A team led by researchers from the University of Cambridge has meticulously examined a 3,300-year-old , which is a drilled cow bone. It was discovered 17 years ago among the…
Archaeologists have unearthed a vibrant three-dimensional measuring about 20 feet long and 9.5 feet high at the archaeological site of Huaca Yolanda on Peru’s northern coast. This relief is part…
Long before cities emerged, 9,750 years ago, a community in Central Anatolia was already experimenting with organizing its living space. During excavations in the Karaman province at the Canhasan-3 site,…
Yara Souza from Orlando, Florida, is currently an archaeology intern at Newcastle University in the UK. During her very first excavation, she stumbled upon a rare medieval gold artifact. The…
A remarkable discovery was made on the island of Rousay in the Orkney archipelago (Scotland) by aspiring archaeologist Katie Joss. The student from the Institute of Archaeology at the University…
An amethyst set in high-quality gold-plated silver lay buried for about 600 years in the silt of an old ditch near Kolo Castle in the Opole Voivodeship of southwestern Poland.…
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Tripoli, located in the Buldan district of western Turkey, have uncovered a well-preserved luxury villa from the Roman era, dating back to the 4th…
The team from the underwater archaeology department of the Croatian Conservation Institute has confirmed a significant discovery on the floor of the Adriatic Sea. Near the Croatian island of Vis,…
During excavations conducted collaboratively by the Swedish Archaeological Service, the Västerbotten Museum, and the Skellefteå Museum, researchers uncovered a rare artifact on the Hedkammen ridge. This find showcases the exceptional…
A new study by archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has revealed that Neanderthals employed various cooking methods. Analysis of animal bones from two caves in northern Israel showed…
Long before the Incas arrived in the Andes, a civilization known as Tiwanaku thrived in the region. An international team of archaeologists led by José Capriles from the University of…
A vibrant mosaic floor adorned with distinctive ancient patterns has been uncovered by a team of Turkish archaeologists in a residential building of the ancient city of Dara, located 30…
Recently, 22 long-submerged stone blocks were raised from the shores of Alexandria, Egypt. These blocks were originally used in the construction of the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria (or Pharos), one…
A team of archaeologists from the University of Hradec Králové, the Museum of Eastern Bohemia, and the research organization Archaia Praha has made an astonishing discovery. During archaeological surveys preceding…
A groundbreaking discovery has emerged from an international team of archaeologists. They have uncovered ancient fortified settlements in the Arabian Desert that date back 4,000 years. These findings challenge the…
A joint Egyptian-American archaeological mission has uncovered the upper part of a statue of Ramses II near the city of El-Ashmunein, at the site of the ancient city of Hermopolis…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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 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…
Extensive excavations in northern Ithaca, conducted by a team from the University of Ioannina (Greece), have led to a significant archaeological breakthrough, shedding new light on the island’s legendary past.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…