Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 18 February 2026 (420 reads)
Rock ArtA spectacular rock art region spanning 39 square kilometres on the slopes of Jabal Umm Sinman, a sandstone massif overlooking what was once a freshwater lake in the Nafud desert.
Panels depict early domesticated dogs, long-horned cattle, camels, ibex, and human figures with distinctive oval heads holding boomerang-like throwing sticks. The oldest images appear darker due to desert varnish patination, while more recent carvings are lighter.
Image submitted by Anne T
Submitted by Anne T on Tuesday, 17 February 2026 (544 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeA monumental Late Bronze Age fortress discovered on the summit of Mount Papuk in north-eastern Croatia (Slavonia), one of the most significant prehistoric archaeological finds in the country. The fortress encloses approximately four hectares and features exceptionally well-preserved stone construction rare for this period anywhere in the Balkans. Image submitted by Anne T
Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 17 February 2026 (6839 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeA ring cairn in Cumbria which began life as a cairn - both this and a second cairn which overlaps the first were incorporated into large ringcairn 25m in diameter. The ringcairn contained primary inhumations accompanied by pottery and flint knives or knives. A burnt plank lining to the grave was found in excavations from 1968-71 and then well reconstructed. The oldest evidence for the plague in Britain was discovered in 4000-year-old human remains unearthed here, and a site in Somerset. Image submitted by Boudica1970
Submitted by Anne T on Tuesday, 17 February 2026 (5820 reads)
Rock ArtA site containing more than 700 petroglyphs some thought to be connected with the summer solstice. Managed as a recreation area with a signed trailhead, it is a short walk up the canyon to the main petroglyph panels. The place offers a fantastic view of the Colorado river valley to the east. The petroglyphs were created by ancestral Mojave, Chemehuevi, and other Yuman-speaking peoples over a period of several thousand years. Image submitted by mfrincu
Submitted by Cosmic on Tuesday, 17 February 2026 (11967 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis ruinous Clava ringcairn has a 18.5m diameter external kerb of contiguous stones. Sadly it is being engulfed by tree growth. The kerb stones are irregularly graded with the highest, 1.05m, in the south-west and the lowest, 0.3m, in the north. The inner 7.7m diameter kerb also has its tallest stone in the south-west. Much of the cairn material remains between the two kerbs. Image submitted by PeteCrane5
Submitted by Malarchist on Friday, 13 February 2026 (3152 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeA find from the 2007 survey of West Woods by the Wiltshire Archaeology & Natural History Society's Archaeology Field Group, this is the polissoir listed as find C009 - "Part of a pollisor (sic) on a cut sarsen". West Woods is now famous as the source for much of Stonehenge, and there are big lumps of sarsen everywhere, as well as a substantial long barrow and a standing stone. The whole woodland is open access forestry land, and there is evidence of use from the Mesolithic to the modern era. Image submitted by Malarchist
Submitted by Anne T on Thursday, 12 February 2026 (2002 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeA cairn, 27m in diameter and 3.5m high, which has been disturbed but does not appear to have been excavated. In place of the normal kerb of stones round the base, there is what appears to be a rubble wall 0.2m high. No chamber is visible. Image submitted by markj99
Submitted by JohnStudley on Wednesday, 11 February 2026 (770 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeA crescentic mound, adjacent to a stream, measuring 12.5m x 11m x 1.5m. Coflein says it is a very fine example of a crescentic mound and that augering revealed dense burnt debris with little soil cover. The photos were taken by Mark Shepherd. Image submitted by JohnStudley