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
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
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
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
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 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…
Neanderthals were the first fossil collectors, new evidence from Prado Vargas Cave reveals
Recent findings from the Prado Vargas Cave in northern Spain have unveiled a remarkable aspect of Neanderthal behavior: their apparent inclination toward collecting non-utilitarian objects, much like…
Egyptian-German archaeology team discovers Ptolemaic temple pylon in Sohag
A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission, led by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the University of Tübingen, has uncovered a remarkably well-preserved Ptolemaic temple pylon on…
Focaccia’s origins traced back 9,000 years to Neolithic Mesopotamia, not Rome
New archaeological research has revealed a sophisticated culinary tradition dating back to the Late Neolithic period, between 7000 and 5000 BCE, in the Fertile Crescent region of…
“First of its kind” Viking sword fragment discovered in the Netherlands
A remarkable fragment of a Viking sword, described as a “first of its kind,” has been unearthed near the village of Witmarsum in the northern Netherlands. The…