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George Maniakes, the Byzantine military genius who conquered Sicily twice from the Muslims aided by the Viking Harald Hardrada and Norman mercenaries
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (101+ words) Receive our news and articles in your email for free. You can also support us with a monthly subscription and receive exclusive (occasional) content. This article was first published on our Spanish Edition on May 1, 2026: Jorge Maniaces, el genio militar…...
A 9th-Century Manuscript Found in Rome Contains the Oldest Copy of the First Poem in English with the Original Text Embedded
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (456+ words) The discovery, details of which have been published in the open-access journal Early Medieval England and its Neighbours, was made by Dr. Elisabetta Magnanti and Dr. Mark Faulkner, both members of the Trinity College Department of English and specialists in…...
Two Roman Babies Were Buried in York with Imperial Purple and Gold, a Luxury Reserved for Emperors
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (455+ words) Researchers from the University of York have identified for the first time in the city traces of Tyrian purple dye in two infant burials from the 3rd or 4th century AD, revealing that the wealthiest families of the Roman province of Britannia…...
A 7, 000-Year-Old Pit Reveals the Hunting of at Least Twelve Beavers for Their Pelts in the Neolithic
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (536+ words) The context of the works for a power corridor has allowed the discovery of an exceptional bone deposit in the Salzlandkreis, whose radiocarbon dating places it between 4935 and 4787 BCE. During the preliminary work for the construction of the Sued Ost…...
A Maya Settlement with 80 Buildings, Vaults, and Mural Painting Discovered Beneath a Mound in Quintana Roo
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (48+ words) The discovery of the archaeological site known as El Jefeci'o, located in the municipality of Oth'n P. Blanco, Quintana Roo, occurred as a result of a citizen report that alerted authorities to the presence of pre-Hispanic remains in the region. The…...
The earliest clay beads of Humanity, found in Natufian sites from 15, 000 years ago, bear 50 fingerprints of children, adolescents, and adults
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (125+ words) An international team of archaeologists, led by Laurent Davin, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem under the supervision of Professor Leore Grosman, has documented the oldest assemblage of clay ornaments in Southwest…...
Discovery Shows a Complicated Construction Technique Thought to Be Roman Was Used 8, 000 Years Earlier at the Neolithic Site of Motza
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1529+ words) A team of archaeologists has discovered at the Neolithic site of Motza, near Jerusalem, that the inhabitants of the time already mastered a sophisticated technique to produce plaster by burning dolomite'a finding that pushes back the first documented use of…...
The Debate That Reveals How the Roman Empire Operated on Its Frontiers: Was Pontius Pilate a Procurator or a Prefect?
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (757+ words) An academic study analyzes ancient sources and the famous "Pilate Stone" to resolve a centuries-old debate: Was he governor, procurator, or prefect? A recent article by researcher Wojciech J. Kosior, from the University of Rzeszow (Poland), published in the Journal of…...
Archaeologists Reconstruct the Escape of a Man Who Tried to Protect Himself from the Eruption of Vesuvius with a Mortar in Pompeii
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (710+ words) Excavations in the Porta Stabia necropolis have uncovered the remains of two victims of the 79 A. D. eruption. One of them, an adult, died under the rain of lapilli while covering his head with a terracotta container. The digital model proposes a…...
Ancient Roman 1, 000-Liter Vessels Found in Ostia Contained Fish Sauce and Were Repaired with Lead, Silver, and Tin
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (1155+ words) A study reveals that the enormous "dolia" of Rome's port city stored degraded proteins and were coated with pine resin, while their metal reinforcements incorporated precious metals. The study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science by Caroline Cheung of…...