An unusual trace of interpersonal violence in prehistory has been uncovered in the Catalan Pyrenees. During excavations at the Roc de les Orenetes burial site in Queralbs (Girona, northeastern Spain), archaeologists discovered a…
A set of fragmented metal needles unearthed from the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in eastern China has been identified as the earliest known example of steel acupuncture needles. The discovery, reported…
A hymn in Akkadian, dating from between the 7th and 1st centuries BC, has been discovered. The composition, which extols the city of Babylon, its temple, and its inhabitants, was previously unknown to…
An ancient curved object made of mammoth ivory, resembling a boomerang, is shedding new light on the lives of early Homo sapiens in Central Europe. It was discovered in Layer VIII of the…
A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Egypt has shed light on an ancient city forgotten for millennia. Excavations at Tell el-Fara’in (also known as Tell Nabisha), in the Al-Sharqiya province, have revealed the remains…
In the heart of the Krumlov Forest, in the southern region of Czechia, archaeologists have made one of the most intriguing discoveries in European prehistory. During excavations of an ancient flint mining pit,…
A fallen tree in the city of Fonte Boa, in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, has uncovered an archaeological treasure hidden for thousands of years. Seven ceramic funerary urns containing human bones and…
During infrastructure renovations in the Dulkadiroğlu district of Kahramanmaraş, southeastern Türkiye, workers uncovered a Roman-era floor mosaic beneath Tevfik Kadıoğlu Avenue in the Bağlarbaşı neighborhood. The project is part of the Post-Earthquake Recovery…
In the Western Taurus Mountains, an impressive discovery is transforming the understanding of art and symbolic culture in prehistoric Anatolia. Archaeologists working at the epipaleolithic site of Kizilin, near the village of Yagca…
A new study published in Nature Communications reveals surprising evidence of the use of whale bones by Late Paleolithic human groups. Researchers have identified more than 170 fragments – including tools and unworked…