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A huge marble head of a monumental statue from the Ptolemaic period, found in a medieval house at Taposiris Magna
A remarkable archaeological discovery has been made at Taposiris Magna, a historic site located 45 kilometers west of ...
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Two Communities of Eastern and Western Origin Coexisted Peacefully South of Vienna for Six Generations in the Avar Empire
An international team of researchers, led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, has conducted an ...
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Saalburg, The Largest Roman Fort of the Limes Germanicus
Bad Homburg is a wealthy German city whose economic prosperity owes much to its proximity to Frankfurt, attracting many ...
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Famous Alexander Mosaic found in Pompeii is made with 10-color tesserae from Italy, Greece, the Iberian Peninsula, and Tunisia
The Alexander Mosaic in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. Credit: ho visto nina volare / Wikimedia Commons The Alexander Mosaic, housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN), is ...
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The Oldest Neolithic Settlement of France’s First Farmers, Discovered on the French Riviera
Described as a rare find by the regional archaeology department, one of the oldest Neolithic settlements in France, ...
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Human Footprints from the Bronze Age Left by People Fleeing a Vesuvian Eruption and Other Extraordinary Discoveries in Campania
Footprints of Bronze Age people fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius. Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Salerno e Avellino During improvement works on the Diramazione Nocera-Cava ...
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A Large Ritual Structure Discovered in Jerusalem with 8 Rock-Cut Rooms and Mysterious V-Shaped Marks on the Floor
Mysterious carvings discovered on the structure's floor. Credit: Kobi Harati / City of David A remarkable archaeological find has come to light on the eastern slope of the City of David, within the ...
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A Mysterious Mask Embedded in the Walls of a Cistern Found in the Ancient Egyptian City of Ptolemais in Libya
On the coast of the Cyrenaica region in present-day Libya lies the ancient city of Ptolemais, founded by the Egyptian pharaohs of the Ptolemaic dynasty in the 4th or 3rd century BCE. This city thrived ...
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Archaeologists Find Evidence That Kurd Qaburstan Could Be the Ancient City of Qabra, Mentioned in Babylonian Inscriptions
Standing mudbrick architecture from a 10 meter by 10 meter excavation in the Kurd Qaburstan lower-town palace, view to north. Credit: Tiffany Earley-Spadoni The archaeological site of Kurd Qaburstan, ...
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Analysis of Fingerprints on Figurines Recovered in Heracleion Reveals Women and Children also Made them
Example of a figurine (H20257) from Thonis-Heracleion with close-up of the fingerprints found on the reverse and interior. Credit: Franck Goddio / Hilti Foundation An archaeological study published in ...
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Iron Age Celts in Britain Had a Matrilocal Society, as Roman Sources Recount
An international team of geneticists, led by researchers from Trinity College in collaboration with archaeologists from Bournemouth University, has uncovered secrets of the social structure of Iron ...
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Ancient Sunstones Found in Denmark Are Neolithic Sacrifices to Revive the Sun After a Volcanic Eruption
Throughout human history, volcanic eruptions have wreaked havoc on civilizations, causing drastic climatic shifts, failed harvests, and societal turmoil. One such event, in 43 BCE, saw an Alaskan ...