8+ hour, 23+ min ago   (488+ words) A monumental Phrygian tomb discovered in the Karaa'a" Tumulus near Bilecik is rewriting what historians believed about the reach of King Midas" kingdom. The study, led by H'seyin Erpehlivan from Bilecik "eyh Edebali University and published in the American Journal…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (707+ words) Excavations at Wadi Naf'n, ongoing since 2020, revealed a monumental funerary complex consisting of circular stone burial mounds constructed from locally sourced limestone and dolomite slabs. One fully excavated mound contained the commingled remains of more than 70 individuals of all ages…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (571+ words) Archaeologists in Germany have uncovered the first confirmed Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt, providing groundbreaking evidence of Roman military operations far beyond the Rhine frontier in the early 3rd century AD. The newly identified camps are located between the northern Harz…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (174+ words) Excavations during the 2023 and 2024 seasons allowed researchers to fully uncover and analyze the mosaic and its surrounding iconography. The team concluded that the medallion was likely positioned at the entrance of the building, signaling both a spiritual blessing and a…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (600+ words) The research, published in Science Advances, proposes that maritime-adapted hunter-gatherers from Northeast Asia played a decisive role in what has been called the final great migration of Homo sapiens. Strikingly similar stone tool designs have been documented at archaeological sites…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (531+ words) Madinat al-Z'hira was not just another urban settlement. Built by Almanzor at the height of his power, it functioned as the political and administrative heart of al-Andalus during the final decades of the Umayyad Caliphate. Medieval sources describe it as…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1074+ words) Here are seven ancient cities mentioned in early texts whose exact locations remain unknown, followed by other legendary lost cities that continue to puzzle researchers. Irisagrig is known almost entirely from Sumerian administrative tablets dating back nearly 4,000 years. These texts…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (311+ words) An elite Anglo-Saxon prince buried with his horse discovered during Sizewell C excavation in Suffolk, revealing rare 7th-century burial rituals and power. Although the acidic, sandy soil has prevented the survival of human bone, archaeologists uncovered striking "sand silhouettes" that…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (509+ words) The artifacts were unearthed in two separate Late Bronze Age cemeteries in the Livatho region of southwest Cephalonia. Both objects are crafted from hammered gold and date to the post-palatial Mycenaean period, a time marked by political fragmentation but expanding…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (249+ words) This stylus represents a true unicum in the archaeological record," said Daniela Vullo, Superintendent for Cultural Heritage in Caltanissetta. Its iconography and material suggest that it may have been conceived as an offering to the divinity, linked to creative fertility…...