10+ hour, 35+ min 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…...

2+ day, 18+ 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…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (734+ words) A 4,000-year-old vessel unearthed at the Hittite settlement of Külhöyük in central Türkiye has produced an unusually delicate discovery: ancient seed remains identified as belonging to Sevgi Çiçeği, an endemic flower that still grows in Ankara’s Gölbaşı district today. Türkiye’s…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (561+ words) More than four thousand years ago, prehistoric communities in northern England appear to have faced an extraordinary engineering challenge. They selected enormous sandstone blocks weighing around 25 tonnes, moved them roughly 18 kilometres across the landscape and raised them into a monumental…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (332+ words) A small but striking object has emerged from the soil at Roman Vindolanda, the celebrated frontier fort just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. Archaeologists working at the site have uncovered a copper-alloy scabbard chape decorated with enamel, found…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (858+ words) Researchers also continue to debate the precise date of the burial. Earlier studies placed it around 330–310 BCE, while more recent assessments have proposed dates around 350–340 BCE or 330–320 BCE. Treister therefore places the necklace within the rare gold jewelry traditions of…...