Pottery Unearthed at Pompeian Villa The ancient city of Pompeii has long been celebrated as one of the richest archaeological sites of all time, and now its surrounding suburbs are finally getting their due attention. Researchers have announced new additions to the growing list of unique finds that have recently been made at a nearby …

Scientists Review Beethoven’s Health With Hair Samples Beethoven had a likely genetic predisposition to liver disease and a hepaтιтis B infection months before his death, tests have revealed. A team of researchers led by Cambridge University analysed five locks of hair to sequence the composer’s genome. They were, however, unable to establish a definitive cause …

Innovative Construction Technique Spotted in Notre Dame In 2019, a fire broke out inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, severely damaging the iconic medieval building. However, the catastrophic fire gave researchers an opportunity to study the building’s architecture like never before. A few months after the inferno was extinguished, researchers discovered that the stones used …

Prehistoric “Engravings Room” Rediscovered in Spain More than 100 prehistoric engravings have been discovered, arranged on an eight-meter panel, inside the cave known as Cova de la Vila, in La Febró (Tarragona), in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia. The depictions found in the Mediterranean underground gallery have been described as “exceptional, both for their singularity …

6,000-Year-Old Settlement Was home to Europe’s first megalithic monument makers Archaeologists in France unearthed the remains of a series of wooden buildings within a defensive enclosure that were built at the same time as the first stone monuments were being erected. People in west-central France built a variety of megalithic monuments during the Neolithic period, including mound-like …

Monumental Roman complex discovered in France In the city of Reims in northeastern France, archaeologists have discovered an ancient Roman-era monumental complex dating from the 2nd – 3rd century AD. The structure consists of two porticoed galleries 65 ft lengthy forming the arms of a U. Greater than 20 rooms occupy the galleries, from corridors …

Prehistoric Rock Art Discovered in Western Turkey New paintings believed to be from the prehistoric era have come to light during the ongoing studies on Mount Latmos (Beşparmak), home to significant rock paintings from ancient times. Located in the western province of Aydın, the Latmos region is one of the places that attracts attention with …

Hiker found a place of holy worship at an alтιтude of 2,590 meters in the Swiss Alps A trekking enthusiast stumbled upon an ancient Roman coin buried in rubble in a remote area high in the Alps in the Swiss Canton of Bern. After reporting the finding to the local archeological unit, a whole hoard …

17th-Century Coin Hoard Uncovered in Poland A metal detectorist searching for discarded tractor parts on a Polish farm discovered a completely different type of valuable metal: A spectacular hoard of 17th-century coins buried beneath the soil. The hoard — a vast stash of about 1,000 copper coins — was found in late February near the …