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Nearly 3,000 years ago, mourners at ancient Pella in present-day Jordan placed ceramic cups alongside their dead, sometimes positioning them beneath the heads of the deceased. The vessels bore signs…
An approximately 1,800-year-old Roman sarcophagus decorated with scenes of legendary Amazon warriors is attracting renewed attention in western Türkiye. Originating from the territory of the ancient city of Eumeneia, near…
One of the most celebrated surviving Etruscan bronze statues may have looked strikingly different more than 2,200 years ago. Scientists have found evidence that the life-sized figure known as the…
A monumental Roman fountain in the ancient city of Tripolis, western Türkiye, is gradually taking shape again as archaeologists work to restore its three-story façade using 400 surviving stone blocks.…
A 250-million-year-old fossil skull discovered in the Arctic remained largely overlooked for more than a decade until a paleontologist recognized its importance in photographs from a fossil exhibition. The specimen…
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A team searching Norway’s Jotunheimen Mountains has recovered a 1,800-year-old arrow with its bone tip found lying just beside the wooden shaft. The Secrets of…
Archaeologists working near a notable Bronze Age royal tomb in Germany have uncovered an enigmatic square structure that might functioned as a temple or site…
A stone unearthed outside a dwelling in Egypt prompted archaeologists to uncover two massive royal statues, one of which honors Pharaoh Ramesses II and may…
Archaeologists excavating land designated for housing in Großköllnbach, Lower Bavaria, have discovered a 7,000-year-old skeleton in an unusual burial pit. The remains belong to an…
Archaeologists working at the ancient Roman settlement of Augusta Raurica in Switzerland have unearthed an uncommon iron Roman window grille that includes two original fasteners…
Archaeologists working near Sirkap in northern Pakistan have uncovered remains of a monumental structure that is approximately 100 meters long. Scholars have known about this…
In southwestern Turkey at Kibyra, individuals seeking guidance on future matters could consult a stone monument bearing messages from deities by throwing five animal knucklebones…
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…
Archaeologists excavating an ancient Inka settlement in southern Peru have found coca leaves still caught in the wool of llamas sacrificed more than 500 years…
Archaeological excavations at Kurul Fortress in Ordu, which dates back approximately 2,300 years, have uncovered new areas associated with the cult of the ancient Greek…
A stone weighing more than 30 kilograms and located 20 meters below the sea surface off Norway’s west coast may be the world’s oldest known…
Archaeologists have uncovered a 300-meter-long section of an ancient aqueduct that delivered water to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount around 2,000 years ago. Constructed during the Hasmonean…