An immense mystery older than Stonehenge When German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt first began excavating on a Turkish mountaintop 25 years ago, he has convinced the buildings he uncovered were unusual, even unique. Atop a limestone plateau near Urfa called Gobekli Tepe, Turkish for “Belly Hill”, Schmidt discovered more than 20 circular stone enclosures. The largest …

TURKEY: Discovery of Ancient Relief depicting Greco-Persian wars Archaeologists in northwestern Turkey discovered a relief on Aug. 16 depicting a war between the Greeks and Persians in the fifth century B.C. The figures on the relief show fighting Greek soldiers beneath the hoofs of Persian warhorses said archaeologist Kaan Iren, who leads the dig site of the ancient city of …

Well-Preserved Human Remains Discovered in Pompeii Tomb The partially mummified remains of an urbane Pompeii resident have been discovered in a tomb outside the city centre erected before the famous eruption that buried the town in ash.  According to the inscriptions on the tomb, the deceased was a man named Marcus Venerius Secundio, who was …

Iron Age Idol Discovered in Western Ireland Irish archaeologists have unearthed a 1,600-year-old wooden pagan idol from a bog in Co Roscommon. The artefact was retrieved from a bog in Gortnacrannagh, around six kilometres from the prehistoric royal site of Rathcroghan. The idol was made during the Iron Age from a split trunk of an …

Archaeologists find child’s skeleton in Turkey’s Tozkoparan Mound A child’s skeleton discovered during continuing archaeological excavations at Tozkoparan Mound, a first-degree archaeological site in the Pertek district of Tunceli’s eastern region, has been kept in the city’s newly opened museum. The excavation has been initiated because the mound, which is located in Tozkoparan village of …

5,000-Year-Old Wood Uncovered at Scotland’s Ness of Brodgar Over the years of excavation, the Ness has produced so many surprises that some archaeologists thought we had exhausted all the possibilities. Not so!  Today we have yet another “first” as of Jan and Jo, working in Structure Twelve, and in the area to the east of the …

Amazing 1,300-Year-Old Technology Found Hidden in Comox Harbour There had always been stakes poking up from the shore at low tide in the Comox Harbour. But nobody really knew what they were. What were they doing there? Who had put them there? And when? Maybe they were leftover from a failed industry. Maybe they were …

Pompeii’s 2,000-Year-Old Fast Food Outlet Is Now Open To Visitors The Italian archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000 years old fast-food stall from the ashes in Pompeii, Italy. The researchers have dug out an ancient restaurant from the vast archaeological site in the city of Southern Italy, that could now give new clues about the snacking …

Archaeologists make ‘astonishing’ discovery of 5,000-year-old piece of wood in Orkney Archaeologists found the wood while excavating the Ness of Brodgar, home to a vast network of buildings, including a temple-style complex, that thrummed with activity during the Neolithic period. Sigurd Towrie, of the University of Highlands and Islands Archaeology Insтιтute, said it was the …