologists have uncovered intimate details about daily health and sanitation in the Roman Empire by examining mineral deposits inside 2,000-year-old chamber pots from Bulgaria. The findings from the ancient province of Moesia Inferior provide some of the clearest evidence yet of widespread intestinal parasites among ordinary people … Read more
**Roman Cup Found in Spain Links to Hadrian’s Wall** A remarkable bronze cup discovered in central Spain is shedding new light on the personal lives of Roman soldiers and the vast connections that tied the empire together. Known as the Berlanga Cup, this rare artifact bears inscriptions of forts along Hadrian’s Wall in northern Britain … Read more
**Nile River Stability Powered Rise of Ancient Napata** Ancient Napata, one of the most important cities in Sudan’s Kushite kingdom, thrived for centuries thanks in large part to a remarkably stable stretch of the Nile River. New geological and archaeological research reveals how shifts in the river’s behavior around 4,000 years ago created ideal conditions … Read more
**Justinian Plague Mass Grave Confirmed in Ancient Jordan** Archaeologists have uncovered compelling new evidence of one of history’s deadliest pandemics through a mass grave in the ancient city of Jerash, Jordan. The discovery provides the first biomolecular confirmation of victims of the Plague of Justinian (also known as the First Pandemic) in the Eastern Mediterranean, … Read more
**Coral Blocks Revolutionize Dating of Colonial Sites in Pacific** Archaeologists have developed an innovative new technique using coral building materials to more accurately date colonial-era structures in remote Pacific islands. In French Polynesia’s Mangareva Islands, scientists successfully applied uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating to coral blocks from 19th-century missionary buildings, providing fresh insights into a transformative period … Read more
**New Copy of Oldest English Poem Discovered in Rome** Scholars have uncovered a remarkable new version of Cædmon’s Hymn—the earliest known poem written in English—hidden inside a ninth-century manuscript long stored at Rome’s National Central Library. This discovery, made by researchers from Trinity College Dublin, pushes back our understanding of how Old English poetry was … Read more
**7,000-Year-Old Beaver Bones Reveal Neolithic Fur Hunting** Archaeologists in Germany have made a fascinating discovery that sheds new light on the daily lives and resource strategies of Europe’s earliest farmers. Near the town of Alsleben in Saxony-Anhalt, researchers uncovered a small pit filled with the remains of at least 12 beavers, dating back approximately 7,000 … Read more