Huei Tzompantli skull structure reveals new insights into sacrificed victims after a decade of analysis
A decade after its discovery in the Historic Center of Mexico City, the Huei Tzompantli of Tenochтιтlan—an immense structure built with human skulls—continues to yield new knowledge…
Submerged Roman bathhouse in Baiae may be part of Cicero’s villa
Three meters underwater in the Gulf of Naples, archaeologists found a remarkably preserved Roman bathhouse in the submerged ruins of Baiae, the Roman Empire’s most notorious resort….
Fossil teeth in Ethiopia reveal new Australopithecus species that lived alongside early Homo ancestors
Researchers in northeastern Ethiopia have made a thrilling discovery of fossilized teeth that may belong to a new branch of humanity, shedding more light on a critical…
4th-century earthquake victims in Heraclea Sintica reveal care for disabled in Roman world
Archaeologists working at the site of Heraclea Sintica, a Roman city in what is now southwestern Bulgaria, have uncovered the remains of six men who perished in…
Ancient DNA reveals West African ancestry in 7th-century skeletons from England
Archaeologists have unearthed surprising genetic evidence that two individuals buried at opposite ends of the south coast of England in the 7th century CE had recent West…
Ancient ‘rising sun’ coins reveal vast first-millennium trade networks across Southeast Asia
Archaeologists obtained new insights into early Southeast Asian trade and cultural connections through an extensive examination of silver coins dating to as early as the fourth century…
Bedale Viking silver hoard reveals 9th-century trade links from England to the Islamic world
A groundbreaking study of the Bedale Hoard, a remarkable Viking Age silver hoard discovered in North Yorkshire in 2012, has yielded evidence of a far-reaching and complex…
Gothic gold necklace and Roman-era treasures unearthed in Poland’s Grodziec Forest
Amateur archaeologists made a series of stunning discoveries this summer in the quiet Grodziec Forest District near Kalisz, Poland, uncovering treasures that reveal centuries of history in…
Europe’s largest hoard of Late Iron Age bipyramidal ingots found in Bosnia’s Sava River
Archaeologists excavating along the Sava River in Tolisa, northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, have discovered what is potentially the largest collection of prehistoric bipyramidal iron ingots yet found…
Europe’s oldest cranial modification found in Italian cave
A skull unearthed more than 50 years ago from a prehistoric burial site on the northwestern Italian coast has been confirmed as the earliest known example of…