Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Troy in modern-day Turkey have uncovered an agora that may preserve a rare link between the Bronze Age settlement and the ancient Greek city of Ilion (Greek: Ἴλιον) that followed it.
The excavation in...
Archaeologists studying an ancient Greek sanctuary in Crimea have uncovered ritual pits, altars, and signs of severe earthquake damage at the settlement of Artezian. The finds show that the sacred area remained active for centuries and continued to serve...
Archaeologists in southern Italy have documented one of the region's longest stretches of continuous settlement, according to a new study published in the journal Antiquity. The research, led by Giulia Recchia of Sapienza University of Rome, traces thousands of...
A hoard of 141 Roman gold coins found in northern Luxembourg has revealed an unusual connection to ancient Anatolia, offering new clues about how money moved across the Roman Empire more than 1,600 years ago.
Researchers found that 17 coins...
Turkish archaeologists excavating the ancient site of Külhöyük in Ankara's Gölbaşı district have uncovered flower seeds preserved inside a 4,000-year-old Hittite vessel. Researchers describe the find as the oldest known seed remains of a plant that grows nowhere else...
A new genetic study is challenging the old idea that Rome's fall in Western Europe came from a sudden barbarian takeover of the region. Instead, the research points to a slow, local process of intermarriage and blending between groups...
Archaeologists at the ancient Greek city of Miletus (Greek: Μίλητος) in modern-day Turkey are using 19th-century techniques alongside modern 3D technology to document inscriptions that offer new clues about religion, citizenship and Roman rule.
The approach follows a growing use...
Ziya Hanus, a Syrian man, spent eight years protecting nearly 400 ancient artifacts he discovered while digging a bomb shelter to shield his family from bombardment. The Syrian resident of Idlib has since handed the collection over to national...
A gold necklace buried with an elite Scythian woman more than 2,300 years ago may contain images that scholars have misunderstood for decades, according to a new study.
Mikhail Treister, an independent researcher based in Bonn, Germany, argues that dozens...
Peru's Ministry of Culture announced the discovery of nearly intact elite tombs at Chan Chan containing gold ornaments and shell artifacts. Archaeologists found the remains of 38 high-ranking individuals inside a funerary platform that had stayed hidden for more...
Scientists have identified new Denisovan remains in Southwest China, confirming the ancient presence of this extinct human group in a region long missing from the fossil record. The discovery was published in the journal Nature and led by Huiyun...
A 2,000-year-old megalithic rock-cut tomb has been identified on private property in India, adding to the archaeological record of Iron Age and Early Historic burial sites in northern Kerala.
Dr. Nandakumar Koroth, head of the history department at Nehru Arts...
Ancient Mediterranean ports may have handled far more ships than their surviving docks and harbor walls suggest, according to underwater research that is changing how archaeologists measure ancient maritime trade.
Researchers found that ships often anchored outside formal harbors. Vessels...
A vast Roman wall mosaic hidden beneath the Baths of Trajan for nearly 2,000 years is opening to the public, giving visitors a rare look at one of the largest surviving decorative complexes from ancient Rome.
The first-century A.D. "Great...
Salagassos in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) was a flourishing Hellenistic city first settled in the 7th millennium BC, conquered by Alexander the Great and destroyed by an earthquake in the 7th century AD.
Sagalassos was one of the most remarkable ancient...
