An island community is set to become the first in Scotland to buy a protected ancient monument. The Tomb of the Eagles at ...

This month’s cover shows Aberlemno II, a 2.28m-tall Pictish cross slab in Angus. Thought to date to the 8th century, its ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. One of Orkney's best-loved Neolithic sites could be set to reopen thanks to a special community campaign. The internationally famous ...

on the island of Hoy in Orkney, the nearest rock-cut parallel for which is in Sardinia. open image in gallery Immortalized in bronze: A horned Nuragic warrior on show at the archaeology museum in ...

This rich setting provides the ideal environment for UHI Orkney’s MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology, a unique postgraduate degree which encourages the blurring of distinctions between artistic and ...

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC ... and the University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute. The new management plan, which builds on the ...

North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS) and Nautical Archaeology Society are to examine the potential medieval crannog in Loch Achilty, near Contin, about 20 miles (32km) north-west of ...

Researchers discovered a royal tomb that is over 3,600 years old in Abydos, Egypt. The entryway of the tomb was decorated with inscriptions dedicated to Isis and Nephthys, goddesses of the ...

A stunning 570-acre grassland farm on the Orkney Isles has launched to the market, featuring its very own private sandy cove. Noup Farm, situated on the island of Westray, represents "a unique blend ...

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At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to be from the 9th or 10th century BC. The ritualistic-looking item was ...

Scientists have revealed a hidden chapter in human evolution, showing our origins trace back to the interbreeding of two distinct species about 300,000 years ago. By analysing modern human DNA, ...