22+ hour, 2+ min ago   (522+ words) several types of arrowheads. The burial dates to the Middle Bronze Age of the South Caucasus, around the 17th...Among them are rare winged forms associated with Middle Bronze Age weapons. Two arrowheads were made from...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (514+ words) Bronze Age pottery from a desert oasis in northwestern Arabia shows signs of one of the earliest known brands, according to a new study. Researchers say the vessels had a fixed visual style, a steady method of production, a known…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (491+ words) Pottery points to strong occupation during the Middle Assyrian period, from the mid-14th to 11th century...other structures without digging. In one sector east of the acropolis, magnetic survey results show a...

4+ week, 20+ hour ago   (656+ words) A 10th-century chamber grave found near Suzdal has given archaeologists new evidence of an early elite presence in northeastern Rus’. The burial contains the remains of a man, a horse, and a dog, along with weapons, riding gear, and other…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago   (506+ words) An ancient tomb, a network of burial shafts, and hundreds of funerary objects have been found at Saqqara, Egypt, during the first excavation season in a new area west of the Bubastion necropolis. The Egyptian archaeological mission working in Sector…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (371+ words) A joint Spanish-Egyptian archaeological team has uncovered a tomb dating to the late Fifth Dynasty at Saqqara, Egypt. The tomb dates to the reign of King Djedkare Isesi, who ruled near the end of the Fifth Dynasty. The team found…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (486+ words) Sekhmet formed part of this larger temple complex. East of the Temple of Sekhmet, the team found a limestone...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (503+ words) A new study pushes back the earliest known millet consumption in Bronze Age Europe by more than a century. Researchers found evidence of millet eating in southeastern Poland around 1590 BCE. The finding comes from a study of human remains from…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (577+ words) More than 40 vertical ovens have been found inside a medieval castle at Aruch in central Armenia. Known as tonirs, the ovens were built and rebuilt over several centuries as the castle changed into a place for daily life and work....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (547+ words) Archaeologists have found 11 more carved obsidian arrowheads at Tepecik-Çiftlik in Cappadocia, Turkey. The finds raise the site’s total to 12 and add to a regional group of 54 known examples. The arrowheads date to the Neolithic, between the late eighth and seventh…...