A collection of 430 burial objects found in the tomb of a 3000-year-old Noblewoman in China A tomb belonging to a noblewoman dating back about 3,000 years has been unearthed in North China’s Shanxi Province. The tomb, designated as M1033, was discovered in the Dahekou cemetery, Yicheng County. Over 600 burials and 20 chariot-and-horse pits …

490-Million-Year-Old Trilobites Could Solve Ancient Geography Puzzle The humble trilobites may be extinct, but even as fossils, they can teach us much about our planet’s history. Indeed, ancient arthropods from nearly half a billion years ago, including ten newly discovered species,  may be key to understanding Thailand’s place on the former supercontinent Gondwana. Trilobites are …

A rare 6,000-year-old elephant ivory vessel was unearthed near Beersheba A recent excavation near Beersheba in southern Israel uncovered an ivory vessel crafted of elephant tusks dating to the Chalcolithic period (around 4,000 BC). The find is the first Chalcolithic ivory vessel discovered in Israel. Although the ship was originally disᴀssembled, careful restoration work at …

Name of Iranian city identified on 1800-year-old Sᴀssanid clay seal In a stunning archaeological find, the name “Shiraz” was identified on a clay sealing from the Sᴀssanid era written in Pahlavi script. The Sᴀssanid Empire‘s (224-651CE) territory encompᴀssed all of what is now Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Afghanistan, eastern parts of Turkey, and parts of Syria, Pakistan, Caucasia, …

A 4000-Year-Old Seal Found in the prehistoric coastal site of Kalba on the Gulf of Oman Archaeologists discovered a Gulf-type seal made of soft stone dating to the end of the third millennium BC at Kalba, a prehistoric coastal site in the Gulf of Oman. Since 2019, excavations have been carried out on the south-eastern Arabian …

The “Horoscope” Scroll Found In the Judean Desert: A Glimpse Into the Mysterious Sect One of the most interesting and mysterious scrolls discovered in the Judean Desert is a scroll called the “Horoscope.” This scroll shed light on the ancient practices of astrology and mysticism in a discovery that has intrigued historians and archaeologists alike. …

The earliest Buddha statues in China found in northwestern Shaanxi The two copper-tin-lead alloy Buddha statues discovered in northwestern Shaanxi Province became the earliest Buddha statues of this kind unearthed in China. Two alloy Buddha statues and a number of items were excavated from a group of ancient tombs dating to the Eastern Han Dynasty …

Rare 2,800-Year-Old ᴀssyrian Scarab Amulet Found In Lower Galilee Erez Avrahamov, a 45-year-old inhabitant of Peduel, made an incredible discovery while hiking in the Tabor Stream Nature Reserve located in Lower Galilee. He stumbled upon an ancient seal shaped like a scarab that dates back to the First Temple period. This ancient artifact is as …

Well-preserved Ming Dynasty tomb unearthed in China’s Shanxi Province Archaeologists from the Shanxi Insтιтute of Cultural Relics and Archeology have unearthed a well-preserved tomb from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Xinzhou city of Northern China’s Shanxi province. To coordinate with a national highway realignment project, archaeologists from the insтιтute and local cultural relics and archaeology …