Lighthouse of Alexandria rises again as 22 mᴀssive blocks resurface from the seafloor after 2,000 years
After centuries underwater, 22 huge stone blocks of the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, have been recovered from the…
Rare medieval knight tombstone discovered in heart of Gdańsk
A team of archaeologists from ArcheoScan has unearthed a unique medieval tombstone depicting a knight during an excavation in the historic center of Gdańsk, Poland. The tombstone…
Roman cavalry swords lead to discovery of Iron Age settlement and possible Roman villa in Gloucestershire
A recent archaeological discovery near Willersey, Gloucestershire, has uncovered an Early Iron Age to Roman-period settlement following the discovery by a novice metal detectorist of two extremely…
Copper Age infant discovered in Italian well reveals rare genetic origins
Archaeologists in northeastern Italy have discovered a remarkable find in a well near Faenza, close to Ravenna: the highly degraded remains of an infant who lived 4,000…
Fisherman uncovers remarkably preserved medieval sword in Warsaw’s Vistula River
In an unprecedented and rare find, a sword dating back to the medieval period was pulled out of the bottom of the Vistula River by a fisherman…
Ancient sloth bone from Uruguay shows signs of possible human-inflicted trauma 33,000 years ago
Researchers have discovered evidence of human interaction with megafauna considerably earlier than the widely accepted arrival of humans in South America. A 33,000-year-old right calcaneus (heel bone)…
Forgotten Indigenous child slaves of New France revealed in new studies
Historical accounts between 1632 and 1760 show a chilling reality: 734 Indigenous children were enslaved in France’s North American colony. These children, torn from their families and…
Exceptionally preserved Roman wicker well with ladder unearthed in Norfolk
Archaeologists at Oxford Archaeology have uncovered an astonishingly well-preserved Roman-era well in Norfolk, England, that offers rare insight into the lives of people in Roman Britain some…
Ancient Egyptian genome reveals 4,500-year-old genetic ties to Mesopotamia
For the first time, scientists have successfully sequenced the complete genome of an individual from ancient Egypt, offering unprecedented insights into early Egyptian ancestry and revealing a…
Neanderthals operated prehistoric “fat factory” 125,000 years ago on German lakeshore
Neanderthals in central Germany 125,000 years ago employed an advanced method of food preparation, according to a recent study: systematically stripping fat from the bones of large…