A 72-centimeter boomerang, expertly carved from mammoth tusk, was discovered by anthropologists in the Obłazowa Cave in southern Poland. Radiocarbon dating revealed that the artifact dates back between 42,290 and…
Archaeologists excavating in Stratonikeia—a vast ancient city that was once on UNESCO’s tentative World Heritage list—have uncovered a significant portion of a Roman-era library. This unique structure sheds light on…
A team of researchers from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research in France (Inrap) recently uncovered the ruins of a large ancient Roman city called Metlosedum during excavations in…
A team of researchers has unearthed a marble sarcophagus from the time of the ancient Romans, dating back to the 2nd or 3rd century AD, in the ancient port city…
A 16th-century trading vessel has been discovered by researchers using an underwater drone at a depth of 2,567 meters. This marks the deepest find of its kind in French territorial…
A remarkable archaeological discovery just three kilometers south of the city of Auxerre has shed new light on the scale and opulence of Roman-era estates in ancient Gaul. A team…
To gain new, more accurate insights into the ancient texts of the legendary scrolls, researchers from the University of Groningen turned to artificial intelligence (AI) and radiocarbon dating. The team…
The Australian National Maritime Museum has confirmed the resting place of the legendary ship Endeavour—the first European vessel to reach the eastern coast of Australia. In a new report following…
In a latrine of an ancient Roman fast food joint discovered on the Spanish island of Mallorca, researchers uncovered 165 bones of the song thrush (Turdus philomelos). The team believes…
This exquisite gemstone, weighing 2.33 carats and measuring about 8 mm in diameter, is one of the rarest and largest Fancy Red diamonds in existence. This classification means it is…
Researchers have long known that the Incas used a mysterious communication system known as khipu, which was based on intricate combinations of knots and strings. It was believed that this…
This 2,000-year-old burial cave, located 30 miles from Jerusalem, was long believed to be the final resting place of a woman named Salome, who served as a midwife during the…
Researchers have uncovered previously unknown burials during excavations at the Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis on the West Bank of the Luxor River. Experts believe these tombs date back to the…
A charred, incomplete loaf of bread dating back to around 3300 B.C. has unveiled some secrets of ancient bakers and shed new light on fertility rituals from the early Neolithic…
The ancient city of Los Abuelos (translated from Spanish as “ancestors”) is nestled deep within the jungle, located 21 kilometers from the archaeological site of Waka, in the northern department…
Archaeologists have uncovered a gold ornament featuring a precious stone, likely a garnet, during routine excavations in the City of David—the oldest inhabited area of Jerusalem. The small diameter of…
In the Andalusian city of Utrera, beneath a former disco bar, archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a 14th-century synagogue. According to a recent announcement by researchers, this structure is…
The team from the University of Oxford (UK) has studied and recreated the lighting system of the ancient Greek temple of the Parthenon, located on the Athenian Acropolis. This magnificent…
According to scientists, the mosaics date back to the early Christian era. A team of archaeologists discovered them during excavations in the Beyler area of İznik (ancient Nicaea). This finding,…
A mysterious object is located in the Sierra del Divisor National Park in Peru. If it was built by a forgotten Amazonian civilization, it could turn out to be the…
Located in the Flanders region, just a stone’s throw from the capital city of Brussels, the charming town of Leuven is renowned for its prestigious Catholic University (KU Leuven), vibrant…
Archaeologists exploring the historic districts of Italy’s capital during restoration and renovation work have uncovered the ruins of what was once a grand structure beneath the Piazza San Giovanni in…
According to a new study by British astronomer Or Graur, images found in ancient Egyptian tombs suggest that the sky goddess Nut may have been a veiled representation of the…
Starting from the 15th century BCE, ancient people buried at least six metal treasures around a mysterious settlement located atop the extinct Somló volcano in western Hungary. This was revealed…
The government of the Czech Republic recently announced an extraordinary discovery made by travelers in the Krkonoš Mountains. A group of tourists stumbled upon a 15-pound treasure that included 598…
A new theory proposed by computer engineer Konstantin Borisov from the United States suggests that the biblical Garden of Eden is not located in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), but rather beneath…
Archaeologists excavating the site of the former fish market in Barcelona have uncovered the remains of a large medieval ship. The team made this discovery at the location of a…
British anthropologists and archaeologists have taken a fresh look at the history of gladiatorial combat during the Roman Empire. They analyzed bite marks from a lion on the skeleton of…
Alongside the body of an unknown woman from the upper class, discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Aspero, archaeologists uncovered a variety of burial artifacts. Among these…
Researchers have discovered that medieval Córdoba boasted an infrastructure so advanced that it remained unmatched in Europe until the 20th century. Between the 10th and 13th centuries, Córdoba developed a…
Eight years ago, archaeologists uncovered a beautifully decorated deer antler dating back 7,500 years at the Strandvägen archaeological site in central Sweden. Now, thanks to cutting-edge technology, researchers have finally…
Researchers have finally uncovered the mystery behind the ruins of the “Abandoned Castle” (Ödes Schloss), located in Lower Austria near the town of Stöpfenreuth, on the floodplain of the Danube…
Last summer, when the majestic pyramid in Michoacán crumbled into a pile of rubble, local residents saw it as an ominous sign. They believed the gods were sending them a…
A team of archaeologists has uncovered well-preserved ruins of an abandoned Byzantine monastery and a farmhouse in the Negev Desert, dating back to the 6th century. Among the findings, researchers…
During excavations of the massive necropolis at Port Sarno in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, two nearly life-sized tomb statues of a man and a woman were discovered. These…
In 1750 B.C., a Mesopotamian named Nanni was so dissatisfied with the copper he purchased from a merchant named Ea-nasir that he decided to file an official complaint on a…
According to Professor Joseph Wegner, an Egyptologist at the University of Pennsylvania, who leads the archaeological excavations, tombs of pharaohs are now found extremely rarely. Researchers are unsure which pharaoh…
Archaeologists have uncovered a massive 3,000-year-old settlement during excavations at the Escaut Valley business park in the municipality of Onnen. They believe this settlement may have served as an important…
According to experts, an unknown artisan crafted an amulet around 3,800 years ago. As reported by the Israel Antiquities Authority, three-year-old Ziv Nitzan discovered the stone while walking along a…
A team of researchers from the University of Barcelona and the National Institute of Archaeology in Morocco may have just rewritten history. Their recent discovery at the archaeological site of…
A team of Spanish researchers has made an exciting discovery. They unearthed a stone mold dating back to the 2nd century BC at the archaeological site of Obulco, located in…
An astonishing discovery awaited an international team of researchers in Tombos—an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt located near the famous Nile River in northern modern-day Sudan. After the Egyptians conquered…
The discovery of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in 1922 was a scientific sensation. Alongside the body of the young ruler, more than 5,000 valuable artifacts…
The ship “Bom Jesus,” which set sail from Lisbon on March 7, 1533, was lost at sea during a fierce storm on its way to India. The remnants of the…
A team of researchers led by Cecilie Brøns, an archaeologist and curator at the New Glyptotek of Carlsberg in Copenhagen, has reached this conclusion. The scientists discovered that ancient Roman…
This small carved dog embodies the ancient Egyptians’ love for domesticated animals. The figure, measuring 18 centimeters in length, was crafted from ivory by an unknown artisan between 1390 and…
A knight in shining armor, wielding a sword or spear, is an iconic figure of the Middle Ages. However, during this era, more advanced weaponry emerged, including guns that fired…
An international team of underwater archaeologists has uncovered ancient port infrastructure in a submerged area near the ancient Greek city of Asini, located close to the village of Tolo in…