16+ hour, 41+ min ago  (471+ words) A remarkably intact 4th-century settlement has emerged from Egypt’s desert, revealing streets, homes, a church, and secrets buried for over 1,600 years...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (581+ words) A remarkable discovery beneath the soil of southern Germany has surprised archaeologists. Hidden for thousands of years, an ancient sword has emerged in a condition few researchers expected. A 3,000-year-old bronze sword discovered in Nördlingen, southern Bavaria, has amazed archaeologists…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (333+ words) The Daily Galaxy Three flat-topped hills rising between 1,000 and 1,300 feet above the desert floor in southern Mauritania caught an astronaut’s eye, as the International Space Station passed overhead To the west, the ground is bare and windswept, entirely free…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (670+ words) A team of archaeologists has uncovered a hidden burial complex in Egypt filled with unusual tombs and discoveries dating back more than two millennia. Archaeologists have uncovered 18 ancient Egyptian tombs near the Mediterranean coast, discovering 24 gold tongues among the funerary…...

3+ day, 32+ min ago  (559+ words) A handful of rare iron objects uncovered at an ancient site in France has left archaeologists with new questions about the people who once lived there. Five iron shackles uncovered at a 2,300-year-old Celtic settlement in Allonnes, western France. The…...

3+ day, 32+ min ago  (859+ words) An 8.7-million-year-old ape skull from Türkiye is shaking up the human origin story. A partial skull recovered from central Türkiye has added evidence to a major paleoanthropological debate: where the hominine lineage first developed. The specimen belongs to an unknown…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (522+ words) A $20 billion shipwreck just gave up its first treasures, reigniting a fierce international battle over gold, history, and ownership....

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (566+ words) Not every ancient ring is found during an archaeological dig. This remarkably preserved discovery began with a teenager noticing something unusual during a family hike. A 13-year-old looking for fossils during a hike on Mount Carmel ended up making a…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (770+ words) A 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck in Lake Neuchâtel has revealed an astonishing cargo of weapons, wagons, and trade goods preserved in place. Officials in the canton of Neuchâtel describe the find as unique in Switzerland and in inland waters north of…...

1+ week, 51+ min ago  (819+ words) A hidden cave in Norway has revealed a vanished Arctic world, preserved for 75,000 years, and the ending is more chilling than expected. Inside a cave on the coast of Northern Norway, researchers have identified the bones of 46 species of mammals,…...