More than 5,000 Viking coins have now been recovered from a hoard in Norway, months after archaeologists believed they had already removed the main concentration of silver from the site. The discovery at Mørstad farm in Innlandet has grown...
The imposing Castle of Methoni, one of the most magnificent and significant medieval fortification complexes in Greece, has stood for centuries at the edge of the Messenian land, acting as a living bridge among Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman history.
However,...
Artificial intelligence is helping researchers reconstruct the sensory experience of Etruscan tombs built more than 2,400 years ago, revealing how darkness, painted walls, architecture and sound may have shaped ancient funerary rituals. The study suggests that some tombs were...
Archaeologists excavating a Roman settlement in Hungary have discovered a lead statue of Venus, marking the first known religious find from the site. The discovery could offer new clues about the beliefs and daily lives of people who lived...
More than 2,000 years ago, a young mounted warrior was buried with his horse, weapons, an ancient Greek gold coin, and a vessel marked with a pentagram at the center of a sacred space in what is now southern...
Researchers using artificial intelligence and satellite images have identified traces linked to ancient forests in the Atacama Desert, offering a new way to study landscapes that once supported human communities in one of the driest regions on Earth.
The study,...
A 2,200-year-old Etruscan baby rattle dating to the Hellenistic period and found in an infant’s grave in northern Italy has given researchers a rare chance to investigate the sounds that accompanied childhood in the ancient world. Scans revealed four...
A faint inscription inside a 3,500-year-old Egyptian tomb has revealed the name of a dog whose identity had gone unnoticed for decades. The animal was called “He-of-the-Underworld,” a name that likely alluded to Anubis, the god associated with death...
Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman settlement in Germany have discovered a temple dedicated to Mars, along with votive stones and statues that shed new light on religious life at the edge of the Roman Empire.
The discoveries were made near...
A Roman water channel built nearly 2,000 years ago still carries water beneath the ancient Greek city of Smyrna (Greek: Σμύρνη) in modern-day western Turkey, as archaeologists work to determine its source.
Researchers have traced about 490 feet of the...
A new study of Christian amulets suggests that Roman protection practices survived major religious change, with people continuing to wear or place protective objects even as Christianity reshaped the language and symbols used on them.
The research by Leiden University...
Builders in the Ethiopian highlands created a palace nearly 2,800 years ago whose walls were theoretically strong enough to support a structure up to 16 stories high, according to a new engineering study.
Researchers analyzed Grat Be’al Gibri, a monumental...
Gold-covered Mycenaean burials in southern Greece are offering a striking look at how ancient mourners carefully arranged the dead with jewelry, weapons, and precious objects. The research suggests that burial practices within the early Mycenaean mortuary sphere involved deliberate...
Archaeologists have uncovered Byzantine seals, 46 coins, and the first Roman pottery fragments found within the fortifications of Markeli Fortress near Karnobat in southeastern Bulgaria, according to the Karnobat History Museum. The discoveries came during excavations in July and...
Archaeologists have described 18 hominin fossils from South Africa that offer new evidence about the early history of Homo erectus and the evolution of another ancient human relative.
The fossils come from Drimolen Main Quarry in South Africa’s Cradle of...
