Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Gortyn in southern Crete have uncovered a rare votive deposit containing the skeletal remains of over 450 mice inside the Sanctuary of Apollo, offering extraordinary material evidence of a previously unconfirmed rodent cult...
Ancient Lydia holds the distinction of creating the first coins in the world; at first not much more than blobs of metal with basic stamps, they soon evolved into beautiful works of art in and of themselves, featuring figures...
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek sanctuary of Apollo Smintheus in the broader area of ancient Troy in modern-day northwestern Turkey have discovered a stone mortar dating back around 1,500 years. This is providing experts with fresh evidence of the...
Among the most intriguing discoveries from Prehistoric Greece are the small female figurines unearthed at settlements, cemeteries, caves, and sanctuaries dating from the Neolithic period through the Bronze Age.
Crafted from clay, marble, or stone, these figures have fascinated archaeologists...
Archaeologists excavating the Zvyaginsky II burial ground in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Region have uncovered what may be the earliest known Murom burials on the right bank of the Oka River.
The discoveries offer rare insight into the origins of the...
Two ancient skeletons unearthed in Japan are giving scientists a rare, detailed look at how prehistoric population shifts shaped the genetic makeup of modern Japan.
A new study, led by Koji Ishiya of Kanazawa University's Institute for the Study of...
Archaeologists have uncovered a richly decorated Roman building dating to the second century A.D. beneath Villa Celimontana, a historic park on Rome's Caelian Hill near the Colosseum. The rare discovery includes elaborate mosaic floors, painted ceilings, and marble-lined walls...
Archaeologists have found ancient infant bones, which may be the first physical evidence of an assisted birth in the Neolithic Dolomites. The remains of a full-term infant show a rare arm fracture that researchers believe occurred during a difficult...
A school bus-sized "terror croc" that once preyed on dinosaurs in the swamps and rivers of the eastern United States has been reconstructed as a full-size, scientifically accurate skeleton for the first time ever. The display recently opened at...
Underwater archaeologists studying ancient Maya salt production along the coast of Belize have found that ordinary families, not large centralized workshops, ran the region's salt-making operations.
The findings, published in the journal Latin American Antiquity, focus on the Paynes Creek...
Archaeologists have uncovered a nearly 1,800-year-old marble statue of Asklepios (Greek: Ἀσκληπιός), the Greek god of medicine, at the ancient Greek city of Aspendos (Greek: Ἄσπενδος) in today's southern Turkey. Buried for centuries beneath the collapsed remains of a...
Researchers excavating the ancient Etruscan city of Kainua, near Marzabotto in northern Italy, have uncovered human remains inside a ritual well, along with two bronze statuettes and a rare bronze plate that have survived in striking condition.
The discovery was...
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek fortress-city of Artezian in today's eastern Crimea have uncovered the burial of an infant beneath the foundation of a temple, in what may have been a ritual linked to the temple's construction about 2,100 years...
Parion, also known as Parium, was an ancient Greek city located on the coast of the Hellespont (present-day Dardanelles Strait) in northwestern Anatolia, Turkey. Founded in 709 BC, it played a significant role in the region's history and culture.
Years...
The ancient Fortress of Rhamnous (Greek: Ῥαμνοῦς) and a series of important funerary monuments will undergo extensive conservation under a new project launched by Greece's Ministry of Culture. The initiative aims to preserve one of Attica's most significant archaeological...
