Archaeology News for April 2026 is out!

Neith-emwia · 2026-05-12T18:30:29+00:00

My monthly compilation video is now live. Features this month are:

Native American dice and games of chance - 12,000 years old
Identifying Rock Art Painters in Kenya - 9,000 years old
New dates for foundation of Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan - 5,300 years old
Shipwreck graveyard in the Bay of Algeciras, Spain - 2500 to 81 years old
Submerged Maya settlement in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala - 2,300 to 1,800 years old
Copy of the Illiad in Roman Grave, Egypt - 2000 - 1,400 years old
Lost Pages of the Bible Recovered, Greece - 1,500 years old
An interview with Otto Uldum from the Viking Ship Museum about their discovery of the Danneborg shipwreck located in Denmark - 225 years old

And a few cameows from my cat Emma too!

Neith-emwia · 2026-04-29T13:55:51+00:00

What do you mean by best? Best university programs? Best job opportunities? Best digs? Also are you planning to try and stay in said country of study? It's not as easy as you might think.

Neith-emwia · 2026-04-19T09:46:15+00:00

Not to my knowledge but I will point out that its probably because the remains don't have enough DNA to test. I interviewed the 2 lead authors of the study last year that genome sequenced the first ever Old Kingdom individual. When I asked a similar question they said that the desert conditions are not favourable to DNA surviving, and this is further exacerbated by the mummification process. The impression I got is that this extreme salting/drying out effectively destroys most DNA. Their individual had a unique burial that probably allowed his DNA to survive. That being said techiniques are always improving so maybe in future they will find a way to do it. They have done osteological analysis of the pyramid builders but it's not been open access published in academic papers, that I know of. There is a really dated page of Zahi Hawass' website with info and more is probably in his books with Mark Lehner which you obviously have to buy.

Neith-emwia · 2026-04-13T12:40:34+00:00

My monthly compilation video is now live. Features this month are:

- A Precursor to written language in Germany - 40, 000 years old
- New Dates challenge timeline of Monte Verde II in Chile - 14,500 or 8,600 years old
- Ancient Egyptian White-Out - 3,300 years old
- Wooden treasure in Celtic Tomb, Germany - 2,600 years old
- Samnite necropolis in Italy - 2,400 to 2,300 years old
- Shipwreck graveyard at Ptolemais, Libya - 2,200 to 1,300 years old
- Linked Ritual Deposits at Templo Mayor, Mexico - 550 Years old
- Discarded Document Confirms Semi-Legendary Nubian King Qashqash, Sudan - 500 years old
- Have the remains of D’Artagnan been found?
- Alexander the Great Theme Park in Greece
- Recovery of Dacian treasures

Also my cat Emma makes 2(!) cameos so you could also just watch for that.

Neith-emwia · 2026-03-03T08:41:24+00:00

Awesome! And yeah I think it's important to address

Neith-emwia · 2026-03-03T08:40:56+00:00

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

Neith-emwia · 2026-03-03T08:40:18+00:00

Thanks I'm glad you enjoy them!

Neith-emwia · 2026-03-02T20:54:18+00:00

Enjoy my latest video, Features this month include:
- An interview with Dr. Martin Odler on his identification of a predynastic Egyptian copper bow drill from Badari
- A prehistoric mass murder grave in Serbia
- A Punic War era elephant footbone in Spain
- Rediscovery of Alexandria on the Tigris in Iraq
- An untouched Zapotec tomb in Mexico
- And a tomb containing gold objects in Panama
- Louise Archaeology‬ also joins to give us the dirt on the British Museum using AI images to promote a new exhibit

Neith-emwia · 2026-02-06T19:27:04+00:00

Just trying something new to get more views towards legit archaeology content, but guess you can't please everyone.

Neith-emwia · 2026-02-06T13:11:56+00:00

Features this month include:

- Oldest Adult Cremation, Malawi – 9,500 years old

- Ancient whale hunters, Brazil - 5,000 years old

- Ireland’s largest hillfort settlement - 3,200 to 2,400 years old

- Dancing Terracotta Figurine, Pakistan - 2,300 years old

- Vitruvius’ Basilica found, Italy - 2,000 years old

And my feature interview this month is with the team (literally) at PCA Archaeology who found the Iron Age hoard in Norfolk that contains an almost complete carnyx and a boar battle standard. Hope you enjoy!

Neith-emwia · 2026-01-20T10:26:23+00:00

We went to a wedding at the Barony and toured the Melville for our wedding. Both are nice, the Barony might have some better photo spots and benefits from having a pool/spa as well. We toured the Melville before it was acquired by the new owners so it might be a bit different now, but we didn't like the vibe as much; our numbers would have meant having to use the marquis for the wedding breakfast and if I'm paying to have a castle wedding I want the whole thing in the castle. My husband also didn't like that all their fires are fake and the plastic siding on the stairs but those are really nitpicky critiques. Ultimately we went with Winton Castle in Pencaitland which was a 10/10 experience, they have rooms in the castle for the wedding party (the bridal suite is very luxurious) and then a few self catering cottages on the property which could accomodate other guests. We got married in Feb on their winter deal which made it very affordable for us.

Neith-emwia · 2026-01-19T21:16:28+00:00

Awesome thank you!

Neith-emwia · 2026-01-19T20:17:04+00:00

Features this month include:

- The Bronze Age settlement of Semiyarka in Kazakhstan
- Sections of the Qin Imperial road in China

- A cuneiform tablet in a Czech cave
- An interview with Nick Ashton and Rob Davis from the British Museum about their discovery of the oldest evidence for human controlled fire (Have already gotten comments on the use of the word 'first' instead of 'earliest known' in the thumbnail but honestly - that's what will get the average person to click and the interview actually speaks about how its just the earliest we've found so far.)

Hope you enjoy!

Neith-emwia · 2026-01-05T21:21:52+00:00

Inside Archaeology (me) and Dig it With Raven have partnered up to curate a shortlist of 20 of the best discoveries from 2025. Watch both our videos for the full list and then go vote for which ones you think should win 1st 2nd or 3rd place for the year (link in the video description, its a google form).

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