1,400-Year-Old Seal Found in Croatia Bears the Name of an Unknown Bishop
A 1,400-year-old lead seal discovered on a tiny island off Croatia’s Adriatic coast bears the name of a bishop missing from surviving historical records. Polish…
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1,600-Year-Old Church Discovered in Italy Sheds New Light on the Origins of Venice
Archaeologists in northern Italy have uncovered the remains of a 1,600-year-old church that may help explain how the ancient Roman city of Altinum gradually gave…
A 2,500-Year-Old Child’s Skull Beneath a House Floor Reveals Violence in Ancient Scandinavia
A fragment of a child’s skull bearing signs of sharp-force trauma was placed beneath the floor of an Iron Age house in Denmark, offering a…
Metal Detectorist Finds His Second 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Hoard in Scotland
A metal detectorist has discovered his second major Bronze Age hoard in Scotland in just two years, this time uncovering bronze axes, rare clay casting…
Korea’s Oldest Known Gunpowder Weapon Revealed by a 28-Character Inscription
A small bronze weapon discovered on a mountainside in South Korea has been identified as the oldest known gunpowder firearm found in the country, providing…
Ancient Babylonian School Tablets Reveal What Students Were Really Taught 2,500 Years Ago
More than 2,500 years ago, Babylonian school tablets were part of a demanding education built around copying signs, words and texts again and again. Instead…
Giant Stone Spheres Hidden in a Bosnian Forest Defy an Easy Explanation
Deep in the forests around Zavidovići in Bosnia and Herzegovina, enormous stone spheres emerge from stream beds, slopes and layers of earth. Some are almost…
Roman-Era Pyramid Tomb in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis Reveals a 19-Line Greek Poem
Fourteen steps descend to a stone doorway in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis. Its carvings draw on ancient Egyptian beliefs about protection after death. Deeper inside the…
9,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal Moose and Salmon at a Swedish Stone Age Site
A fragment of moose vertebra, a beaver claw and tiny pieces of burned bone are helping archaeologists reconstruct life at a Stone Age settlement in…