Mark Milligan is multi-award-winning journalist and the Managing Editor at HeritageDaily. His background is in archaeology and computer science, having written over 8,000 articles across several online publications. Mark is a member of the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW), the World Federation of Science Journalists, and in 2023 was the recipient of the British Citizen Award for Education, the BCA Medal of Honour, and the UK Prime Minister's Points of Light Award.
The Dead Comes Back To Life
The face of a teenager who died 7,500 years ago has been brought back to life through methods that combine CSI type forensics, clay modeling and art, the University of Stavanger in Norway announced yesterday.
The Thunderstone Mystery
What's a Stone Age axe doing in an Iron Age tomb? The archaeologists Olle Hemdorff at the University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology and Eva Thäte are researching older objects in younger graves. They have found a pattern.
Rare Egyptian coffin found at Torquay Museum, UK
A coffin belonging the son of an ancient Egyptian King or Queen has been discovered by chance in the collection at Torquay Museum.
Gold rush as Hoard goes on display
The Potteries museum and art gallery has scooped a £40,000 heritage grant to stage its largest ever exhibition on the world’s biggest collection of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver.
Tracing the first North American hunters
A new and astonishing chapter has been added to North American prehistory in regards to the first hunters and their hunt for the now extinct giant mammoth-like creatures – the mastodons.
Ancient Etruscan childbirth image is first for western art
Excavations by archaeologists at the Poggio Colla, an Etruscan settlement in Italy from 2700 years ago has revealed two images of a woman giving birth to a child.