6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (835+ words) Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Pompeiopolis in northern Türkiye have uncovered approximately 105 square meters of remarkably well-preserved floor mosaics, while a second discovery — the marble head of Eros dating back around 1,800 years — is offering a glimpse into a…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (774+ words) Pieces of 1,700-year-old Chinese armor have emerged from the ground with something archaeologists would hardly expect from ancient iron: traces of a bright, silvery-white metallic shine. The discovery provides the earliest known evidence in China for tin-coated iron and, according…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (769+ words) Deep learning models usually need hundreds or thousands of labeled examples to learn how to identify specific archaeological features. While this is possible for common and well studied discoveries, rare or previously unknown features are much harder to collect enough…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (848+ words) A Roman shrine in Suffolk has revealed an unusual ritual landscape where worshippers built beside a burial mound already around 2,000 years old and deposited animals, coins and other offerings around it. Among the most striking finds at Red Lodge were…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (533+ words) Archaeologists excavating Gedikkaya Cave in northwestern Türkiye have uncovered around 25 stone turtle figurines from Epipaleolithic contexts dating between approximately 14,500 and 11,200 BCE, adding striking new evidence that prehistoric hunter-gatherers used parts of the cave for ritual or symbolic activities. Prof. Dr....