All Archaeology articles – Page 5

Research

Iron Age chemists ate like kings

2014-09-03T00:00:00Z

Ancient copper was extracted by experts, not armies of slaves

Research

History of King Richard III written in his teeth

2014-08-18T00:00:00Z

Chemical analysis of isotope signatures in monarch’s remains provide insight into his life

Feature

Preserving the Mary Rose

2014-03-21T00:00:00Z

Jon Evans explores the chemistry stabilising the Tudor battleship for display

News

Genome study to pursue Richard III's medical history

2014-02-11T00:00:00Z

Scientists hope sequencing of last Plantagenet king’s genome will reveal more about his appearance and health

Feature

The enduring controversy of the Turin Shroud

2013-12-23T00:00:00Z

Far from putting the debate to rest, the dating of the Turin Shroud merely fuelled the controversy, as Richard Corfield discovers

Review

Analytical archaeometry

2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Indiana Jones and the Raman spectrometer

Feature

Colouring in the dinosaur book

2013-09-25T00:00:00Z

Chemists are helping palaeontologists discover the rich palette of pigments in fossils, as Emma Stoye discovers

Research

Digitally unrolling historical scrolls

2013-05-22T00:00:00Z

X-ray tomography can unroll and read parchment scrolls that have become stuck together.

News

Richard III body found under Leicester car park

2013-02-04T00:00:00Z

DNA analysis confirms skeleton is remains of last Plantagenet king