1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1078+ words) The inscription identifies her as “sevasta Maria Skulena.” Women’s signet rings from this period are considerably rarer than those associated with men, making the object important not simply as Byzantine jewelry, but as evidence of a woman whose social position…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (543+ words) Archaeologists excavating the ancient Bosporan settlement of Artezian have uncovered a remarkable ritual landscape where offerings were deliberately lowered into the earth, vessels were turned upside down for chthonic deities, and a powerful earthquake appears to have interrupted food preparation…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (470+ words) A fishing net dropped into the deep waters of the Aegean came back carrying something no crew could have expected: a nearly two-meter-tall bronze woman that had been lying on the seabed for more than two thousand years. The discovery…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1265+ words) Two pieces of worked wood recovered from a prehistoric lakeshore in southern Greece have been identified as the oldest known handheld wooden tools made by hominins, dating to around 430,000 years ago. One appears to have been used as a digging…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (834+ words) A previously unknown Khirbet Qabla church uncovered in northern Jordan has revealed an unexpected earlier life: before becoming a Christian place of worship, the building had been used as an olive press. A small church uncovered at Khirbet Qabla in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (831+ words) The workshop came to light during the 2026 excavations at Çayönü, near Ergani in Diyarbakır Province. Excavations are being directed by Associate Professor Savaş Sarıaltun of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University. According to information released by Türkiye’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism,…...