This weekly feature is a place to discuss new developments in fields of history and archaeology. This can be newly discovered documents and archaeological sites, recent publications, documents that have just become publicly available through digitization or the opening of archives, and new theories and interpretations.
Italy unveils record haul of rare antiquities
Hatay museum set to take title of world's largest mosaic collection
Ancient ship wreckage discovered in Xi'an
Beautifully painted Yuan dynasty murals discovered inside tomb
Vandals damage Jordan Cave archaeological site
New Tech Could Reveal Texts in 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls from Herculaneum
Archaeologists Investigate Ancient Greek Temenos on Black Sea Island
Drones and 600-year-old timbers to help archaeologists in Anglo-Saxon Shropshire
Iraq tries to get Babylon on world heritage list
Exeter Roman Baths excavation plans
Ancient bone hand ax identified in China
Spaniards survived on a diet of dogs and badgers 3,000 years ago
Five Dead Inside Amphipolis Tomb
Trajan's Column sheds light on women's role in ancient Roman army
35,000-year-old skeleton to return to Egypt
£150k 'Cat's gravestone' bought by Somerset Museum
Mummy Mask May Reveal Oldest Known Gospel
Greek Culture Ministry Plans to Reopen Old Acropolis Museum
The Red Pyramid: Egypt’s forgotten architectural marvel
Aztec app brings historic Mexico codex into the digital age
Dig at Twentynine Palms Marine base unveils artifacts
ArchaeoSpain Calls for Participants in Mallorca Excavation of a Byzantine Settlement
Head of god Hermes seized in Anatolia
Antiquity of dairying on Emerald Isle revealed
B.C. to buy Grace Islet to protect First Nations burial ground
More than 160,000 York Museums Trust treasures go online for the first time
Moat found, believed part of emperor’s tomb
Items lost in the Stone Age are found in melting glaciers
Roman drunkard found on Danish island
A viking blacksmith buried with his tools
Treasured 16th-Century 'Lenox Globe' Gets a Digital Makeover
I liked this article about how Oregon was founded as a racist utopia. Eye opening stuff.
The discovery & excavation of a Viking ship off the north-western coast of Galicia, Spain making it quite possible the Vikings colonised or at the very least conquered a part of Spain.
David Carpenter has, impressively, already outdated his book Magna Carta (published 01/01/2015). For more information see his blog post on the Magna Carta Project website.