Live Science

Some 1,000 years ago, the Vikings set off on a voyage to Notre Dame Bay in modern day Newfoundland, Canada, new evidence suggests.

BBC

Researchers have been able to trace the impact of volcanic eruptions on the climate over a 1200 year period by assessing ancient Irish texts.

Hispanically Speaking

Mexican archaeologists have found traces of the Mezcala and Olmec cultures, as well as human remains, in a cave in the southern state of Guerrero, indicating that the site was inhabited at different times and served as a funerary center, the National Anthropology and History Institute, or INAH, said.

Discovery

An ancient granite statue representing a decapitated Mesoamerican ball player has been discovered at the pre Hispanic site of Piedra Labrada, southeast of the Mexican state of Guerrero during repair work to a water pipe line.

La Crosse Tribune

Commercial fisherman Larry Barbeau's comings and goings usually don't create much of a stir in this wind swept Lake Michigan outpost, but in the past few days, his phone jangles the minute he arrives home.

Austin Statesman

The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated.

NBC News

An analysis of ancient dog burials finds that the typical prehistoric dog owner ate a lot of seafood, had spiritual beliefs, and wore jewelry that sometimes wound up on the dog.

Live Science

A 2 to 3 year old child from a Romano Christian period cemetery in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, shows evidence of physical child abuse, archaeologists have found.

Guardian UK

Online collaborators are decoding ancient glyphs that for hundreds of years refused to give up their secrets

The National

Between 1606 and 1770, European adventurers and explorers made the land that would become Australia their own, imprinting their languages, names and cultures indelibly on the world's most remote inhabited continent.