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Rare Priapus Figurine and Head of Mithras Found at Roman Fortress in Bulgaria
A rare bronze figurine of Priapus and a sculpted head identified as the god Mithras have been found at Novae, a Roman legionary fortress beside the Danube in northern Bulgaria. The discoveries came during an excavation season that also revealed more of a vast building…
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Roman City with an 8,000-Seat Amphitheater Discovered in Austria
Archaeologists have identified a Roman city beneath fields near the Danube in Austria. Its planned streets cover 25 to 30 hectares, and a newly detected amphitheater could have seated around 8,000 spectators—an unexpected find beside a fort built for only about 500 soldiers. The city…
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Roman-Era Pyramid Tomb in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis Reveals a 19-Line Greek Poem
Fourteen steps descend to a stone doorway in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis. Its carvings draw on ancient Egyptian beliefs about protection after death. Deeper inside the newly discovered tomb, archaeologists found a farewell written in another language: a 19-line funerary poem in Greek. An Egyptian team…
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Giant Stone Circles Spotted in Satellite Images May Mark a Sacred Site in Argentina’s Andes
High in Argentina’s Andes, a mountaineer searching satellite images noticed a pattern of circles and passages on a remote mountainside. After two failed attempts to reach the spot, he found the stone structures on the ground. Archaeologists are now investigating whether the complex once held…
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9,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal Moose and Salmon at a Swedish Stone Age Site
A fragment of moose vertebra, a beaver claw and tiny pieces of burned bone are helping archaeologists reconstruct life at a Stone Age settlement in central Sweden. Among the animals identified so far at Laforsen, moose and salmon appear most frequently. The excavators have also…
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4,000-Year-Old Stone Tomb Found in Norway Has No Bones, but Its Soil May Hold Clues
Archaeologists believe a stone grave near Norway’s border with Sweden is about 4,000 years old. They found an amber bead and arrowheads inside, but no human remains—and are now testing the soil for DNA. A grave built from stone slabs weighing hundreds of kilograms has…
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A Roman Coin Was Already 270 Years Old When Someone Buried This Silver Hoard in Germany
A silver coin minted in 148 BC was still part of someone’s savings more than 270 years later. Archaeologists found it among 934 Roman denarii buried in a field near Wesseling, Germany. The newest coin in the hoard dates to AD 124 or 125, raising…
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Volunteers Unearth 2,000-Year-Old Roundhouse in England’s Lake District
A group of volunteers working in England’s Lake District has uncovered a timber doorway, a cobbled yard and traces of ancient crops at a settlement used around 2,000 years ago. The finds offer a closer look at the people who lived and farmed in Deepdale…
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A Burned Gallic Wall Beneath Paris May Reveal the Lutetia Caesar Described
Beneath a hospital in central Paris, archaeologists have uncovered a stone and timber wall scarred by fire. It may be part of the fortified Gallic settlement that Julius Caesar described more than 2,000 years ago—a place whose exact location has remained uncertain despite centuries of…