Discovery of world’s oldest cheese reveals complex evolutionary relationship between humans and microbes. In the late 1970s, a team of archaeologists became preoccupied with a set of mummies that were so distinctive that…
Three jade dragons of varying colors and sizes, estimated to be approximately 5,000 years old, were among the over 100 jade relics of the Hongshan Culture recently unearthed in the Inner Mongolia autonomous…
Excavations at Kayalıpınar, located in the Yıldızeli district of Sivas, in the eastern region of Central Anatolia, Turkey, have revealed more than 50 seal impressions of members of the Hittite royal family. Among…
A ring from the Pictish period, distinguished by its elaborate design and a red glass centerpiece, has been unearthed from the ruins of an ancient fort in Scotland. The discovery was made at…
An archaeological mission, led by Dr. Ahmed Said Al-Kharadly of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has made a major discovery in the Tel Al-Abaqain region, Beheira province, Egypt. A military complex from the…
The Babylonian Map of the World, also known as the Imago Mundi or Mappa Mundi, is a clay tablet from Babylon featuring a schematic representation of the world, accompanied by two inscriptions in…
A recent archaeological discovery in the ruins of Fujiwara Palace, located in Nara Prefecture, has brought to light Japan’s oldest multiplication table, dating back some 1,300 years. The discovery, made by the National…
During recent excavations at Silifke Castle, located in the province of Mersin, southern Turkey, a team of archaeologists made an intriguing discovery: a funerary tablet of Byzantine origin, apparently used as protection against…
Turkey recently celebrated an important milestone in the preservation of its cultural heritage: the return of a 6,500-year-old marble artifact that had been smuggled out of the country. This artifact, dating back to…
A team of archaeologists from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities has made an impressive discovery at the temple of Buto, located in Tell El-Faraain, in the province of Kafr El-Sheikh. The team discovered…