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An international team of archaeologists has determined new radiocarbon ages for the Migration Period in southern Russia, positioning archaeological data from the Lower Don steppes between approximately AD 425 and…
The ancient name of the Thracian city of Perperikon, located near the city of Kırcaali in Bulgaria, has been confirmed. As confirmed in the works…
Archaeologists have discovered a 6,500-year-old female figurine at the Dâmbul Cetății site in Transylvania. The discovery was announced by the National Museum of the Eastern…
Archaeologists at the Kayalıpınar mound in Sivas, Turkey, have unearthed a royal archive that reveals far more than the usual machinery of Hittite power. The…
Archaeologists excavating a cave in northeastern Italy have uncovered a rare antler axe dating to around 8,000 years ago. The piece still shows traces of…
A fragment of a child’s skull bearing signs of sharp-force trauma was placed beneath the floor of an Iron Age house in Denmark, offering a…
More than 5,000 years ago, hundreds of people were buried beside some of Egypt’s earliest kings at Abydos. Archaeologists have argued for more than a…
A metal detectorist has discovered his second major Bronze Age hoard in Scotland in just two years, this time uncovering bronze axes, rare clay casting…
A gold coin dating back more than 1,000 years has been discovered in shallow waters off the coast of western Turkey. The Byzantine coin was…
Archaeologists excavating near Troyes in northeastern France have uncovered three Late Roman graves containing glass bottles, ceramic vessels and a regional amphora, objects deliberately placed…
Archaeologists working beneath the waters of Alexandria’s Eastern Harbour have discovered a bronze signet ring engraved with an image of the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria,…
Fifteen cuneiform tablets preserved in the Iraq Museum are revealing a less familiar side of Sumerian life, one that did not always fit neatly within…
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Aquinum in central Italy have discovered a richly decorated stone monument depicting a bull, a ram and a…
