Roman villa and advanced drainage systems unearthed in Aquileia during cycling path construction

Roman villa and advanced drainage systems unearthed in Aquileia during cycling path construction

Significant archaeological discoveries have been made near Monastero, a suburban area of Aquileia in northeastern Italy, during the construction of a new cycling path along the Via…

Archaeologists discover traces of Roman aqueduct in Britain that supplied water to Durnovaria

Archaeologists discover traces of Roman aqueduct in Britain that supplied water to Durnovaria

Archaeologists from Bournemouth University (BU) have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the Dorchester Aqueduct, one of the longest and most extensively studied Roman watercourses in Britain. Their…

Europe’s highest petroglyphs unearthed in Lombardy’s mountains

Europe’s highest petroglyphs unearthed in Lombardy’s mountains

An extraordinary archaeological discovery in Lombardy’s Stelvio National Park in Italy has revealed the highest rock engravings in Europe, etched into the glacier-polished rocks of Pizzo Tresero….

Late Bronze Age swords of the Balearic Islands: a fusion of local and foreign innovations

Late Bronze Age swords of the Balearic Islands: a fusion of local and foreign innovations

A recent study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences examines the Late Bronze Age swords of the Balearic Islands in Spain, which date back to between 1000…

Archaeologists discover early Christian basilica in Aquileia

Archaeologists discover early Christian basilica in Aquileia

Archaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Insтιтute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) have uncovered a remarkable early Christian basilica in Aquileia, Italy. This discovery is the…

65,000-year-old Neanderthal ‘tar factory’ found in Gibraltar cave

65,000-year-old Neanderthal ‘tar factory’ found in Gibraltar cave

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Vanguard Cave, part of the Gorham’s Cave complex in Gibraltar, has unveiled a 65,000-year-old tar-making site built by Neanderthals. Plan view map…

Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens had different burial practices, study suggests

Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens had different burial practices, study suggests

New research published in L’Anthropologie reveals the burial practices of Homo sapiens and Neanderthals during the Middle Paleolithic period in the Levant region of Western Asia. Conducted…

Researchers uncover an 18th-century forgery in medieval collection

Researchers uncover an 18th-century forgery in medieval collection

Historians at the University of Göttingen have identified a medieval document in their collection as a forgery from the 18th century, crafted by the infamous Italian counterfeiter…

Archaeological mission unearths 7,700-year-old shell crafting site in Kuwait

Archaeological mission unearths 7,700-year-old shell crafting site in Kuwait

The Kuwaiti-Polish archaeological mission has made remarkable discoveries at the Bahra 1 site in Kuwait’s Subiya Desert, shedding light on the prehistoric Ubaid period (approximately 5500–4000 BCE)….

Italian police recover looted Etruscan sarcophagi

Italian police recover looted Etruscan sarcophagi

Italian authorities have successfully recovered a remarkable collection of Etruscan artifacts, valued at $8.4 million, following an investigation that unraveled an amateur attempt to sell these treasures…