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…
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 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…
As it turned out later, this is the oldest ancient Roman basilica in London. The ruins of the two-story structure were literally hidden beneath the foundations of the City of…
A team of Egyptian and British researchers has discovered a tomb near Luxor that belonged to Pharaoh Thutmose II of the 18th Dynasty, who ruled around 3,500 years ago. The…
Researchers have uncovered evidence of the earliest metal ore extraction and metallurgy in Poland by studying lead artifacts dated between 800 and 500 B.C. The team included scientists from the…
A team of Italian archaeologists has announced a remarkable discovery. In the recently excavated House of Tias, researchers uncovered a massive, extraordinarily rare wall painting depicting an ancient mystery cult.…
Recent excavations in Shandong Province, eastern China, have revealed that some of the oldest sections of the Great Wall were built 300 years earlier than previously believed by scholars. Archaeologists…
A joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission led by Pearce Litherland from the University of Cambridge recently shared exciting news about a rare discovery. Near Luxor, researchers stumbled upon the tomb of…
Archaeologists have unearthed the lost “Golden City,” which had been buried beneath the sands for millennia. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the completion of the excavation work,…
Researchers led by archaeologist Jan Szymanski from the University of Warsaw (Poland) have uncovered five ceramic figurines with dramatic facial expressions at the archaeological site of San Isidro in El…
During excavations in the ancient city of Heraclea, located near the modern town of Muğla, archaeologists made a remarkable discovery. Amazing mosaics featuring detailed depictions of animals such as crocodiles,…
The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) has uncovered a Christian monastery dating back to the 5th-6th centuries AD near the city of Kiryat Gat. On an intricate mosaic floor, researchers discovered…
In the cramped confines of a small cave south of Paris, scientists have uncovered what may be the oldest three-dimensional map of a region once inhabited by hunter-gatherers at the…
The Octagon, built at the end of the 1st century BC, was a monumental eight-sided mausoleum made of white marble, standing 13 meters tall. Dr. Keil examined the skull and…
Researchers from the University of Barcelona (Spain) and the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (Germany) have uncovered a tomb containing 52 mummies in the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus…
Archaeologists have uncovered a lavish private bath in the city of Pompeii, buried nearly 2,000 years ago under layers of volcanic rock and ash. Researchers studying the ancient Roman site…
A resident of the village of Neo Epivatés, located 12 miles from Thessaloniki, discovered an 80-centimeter marble statue in a dumpster. It was packed inside a trash bag. The man…
This scroll is one of hundreds discovered in the library of an ancient Roman villa in Herculaneum, a city on Italy’s western coast that, along with Pompeii, was destroyed by…
According to researchers, the tomb discovered in the Saqqara necropolis dates back approximately 4,100 years. It belonged to a court physician named Tetinebefu. Who Was Tetinebefu? From the hieroglyphic inscriptions…
For decades, it was believed that the first alphabet was created by the ancient Egyptians. However, a shocking new discovery has called this assumption into question, pushing back the timeline…
A team of researchers from the University of Vermont (USA) has uncovered a complex network of fishing structures that played a crucial role in the development of the Maya civilization…
During the latest excavation session in the central part of the country, which has been ongoing for 22 consecutive years, Egyptian and German archaeologists stumbled upon the entrance to a…
During excavations of the ancient Roman city of Prusias ad Hypium in the Düzce region of northwestern Turkey, archaeologists uncovered a theater ticket dating back to the Roman Empire. Alongside…
Researchers led by Dominican archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, who has spent 20 years searching for Cleopatra’s burial site, have announced a significant discovery. The team believes that the queen found her…
A sword dating back to the 9th or 10th century was discovered by museum employee Szczepan Skibiński while swimming in the Supraśl River. This rare artifact is one of the…
A discovery dating back around 7,000 years has taken archaeologists by surprise. It seems that the model for this ancient sculptor was an alien. Researchers uncovered the head of the…
Despite 50 years of excavations, archaeologists continue to uncover surprises about the Terracotta Army. Researchers discovered a richly adorned figure in the mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in China’s…
Archaeologists from the Research Center for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Heritage at Zhengzhou University have recreated imperial wine using a replica of a 2,000-year-old bronze distiller. This discovery…
A team of archaeologists from the University of São Paulo (Brazil) has uncovered new evidence of a pre-colonial garden city in Bolivia, where ancient Amazonian people once lived. They primarily…
In Israel, during excavations in the Jordan River Valley, archaeologists uncovered 160 ancient coins. This valuable treasure dates back approximately 2,100 years. According to the team, the coins are dated…
A team of researchers from the University of York in the UK claims that the ear holes in the mask suggest it was actually intended for a woman or a…
The discovery by archaeologists from France and Saudi Arabia sheds light on the gradual transition from a nomadic lifestyle to urban living thousands of years ago. The ruins of a…
The discovery was announced by the team from the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage of Morocco, expanding our understanding of ancient medical practices in the ancient world. What Did…
According to scientists, an impressive cotton chiton (tunic) belonged to Alexander the Great. However, fragments of this ceremonial garment were discovered not in Alexander’s tomb, but likely in the grave…
The city, discovered by chance in the southeastern state of Campeche, has been named Valeriana, after the nearby lagoon. Archaeologists uncovered pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting different areas, and amphitheaters.…
Recently, archaeologists uncovered a small house among the ruins of Pompeii, adorned with frescoes featuring risqué themes. One of the wall paintings depicts a semi-nude Phaedra, the mythological queen of…
A team of underwater archaeologists from the University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli has detailed their discovery in the journal Antiquity. The religious structure, found near the port city of Pozzuoli…
Researchers have discovered that the cosmetics industry was thriving in China during the Tang Dynasty, which spanned from 618 to 907 AD. According to a new study published in the…
The National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in Nara has announced a significant discovery. The ruins of the ancient Japanese capital, Fujiwara-kyō, are located in the Takadonote and Daigote areas…
During archaeological excavations in the town of Burghead, at the site of an ancient Pictish fort, amateur archaeologist John Ralph unearthed a unique ring featuring a red inlay. It may…
Along a 2.7-kilometer-long wall, an international team of archaeologists has uncovered a moat and ramparts in the Dosone-della-Melia forest, located in south-central Calabria. Two thousand seventy years ago, these were…
According to a new study, the altar stone of the monument—a central blue stone weighing six tons—likely traveled over 700 kilometers. For more than a century, archaeologists have known that…
The picturesque resort village of Stobreč is located 400 kilometers south of the country’s capital, Zagreb. The team from the Croatian Institute of Archaeology has unearthed a well-preserved monumental Greek…
Evidence of this can be found in the markings from the time of Egypt’s most powerful king, depicted on an astonishing artifact that is over 3,000 years old (likely around…
A new theory has emerged from a team of archaeologists from the University of Bern and the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, along with the Institute of Civilizations in Madagascar,…
Archaeologists have unearthed thousands of stone axes and painted pottery shards in a 5,000-year-old agricultural settlement. The artifacts found indicate the existence of an unknown community whose members may have…
Farmer Mehmet Emin Sualp, while planting seedlings in his field in the village of Salkaya, unexpectedly stumbled upon an ancient mosaic floor measuring 84 square meters. Remarkably, it is well-preserved.…