Roman funerary altar recovered from Torre river
Archaeologists in Italy have recovered a Roman funerary altar from the Torre riverbed in the municipality of San Vito al Torre, Friuli Venezia Giulia. Credit: ABAP FVG…
Excavations reveal Saxon London’s urban center was bigger than previously thought
Archaeologists from Archaeology South-East, affiliated with the UCL Insтιтute of Archaeology, may have discovered some missing pieces of the city’s early history beneath the National Gallery in…
Rare clay figurine of Roman god Mercury discovered at medieval site in Kent
A significant archaeological discovery has been made at a medieval shipyard site near Tenterden, Kent. The excavation, conducted by archaeologists over the past few years, has unearthed…
Rare 4,000-year-old copper dagger found in Polish forest
A 4,000-year-old copper dagger has been unearthed in the forests near Korzenica, southeastern Poland. It is the oldest metal dagger discovered in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship. A close-up…
Polish archaeologists find that Żagań-Lutnia5 is an Iron Age stronghold
Archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic methods have uncovered crucial details about Żagań-Lutnia5, an archaeological site in southwestern Poland. This site, initially discovered in the 1960s…
Scientists unveil stunning 240-million-year-old ‘Chinese dragon’ fossil
Scientists have recently revealed the discovery of a peculiar marine reptile dating back 240 million years to the Triᴀssic period. Named Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, this enigmatic creature dubbed…
Archaeologists discover monumental Etruscan tomb in the necropolis of San Giuliano
After years of work, archaeologists unearthed a monumental tomb dating back to the 5th century BCE in the ancient Etruscan necropolis of San Giuliano, located north of…
Discovery of largest cluster of sunken vessels reveals grim legacy of transatlantic slave trade
The discovery of the largest cluster of sunken vessels from the 18th and 19th centuries in the northern Bahamas sheds new light on the harrowing history of…
1,300-year-old temples from the Badami Chalukyan era discovered in India
A team of archaeologists, led by Dr. M A Srinivasan and S Ashok Kumar from the Public Research Insтιтute of History, Archaeology, and Heritage (PRIHAH), have uncovered…
Hundreds of mammoth bones and prehistoric animal remains found in Paradise Cave in Poland
Researchers have unearthed hundreds of prehistoric animal bones, including those of a mammoth and a cave lion in Poland’s Paradise Cave (Jaskinia Raj). Raj (Paradise) Cave. Credit:…