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Index of news related to Italy
18 January 2022
Horned helmets of the Bronze Age
19 December 2021
Earliest female infant burial in Europe
30 January 2020
Neanderthals could swim and dive?
23 January 2020
Neolithic Italy was home to networks of metal exchange
20 December 2019
Scientists identify sinew bowstring used by Oetzi
10 September 2018
Ancient Italian skeletons had hemp in their teeth
Sicilian amber diffusion pre-dates Baltic kind by 2,000 years
23 February 2018
Wooden tools hint at Neanderthal fire use
12 December 2017
Oetzi the Iceman gets the big screen treatment
3 December 2017
Ancient textiles reveal differences in Mediterranean fabrics
31 August 2017
The continuing story of Oetzi
16 August 2017
Sound-reflecting rock shelters attracted ancient artists
8 March 2017
Huge prostrate menhir discovered in northern Italy
7 January 2017
Ancient 'calendar rock' found in Sicily
28 September 2016
What Oetzi the Iceman sounded like
27 September 2016
World's oldest snowshoe found on an Italian glacier
26 September 2016
Oetzi the Iceman was an agropastorialist, as well as a hunter
17 January 2016
New findings on prehistoric stone tool industry in Italy
14 January 2016
Pathogens found in Oetzi's stomach
24 December 2015
Standing stones are being stolen in southern Italy
21 October 2015
Sardinian menhir stolen and recovered
24 September 2015
Stone Age flour production
23 September 2015
Huge underwater monolith found off coast of Sicily
24 July 2015
Oldest dentistry found in 14,000-year-old tooth
29 April 2015
Dental remains point to Proto-Aurignacian culture
16 April 2015
Altamura Man yields oldest Neanderthal DNA sample
12 April 2015
Two decorated menhirs discovered in Val Venosta
3 April 2015
Ancient tomb unearthed in Tuscany
2 April 2015
Neolithic Italian farmers defleshed their dead
22 March 2015
The demise of the Neanderthals wasn't triggered by a volcanic cataclysm
10 February 2015
New tattoos discovered on Oetzi mummy
10 December 2014
Auction of Sardinian mother goddess put on hold
22 December 2013
Ancient pig-shaped baby bottle found
14 July 2013
Protein analysis sheds new light on Oetzi
31 May 2013
Apulian dolmen under constant threat by vandals
22 April 2013
Oetzi needed a dentist
21 January 2013
Baby bones found in ancient Italian village
23 December 2012
Possible prehistoric site uncovered in northern Italy
30 November 2012
Early settlers migrated to Sicily during the last Ice Age.
15 November 2012
Genetic tests prove that Oetzi was Central Europe native
12 October 2012
Oldest dental filling found in a Stone Age tooth
15 May 2012
The Dolmen at Monticello
5 March 2012
Oetzi's DNA reveals health risks and relations
7 February 2012
Archaeologists excavate ancient Populonia
18 December 2011
Scientists discover Oetzi's last meal
30 November 2011
Monte 'e Prama ancient statues on display - at last!
23 November 2011
Oetzi may have smashed eye in fall
3 November 2011
Oetzi's state of health and death are no more a mystery
9 October 2011
Found Amsicora: the oldest Sardinian
16 September 2011
6,000-year-old Romeo and Juliet
31 July 2011
Huge number of statue menhirs found on a Sardinian wall
28 July 2011
Bronze Age 'holy site' found in Central Italy
17 July 2011
5,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in Northern Italy
6 July 2011
Iceman died after a hasty meal
6 May 2011
Heidelberg Man links humans and Neanderthals
9 April 2011
Did the Neanderthals disappear by chance?
8 March 2011
Neanderthals: copycats or innovators?
25 February 2011
Did Neanderthals use feathers for fashion?
18 February 2011
New Oetzi model for 20th anniversary of his discovery
24 December 2010
Scientists study Oetzi bacteria samples
8 November 2010
ArchaeoNews: Archaeology News in your pocket!
30 October 2010
Neolithic necropolis under threat in Sardinia
2 October 2010
Did Neanderthals adapt and innovate?
2 September 2010
New theory: Oetzi was ceremonially buried
18 August 2010
Rock-art recording in the Italian Alps
12 August 2010
Gene map to give insight into 5,200-year-old Oetzi
2 August 2010
Genetic map of Oetzi the Iceman completed
18 July 2010
Prehistoric artefacts turning blue in Italy
3 July 2010
Prehistoric rock engravings were primitive cinema
15 June 2010
Leather fashionable even in prehistoric times
21 April 2010
The sealed wonders of Sardinia
21 February 2010
Bronze Age ritual stone enclosure unearthed in Italy
13 December 2009
A new method for absolute dating of Rock Art
30 August 2009
Exploration into how prehistoric Italians made their living
1 August 2009
Ancient warrior's skeleton found near Rome
19 July 2009
Oetzi's tattoos came from fireplace
7 July 2009
No Etruscan link to modern Tuscans
19 April 2009
Quake unearths prehistoric dwellings in Italy
10 March 2009
Online users now can virtually tour Oetzi's body
31 January 2009
Glacier man may have been attacked twice
20 January 2009
Ancient tombs and artifacts recovered in Southern Italy
20 December 2008
Farmer digs up ancient sanctuary in Italy
6 December 2008
Iceman Oetzi's last supper
16 November 2008
Huge necropolis discovered in Sicily
2 November 2008
Ancient iceman probably has no modern relatives
13 October 2008
Bronze Age settlement discovered in Sicily
4 October 2008
Oetzi legal battle over
14 September 2008
New insights into Neanderthals
26 August 2008
Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman
20 April 2008
Alpine task force formed to salvage prehistoric treasures
19 January 2008
Giant concentric stone circle unearthed in Italy
13 January 2008
The Pleiades carved by prehistoric people in the Alps
17 October 2007
Follow in 385,000-year-old human footsteps
4 September 2007
Oetzi may have died from head trauma, not arrow
7 August 2007
Archaeology under the stars in Italy
3 June 2007
Paleolithic graves raise questions about human sacrifice
27 February 2007
Prehistoric Sicilian woman gets face
19 February 2007
On the origin of the Etruscan civilisation
Italy won't split up ancient 'lovers'
11 February 2007
Prehistoric skeletons found locked in eternal embrace
29 January 2007
Prehistoric well found in Apulia
26 December 2006
Biru 'e Concas: a Sardinian megalithic wonder
3 December 2006
Ancient tsunami devastated the Mediterranean
16 September 2006
Neolithic figurine unearthed in Italy
2 September 2006
Apulian menhir damaged
18 June 2006
Oldest known frescoed tomb found in Italy
14 June 2006
Prehistoric tombs discovered in central Italy
4 June 2006
Bronze Age skeleton found in the heart of Rome
9 April 2006
Ancient settlement found in Italy
26 March 2006
Ancient Enotrian site to be explored in Italy
12 March 2006
Ancient eruption eclipses destruction of Pompeii
19 February 2006
Stone Age artists are getting older
4 February 2006
Alpine ice man may have been sterile
20 January 2006
3,000-year-old necropolis unearthed in Rome
Traces of ancient settlement found in Sicily
Ancient 'Cyclops' wall collapses in Italy
4 December 2005
Nuragic remains recovered in Porto Torres
20 November 2005
Western world's oldest map found in Apulia
22 October 2005
Stone-age colony discovered at Lake Bracciano
25 September 2005
8,000-year-old dug out canoe on show in Italy
5 September 2005
Ancient Sardinian tomb vandalised
28 August 2005
Ancient Egypt gems on Italian isle
3 August 2005
8000-year-old pirogue found in lake Bracciano
15 July 2005
Oetzi's shoes were made for walking!
28 May 2005
Bacteria trouble for Oetzi
24 April 2005
Prehistoric discovery at Pompei
27 February 2005
Iceman was wearing 'earliest snowshoes'
8 January 2005
Oetzi murdered in power play?
7 August 2004
Sardinia stakes claim as cradle of wine
5 August 2004
4,000-year-old doll found in Pantelleria (Sicily)
7 May 2004
Biologists reveal source of civilisation
27 March 2004
Students to search for lost Sicilian city
18 March 2004
Neolithic carvings found in Sicily
14 March 2004
'Archaeo-Astronomical sites and observatories' meeting in Venice
22 December 2003
Iceman discoverer claims reward
8 December 2003
Oetzi moves into chilly new home
12 November 2003
Iceman Oetzi finders acknowledged in court
1 November 2003
Iceman's likely birthplace found
22 October 2003
The oldest carved 'faces' found in Italy
26 September 2003
Bronze Age necropolis found in Italy
16 August 2003
Did Oetzi die in boundary dispute?
15 August 2003
Prehistoric statue discovered in Italy
9 August 2003
Oetzi the Iceman was from Italy
24 July 2003
Iron Age 'industrial' kilns discovered in Italy
30 June 2003
Prehistoric shoes better than modern boots
7 May 2003
Oetzi: a 5300-year-old hi-tech warrior?
28 November 2001
"Sensational" Bronze Age village found near Pompeii
Ötzi's Dinner
14 November 2000
Were the oldest cave painters Italians?

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