1+ hour, 13+ min ago   (1048+ words) Archaeologists working at Shahr-i Sokhta, the Bronze Age settlement better known as Iran’s Burnt City, have discovered a new type of 4,600-year-old board game, adding an unexpected chapter to a site already famous for preserving one of the ancient world’s…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (768+ words) Archaeologists investigating a remarkably preserved 2,400-year-old Celtic structure in Aschaffenburg, Germany, now believe the massive timber-and-stone construction may have protected an important route from the Main River to an Iron Age settlement. Workers unexpectedly encountered the ancient timbers in March…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago   (748+ words) A scientific paper that claimed satellite radar data could reveal previously unknown structures inside the Great Pyramid of Giza has been formally retracted, four years after its publication. But the decision does not overturn some of the pyramid’s most important…...

1+ day, 1+ hour 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,…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1114+ words) A routine gardening project in northern Denmark has uncovered the largest known Viking Age silver hoard ever found in the country: 18.5 kilograms of silver comprising around 700 objects and fragments. The discovery was made in a private garden near Rebild, where…...

3+ day, 39+ min ago   (1115+ words) Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Adramytteion in western Türkiye have uncovered an unusually personal trace of Roman domestic life: a cat and a dog depicted in the mosaics of an elaborate residence, each accompanied by its name. The cat…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1229+ words) A copper-alloy object barely 2.4 centimeters across has made a small Late Bronze Age hoard from eastern England unusually difficult to interpret. Found beside two socketed axes near Barton Turf in Norfolk, the roughly 3,000-year-old object has been classified as a…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1389+ words) Scientists investigating the boat-shaped Durupınar Formation in eastern Türkiye have detected right-angled anomalies beneath the ground and unusually high carbon levels in soil collected from inside the formation, adding a new chapter to one of archaeology’s most persistent and controversial…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (959+ words) A newly discovered Inca road near Machu Picchu may have been built as a ritual route toward a sacred mountain, according to the archaeologist overseeing research at the famous Peruvian site. The route is part of a previously unknown network…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (524+ words) Archaeologists working in shallow waters north of Rome have documented the remains of an Etruscan harbor just 130 meters from the ancient sanctuary of Punta della Vipera, raising the possibility that the two formed parts of the same coastal complex. The…...