Human-faced stone idol and vast cremation cemetery unearthed at ancient Urartian city of Argištiḫinili in Armenia
Archaeologists excavating at the ancient fortress city of Argištiḫinili in Armenia have uncovered two thrilling discoveries—a carved stone idol with human features and a vast urnfield cemetery—providing…
Submerged Maya salt-making compound in Belize reveals the lives of ancient salt producers
Archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved Late Classic Maya household complex buried on the Punta Ycacos Lagoon seafloor in southern Belize, offering an entirely new look at how…
Hidden shine of the Peebles Hoard: Bronze Age treasures reveal a 3,000-year-old silvery secret
Conservation work on one of Scotland’s greatest archaeological finds has uncovered an unexpected secret: Bronze Age artifacts with a silvery sheen from an age when silver itself…
Ancient stone megastructures reveal Europe’s earliest large-scale prehistoric hunting system
Airborne laser scanning over the Karst Plateau, on the border between Slovenia and Italy, has revealed a network of prehistoric stone constructions unparalleled in Europe. Published in…
Roman soldier’s 1,900-year-old tombstone mysteriously found in a New Orleans backyard
When Daniella Santoro and her husband, Aaron Lorenz, went to clear weeds behind their home in New Orleans’ Carrollton neighborhood, they discovered a heavy marble slab with…
Ancient shipwrecks rewrite 500 years of Iron Age Mediterranean trade
Archaeologists from the University of California at San Diego and the University of Haifa have discovered the oldest known Iron Age ship cargoes found in a known…
Ancient stone tools show Europe’s early humans innovated independently from the Near East 42,000 years ago
About 42,000 years ago, early modern humans across Europe and the Near East began producing remarkably similar types of stone tools. Archaeologists had long ᴀssumed that these…
Ancient birch tar reveals how Europe’s first farmers chewed, cooked, and crafted 6,000 years ago
In Neolithic Europe, long before writing or metal tools, people relied on an incredible substance—birch bark tar. A new study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society…
Roman hospital transformed into Byzantine church unearthed in ancient city of Kaunos
Archaeologists in southwestern Turkey have uncovered an astonishing architectural transformation in the ancient city of Kaunos—one that spans more than a millennium of history. Excavations near the…
Satellite images reveal 76 ancient hunting traps in Chile, uncovering millennia of survival in the Andes
Satellite imagery has revealed 76 ancient stone hunting traps and hundreds of previously unseen settlements in the high-alтιтude Andes of northern Chile—evidence that hunting and gathering persisted…