2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (146+ words) Marble slab bearing reference to Roman deity of nocturnal lightning. The engraved marble slab found buried under ancient Roman villa. (Italian Ministry of Culture) The inscription’s spelling reflects ancient Latin orthography: “V” serves for modern “U,” so the text is…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (659+ words) Ancient Origins Great Pyramid Radar Study Retracted Over Serious Flaws The journal Remote Sensing has published a formal retraction of a peer-reviewed piece of research which claimed that satellite radar had uncovered a mysterious series of rooms and tunnels within…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (679+ words) A homeowner getting ready to create a new patio in Rebild, Denmark, has unintentionally revealed the biggest collection of Viking silver ever found in the country. At around 18.5 kilograms and is nearly three times the size of the previous holder…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (86+ words) Finds recovered from the Skonager tomb, including the brooches and preserved textile fragments. (Arkæologi Vestjylland) Similar preservation has allowed rare glimpses of Viking-era jewelry and textiles elsewhere in Scandinavia, but seldom in Denmark itself. The researchers examining one of the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (278+ words) A skeleton found beneath Stirling Castle in Scotland may be the earliest-known archaeological victim of a trebuchet. Researchers say the remains of a man aged between 22 and 34 bear more than 160 blunt-force fractures, probably caused by one high-velocity impact during Edward…...