Ivory boomerang over 40,000 years old discovered in Poland
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…
Ancient city of Imet discovered in Egypt
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…
Discoveries Reveal Ritual Burials in Prehistoric Mine
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,…
Fallen Tree Reveals Funerary Urns Thousands of Years Old in Amazonas, Brazil
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…
Ancient Roman mosaic discovered during infrastructure works in Türkiye
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…
19,000-year-old stone statues discovered in Türkiye
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…
Tools made from whale bones used 20,000 years ago
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…
Gold ring from the Hellenistic period found in Jerusalem
During excavations in the City of David, in Jerusalem’s Walls National Park, archaeologists found a small gold ring with a red gemstone. The piece is around 2,300 years old and, according to the…
Viking pregnancy was deeply political – new study
Marianne Hem Eriksen, Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Leicester. Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers – and a harsh world where not all newborns…
Mont’e Prama giants may portray acromegaly
The impressive sculptures of the Giants of Mont’e Prama, discovered in the lands of Sardinia, continue to intrigue archaeologists and historians. These imposing statues, which vary in height from two to two and…