Tourist finds ancient silver coins under an uprooted tree The Slovak Spectator reports that a cache of medieval coins was discovered under an uprooted tree in western Slovakia by a tourist who reported the find to the Regional Monuments Board.  He has reported it to the Regional Monuments Board (KPÚ) in Trnava. Its workers found …

Turkey: 9-century old Harran Palace’s gate unearthed The main gate of the nine-century-old Harran Palace in an archaeological site in Turkey’s southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, one of the world’s oldest settlements on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, has been unearthed. The excavation work has been continuing for six years at the site located in …

2,000-year-old snake-figure altar unearthed in the ancient city of Patara in southern Turkey Daily Sabah reports that a marble altar encircled with a coiled snake carved in relief has been unearthed at the ancient city of Patara in southern Turkey. The altar, which is believed to date back more than 2,000 years, was found during …

New Study Redates Two Lower Paleolithic Sites in France A publication in the journal Quaternary International led by Dr Mathieu Duval, Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at the Centro Nacional de Investigación Sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is based on the use of an unprecedented combination of three different dating techniques, namely Electron Spin Resonance …

2,500-Year-Old Iron Age horse harness found by accident is oldest in CEE, say, archaeologists Science in Poland reports that some 150 decorative bronze pieces of a 2,500-year-old horse’s bridle were discovered in north-central Poland. The pieces, which resemble those made by the Scythians, who lived to the north, had been wrapped in leaves and placed …

3,600-Year-old figurine found in a Prehistoric Village in Greece A 3,600-year-old marble figurine of a woman is among a treasure trove of artefacts found in a prehistoric village on the Greek island of Santorini. Archaeologists also found two small marble jars, a marble vial and an alabaster vase inside rectangular clay chests within an ancient settlement. …

The long-Lost Dark Age Kingdom Unearthed in Scotland Archaeologists started excavations at Trusty’s Hill, they have discovered ancient picturesque patterns etched into a rock surface near the site entrance. The sculptures were rare in the area, well south of where Pictish carvings had usually been found. (Roman writings of around A.D. 300 described the Picts as …

Roman Mosaics Frozen in Time Uncovered in France A lost Roman city dating back to the first century B.C. has been uncovered in spectacular fashion in the south of France. Archaeologists working the site ahead of the construction for a boarding school and a cafeteria were stunned to discover a wide array of structural ruins, …

Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old ‘Sphinx Room’ hidden in Emperor Nero’s Golden Palace Archaeologists have discovered a hidden vault in the ruins of Roman Emperor Nero’s sprawling palace, hidden under the hills near Rome’s ancient Colosseum. According to a statement (translated from Italian) from the Colosseum archaeological park, which includes the palace’s ruins, the chamber has sat …