Warrior woman! Mystery of 2,000-year-old grave on the Isles of Scilly is finally SOLVED as scientists say skeleton found with a mirror and sword was female A decades-long mystery over whether an Iron Age warrior who lived on the Isles…
Rare Discovery: 7000-Year-Old Neolithic Clay Figurine Unearthed in Battifratta Cave, Italy Archaeologists from Sapienza University of Rome discovered a figure with female features in the Battifratta cave, near Poggio Nativo in the Sabina area, Lazio. That is a clay figurine…
Huge Ancient Roman Public Baths in ‘Excellent’ State Discovered in Augusta Emerita Archaeologists excavating the House of the Amphitheater in Mérida, western Spain, have unearthed a bathing facility that is far larger than the usual baths found in Roman private residences. Mérida…
2,300-year-old glass workshop littered with Celtic coins is oldest known north of the Alps After 20 years of above-ground surveys, archaeologists have excavated the famous Iron Age site of Němčice and confirmed the presence of the earliest glass workshop north…
300,000-year-old double-pointed stick among oldest record of human-made wooden tools A finely crafted hunting weapon produced by an ancient hominid species sheds new light on the surprising woodworking abilities of our extinct ancestors. Analyzing the killing tool using a series…
Israel’s Hominins Hiked for Miles to Favorite Flint Source A new study from Tel Aviv University and Tel-Hai College solves an old mystery: Where did early humans in the Hula Valley get flint to make the prehistoric tools known as…
Enigmatic Ancient Kushan Empire Writing System Finally Deciphered After 70 Years Researchers have managed to decode an ancient script that scholars have been unable to understand for decades. In a study published in the journal Transactions of the Philological Society, a…
Medieval Monastery Reveals Hidden Treasures: 500-Year-Old Gold Coins Unearthed in Germany Archaeologists have uncovered several 500-year-old gold coins during excavations at the ruins of a medieval monastery in Germany. The discovery was made in the former Himmelpforten monastery near the…
Turkiye gets back 1,800-year-old tomb stele from Italy A centuries-old tomb stele smuggled from the ancient Turkish city of Zeugma to Italy has been returned to its home, Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced on July 13. A stele is a standing stone…
Placement of ancient hidden lamps, skulls in cave in Israel suggests Roman-era practice of necromancy A cave in Israel “has all the cultic and physical elements necessary to serve as a possible portal to the underworld” and was used for…