After a year of intensive conservation work, the “Tomb of the Two Brothers” — also known as the “Tomb of the Constellations” — had its restoration completed in Athribis, an important archaeological city…
Archaeologists from the University of Houston have announced the discovery of the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of the Maya city of Caracol in Belize. The identification of the burial…
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 DulkadiroÄŸlu district of KahramanmaraÅŸ, southeastern Türkiye, workers uncovered a Roman-era floor mosaic beneath Tevfik KadıoÄŸlu Avenue in the BaÄŸlarbaşı neighborhood. The project is part of the Post-Earthquake Recovery…