The Acropolis hill with the magnificent Parthenon at its top is one of the most visited places in the world, a site that signifies the birth of the Western Civilization.
But what was standing on the sacred hill before the...
Long before sushi became one of Japan’s most famous exports, the Japanese appetite for fish was already leaving evidence behind—in their teeth. Researchers examining centuries-old dental plaque from ordinary people buried in Osaka found traces of red sea bream,...
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek city of Adramytteion (Greek: Ἀδραμύττιον) in today's Turkey have uncovered an elaborate Roman villa with colorful mosaics, frescoed walls, and images of household pets identified by name.
The nearly 2,000-year-old residence also had drainage channels...
Archaeologists working in Peru have uncovered ancient serpent sculptures at the site of Vichama, offering new insight into how one of the Americas' oldest civilizations understood the natural world and survived periods of dramatic climate change.
The discoveries were announced...
Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered a cluster of Roman warehouses alongside Etruscan remains at Vada Volaterrana, an ancient port system on Tuscany's coast that operated for more than a thousand years.
The University of Pisa's 2026 excavation season, carried out...
Archaeologists in modern-day Turkey have uncovered 10 ancient tombs at the ancient Greek city of Aigeai (Greek: Αἰγαί), and some of the Hellenistic graves may have belonged to soldiers from the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon linked to Alexander...
Researchers studying 3,000-year-old bronze foils in China have uncovered evidence of sophisticated metalworking at the Sanxingdui site, revealing how ancient Chinese craft combined hammering, incising, punching, embossing, and painting to create thin decorative objects during the Bronze Age.
The study,...
A recent linguistic study challenges long-held assumptions about whether early Greek absorbed features from the languages of ancient Anatolia. The research, led by Michele Bianconi of St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, offers a fresh and cautious reassessment of...
Most people today couldn't imagine a world without electricity. It powers everything from our lights to our smartphones, making life as we know it possible.
But what if this essential technology had roots stretching over 2,000 years? The ancient "Babylon...
Archaeologists working at a Roman villa in north-eastern Spain have uncovered a snake-headed vessel that they believe was used in the private rituals of an obscure Roman cult, offering rare evidence of how eastern religious beliefs spread into the...
People living in eastern North America may have consumed cacao, the plant used to make chocolate, about 1,000 years ago, far earlier than researchers had clear evidence for in the region. New research published in the journal PLOS One...
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek city of Kibyra (Greek: Κίβυρα) in southwestern Turkey have reconstructed a nearly 1,900-year-old marble statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian from fragments found near a monumental city gate. Parts of a statue of his wife,...
Even though archaeology claims that writing was invented in Sumer between 3,000 and 4,000 BC, a tablet that contradicted this perception was found in 1993 in Dispilio in the northern Greek province of Kastoria.
The Dispilio Tablet is a wooden...
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Thouria in southern Greece have unearthed a headless marble statuette of the Greek goddess Artemis along with a fragment of a bearded man's head, likely representing a deity whose identity remains unknown.
The discoveries...
