Oldest US firearm discovered in Arizona: a 500-year-old relic of Coronado’s expedition
Archaeologists in Arizona have unearthed a bronze cannon linked to the 16th-century expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, marking the oldest firearm ever found in the continental…
2,500 years old bent sword from the Bronze Age discovered in Denmark
A stunning discovery of Late Bronze Age artifacts, including a ritualistically bent sword, has been made in a bog near Veksø, west of Copenhagen, Denmark. The find…
Pre-Hispanic dock and navigable canal discovered beneath Chapultepec Avenue in Mexico City
Archaeologists from Mexico’s National Insтιтute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have uncovered the remnants of a pre-Hispanic dock and canal beneath the busy Chapultepec Avenue in Mexico…
Archaeologists uncover Celtic burial ground, Slavic graves, and Neolithic settlement in Czechia
Archaeologists from the Archaeological Center of Olomouc have unearthed a significant historical site in Dluhonice, near Přerov in Czechia. The excavation, carried out over a 250 ×…
1.5 million-year-old footprints reveal two ancient human species lived together in Kenya
On the ancient shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, researchers have unveiled a rare glimpse into the lives of early hominins. Fossilized footprints, estimated to be 1.5…
New study reveals how the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disk was crafted
The Nebra Sky Disc is a 3,600-year-old artifact widely recognized as the oldest known depiction of the cosmos. Recent findings published in Scientific Reports have shed new…
Luxury Roman villa discovered in Wiltshire, England
Archaeologists and community volunteers have uncovered the remains of a high-status Roman villa in the Chalke Valley, Wiltshire, England, marking a first-of-its-kind finding in the region. A…
3,000-year-old silk discovered in Bronze Age sacrificial pits in China
Recent archaeological research has unveiled groundbreaking evidence of silk use in sacrificial rituals by the Bronze Age civilization in China’s Yangtze River Basin. The discovery, led by…
Rare Cypriot inscription unearthed at Palaepaphos
The 2024 excavation season at Kouklia-Martsello in Palaepaphos, western Cyprus, has uncovered a rare fragmentary inscription in the Cypriot syllabary. Carved into stone during the Cypro-Archaic period…
New archaeological method links ancient mega settlements to modern concepts of human development
A recent study by researchers from the ROOTS Cluster of Excellence at Kiel University has unveiled a novel method to explore ancient social dynamics and individual well-being…